Lordy, you people worry far too much. Which will kill you before any sound wall. Yikes.

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Anonymous wrote:Before you start spewing health nonsense about highways perhaps you should make sure the road in question is in fact one and would pertain to the studies you are quoting.

If you don't think 66 is a highway, good for you. If you don't think there are health risks associated with living near I-66, good for you.

The question was not about 66 read OP.

Anonymous wrote:Before you start spewing health nonsense about highways perhaps you should make sure the road in question is in fact one and would pertain to the studies you are quoting.

If you don't think 66 is a highway, good for you. If you don't think there are health risks associated with living near I-66, good for you.

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Anonymous wrote:We looked at houses in 22201, but decided against houses along 66 (there were a few). Worried about the noise, but also the health aspects.

That's bull shit

Nope, there were 2 houses on 21st st on the market this year. Passed on both.

"health aspects" LOL

You might laugh about it, but then you probably don't have kids.

Before you start spewing health nonsense about highways perhaps you should make sure the road in question is in fact one and would pertain to the studies you are quoting.

PP, your post is ridiculous. OP, just search through DCUM real estate postings from the past few years - plenty of posters provide links for studies about the "sound wall" issue and consequences for children, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:We looked at houses in 22201, but decided against houses along 66 (there were a few). Worried about the noise, but also the health aspects.

That's bull shit

Nope, there were 2 houses on 21st st on the market this year. Passed on both.

"health aspects" LOL

You might laugh about it, but then you probably don't have kids.

Before you start spewing health nonsense about highways perhaps you should make sure the road in question is in fact one and would pertain to the studies you are quoting.

living ON a highway is very different than living behind a retainer wall that you can't even see. growing up my grandma lived ON a highway - like where you could run into it if you wanted to. that absolutely would be a real estate turnoff. around here if there is a wall and you cant even see or access the road the health concern should not matter.

closer in, like in N Arlington - a house that close to 66 is a prime location and would sell no problem. now further out past the beltway maybe that is a different story since the market is very different.

in some sense, it doesn't actually matter if it has negative health or noise issues. what matters is that people believe that. so it will affect your ability to resell, unless you're like the pp who held onto the house forever.

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Anonymous wrote:We looked at houses in 22201, but decided against houses along 66 (there were a few). Worried about the noise, but also the health aspects.

That's bull shit

Nope, there were 2 houses on 21st st on the market this year. Passed on both.

"health aspects" LOL

You might laugh about it, but then you probably don't have kids.

Agree, would personally never live near a sound wall or a highway because of noise and health concerns. We are about 3/4 mile from the beltway and wouldn't want to be any closer - it's a good distance for access and walkability but far enough to not hear traffic.

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Anonymous wrote:We looked at houses in 22201, but decided against houses along 66 (there were a few). Worried about the noise, but also the health aspects.

That's bull shit

Nope, there were 2 houses on 21st st on the market this year. Passed on both.

"health aspects" LOL

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Anonymous wrote:We looked at houses in 22201, but decided against houses along 66 (there were a few). Worried about the noise, but also the health aspects.

That's bull shit

Nope, there were 2 houses on 21st st on the market this year. Passed on both.

Are you considering a house near a sound wall? Or is it your friends new house? If it is the latter, back off, it is none of your concern.

Anonymous wrote:9:54 & 9:55 Not so. Search the information for yourself.

So living in the city with idling cars is fine?

The studies are major highways with more than 500,000 or more vehicles per day.

The road in question is an access connector road not a highway and gets about 70,000.

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Anonymous wrote:We're a block away from 66 so we have the road and the metro. You can't really hear the road. You can hear the metro but it's not terribly loud and you definitely get used to it. I think it's worth it to be walkable to metro.

This.

We were next to 66 for 19 yrs., you didn't hear the noise unless you went up a ladder above the sound wall. We sold the house for 3x what we paid for it after 19 yrs. ('88-07), so I don't think the wall was a huge negative, though we certainly would have gotten more for the same house a block away.

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location close to metro is worth it

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Anonymous wrote:It's the pollution you need to worry about.

Read about loss of IQ points with kids growing up right next to major highway.

This, and huge increase in childhood asthma.

Bull shit again

Research links asthma in children to highway proximity

http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/12381.html