Anonymous wrote:FCPS has better schools. I live in Ashburn and have always called it AlmostWV. If you have a child in special ed, FFX or MC are definitely better. Racism is an issue at our schools.

that is appalling because FCPS Special Ed is terrible.

Some PPs make Ashburn sound like deliverance. I mean, really? I grew up there, and have since lived in NYC, DC, and Boston. Ashburn is suburbia, no question about it. But it has access to big city amenities at a more affordable price point. It’s one of the few Northeast burbs that has Sunbelt-like prices. And it’s the most diverse place I’ve lived.

Uh, no. There are still houses nearby Ashburn that fly the Confederate Flag. In 2021. Surreal.

Anonymous wrote:I had to google what Ashburn is. It is almost West Virginia- that is crazy why anyone would live there.

You’re ignorant. Not even close to WV.

Anonymous wrote:FCPS has better schools. I live in Ashburn and have always called it AlmostWV. If you have a child in special ed, FFX or MC are definitely better. Racism is an issue at our schools.

That's the problem with the exurbs for me. We are AA and bought in NW DC, but also considered close-in MoCo suburbs. Exurbs in VA? No way.

I have a buddy who lives in Ashburn. We went to his community pool (they have 2) and ate lunch in his spacious house while the kids frolicked in his big patio and backyard. He flies out of Dulles but doesn't go into the office now. Plenty of open space and trails too. Not a bad place to live and raise kids. I live closer in and if my job didn't tether me to the city, I would strongly consider it as an option. My wallet would be much heavier with a lower mortgage payment for the house that you get out there.

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Anonymous wrote:Ashburn is like a cult. they must inhale to many exhaust fumes sitting in traffic for hours at a time and looking forward to trying the new spring specials at chains restaurants in the local strip mall.

Get over yourself. I live in Arlington walkable to metro but I totally see the appeal of Ashburn. There are plenty of commuter buses, Reston metro, and soon a metro right there.

Wouldn't live there if it was free. Soul less.

Anonymous wrote:Ashburn is like a cult. they must inhale to many exhaust fumes sitting in traffic for hours at a time and looking forward to trying the new spring specials at chains restaurants in the local strip mall.

Get over yourself. I live in Arlington walkable to metro but I totally see the appeal of Ashburn. There are plenty of commuter buses, Reston metro, and soon a metro right there.

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Anonymous wrote:I had to google what Ashburn is. It is almost West Virginia- that is crazy why anyone would live there.

Omg, it’s not that far. It’s a nice planned community right up Toll Road, built from green field so no apartments or pockets of lower income, so it’s called Cashburn by locals.

If you want wide open spaces but still hit DC for occasional meeting, it’s the bees knees

Yuck to toll road

Yuck to rich white yuppies

Rich white yuppies live in DC dude. Ashburn is suburban.

Ashburn is exurban. Definitely not rich white yuppies.

white yuppies that pretend to have money joining semi private clubs and happy hours on their street while yelling at their kids, austin, dallas, cole, paige, and ford.

Ashburn is like a cult. they must inhale to many exhaust fumes sitting in traffic for hours at a time and looking forward to trying the new spring specials at chains restaurants in the local strip mall.

It's not just Ashburn that's like this.

FCPS has better schools. I live in Ashburn and have always called it AlmostWV. If you have a child in special ed, FFX or MC are definitely better. Racism is an issue at our schools.

Anonymous wrote:Buying into LCPS...

This. We live in NW DC and are looking at Loudoun County. DCPS has been closed too long with still no plans to fully reopen.

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Anonymous wrote:I had to google what Ashburn is. It is almost West Virginia- that is crazy why anyone would live there.

Omg, it’s not that far. It’s a nice planned community right up Toll Road, built from green field so no apartments or pockets of lower income, so it’s called Cashburn by locals.

If you want wide open spaces but still hit DC for occasional meeting, it’s the bees knees

Yuck to toll road

Yuck to rich white yuppies

Rich white yuppies live in DC dude. Ashburn is suburban.

Ashburn is exurban. Definitely not rich white yuppies.