Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't say it's a hot market. We bought a vacation place not far from Berkeley Springs 2 years ago. It's about a two hours drive from DC. I like it there for weekends, but would never ever want to live there full time. The schools are atrocious, the health care is not good, but the views and the hiking are great.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason why Loudoun County, which abuts Jefferson County, is so much more valuable.

I mean, c’mon. It’s all relative. Loudoun County is the wealthiest county not only in the DMV but virtually the entire country. So that’s not saying much.

Jefferson County is the wealthiest in West Virginia by a good margin as well as the only county in the state where the median family income is higher than the national average. It’s not even remotely poor. And Jefferson High is respectable enough, ranked 67 out of 220 high schools in the DMV in US News’ new rankings, placing it ahead of many schools in both Fairfax and Loudoun. No, it’s not particularly diverse, but its AA representation of 8 percent is higher than many in the closer in counties as well.

Sure, healthcare isn’t great locally but it’s not like you need to travel by horse and buggy to get to the big city for any real problems. It’s also not too far to Winchester which has good healthcare.

We bought a great second home in Shepherdstown right at the start of covid. It’s gone up in value tremendously, not that we care. We don’t live there full time and our kids are out of school but the town and the surrounding area have a lot to offer. Shepherdstown is a liberal enclave (like Harper’s Ferry), it’s a college town with a pretty and historic downtown with several decent to good restaurants, and the people are quirky and friendly. There are worse places to live.

Winchester has “good healthcare” compared to WV, that is scary.

It’s pretty obvious that you have no idea what you’re talking about. No, the Mayo Clinic isn’t in Winchester but yes, for most things the facilities there are pretty good.

And what’s with lumping all of “WV” together anyway? Charles Town is 1 hour and 13 minutes from the White House. It’s 1 hour and 9 minutes to Inova Fairfax Hospital. Jefferson County is a far cry from Welch. It’s considered part of the Washington Metropolitan Area for Pete’s sake.

Actually, I do know what I am talking about. I lived in Harrisonburg and I know Winchester well. The facilities there are mediocre. And to brag about being over an hour away(not in typical NOVA traffic) from decent healthcare is ridiculous. Just own that WV is never going to be great.

I’m not “bragging” about anything, a$$wipe, and I never said that the entire state of West Virginia was “great” now or was ever going to be. All I’m saying is that Jefferson County, which is closer to DC than any county in West Virginia, is just fine.

By the way, the one time that a close family member really needed to see a top notch specialist at a world class facility they didn’t go anywhere in the DMV - they went to John’s Hopkins.

Brilliant repartee. Ahh, West Virginia, don’t ever change!

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason why Loudoun County, which abuts Jefferson County, is so much more valuable.

I mean, c’mon. It’s all relative. Loudoun County is the wealthiest county not only in the DMV but virtually the entire country. So that’s not saying much.

Jefferson County is the wealthiest in West Virginia by a good margin as well as the only county in the state where the median family income is higher than the national average. It’s not even remotely poor. And Jefferson High is respectable enough, ranked 67 out of 220 high schools in the DMV in US News’ new rankings, placing it ahead of many schools in both Fairfax and Loudoun. No, it’s not particularly diverse, but its AA representation of 8 percent is higher than many in the closer in counties as well.

Sure, healthcare isn’t great locally but it’s not like you need to travel by horse and buggy to get to the big city for any real problems. It’s also not too far to Winchester which has good healthcare.

We bought a great second home in Shepherdstown right at the start of covid. It’s gone up in value tremendously, not that we care. We don’t live there full time and our kids are out of school but the town and the surrounding area have a lot to offer. Shepherdstown is a liberal enclave (like Harper’s Ferry), it’s a college town with a pretty and historic downtown with several decent to good restaurants, and the people are quirky and friendly. There are worse places to live.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason why Loudoun County, which abuts Jefferson County, is so much more valuable.

I mean, c’mon. It’s all relative. Loudoun County is the wealthiest county not only in the DMV but virtually the entire country. So that’s not saying much.

Jefferson County is the wealthiest in West Virginia by a good margin as well as the only county in the state where the median family income is higher than the national average. It’s not even remotely poor. And Jefferson High is respectable enough, ranked 67 out of 220 high schools in the DMV in US News’ new rankings, placing it ahead of many schools in both Fairfax and Loudoun. No, it’s not particularly diverse, but its AA representation of 8 percent is higher than many in the closer in counties as well.

Sure, healthcare isn’t great locally but it’s not like you need to travel by horse and buggy to get to the big city for any real problems. It’s also not too far to Winchester which has good healthcare.

We bought a great second home in Shepherdstown right at the start of covid. It’s gone up in value tremendously, not that we care. We don’t live there full time and our kids are out of school but the town and the surrounding area have a lot to offer. Shepherdstown is a liberal enclave (like Harper’s Ferry), it’s a college town with a pretty and historic downtown with several decent to good restaurants, and the people are quirky and friendly. There are worse places to live.

Winchester has “good healthcare” compared to WV, that is scary.

It’s pretty obvious that you have no idea what you’re talking about. No, the Mayo Clinic isn’t in Winchester but yes, for most things the facilities there are pretty good.

And what’s with lumping all of “WV” together anyway? Charles Town is 1 hour and 13 minutes from the White House. It’s 1 hour and 9 minutes to Inova Fairfax Hospital. Jefferson County is a far cry from Welch. It’s considered part of the Washington Metropolitan Area for Pete’s sake.

Actually, I do know what I am talking about. I lived in Harrisonburg and I know Winchester well. The facilities there are mediocre. And to brag about being over an hour away(not in typical NOVA traffic) from decent healthcare is ridiculous. Just own that WV is never going to be great.

I’m not “bragging” about anything, a$$wipe, and I never said that the entire state of West Virginia was “great” now or was ever going to be. All I’m saying is that Jefferson County, which is closer to DC than any county in West Virginia, is just fine.

By the way, the one time that a close family member really needed to see a top notch specialist at a world class facility they didn’t go anywhere in the DMV - they went to John’s Hopkins.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s a reason why Loudoun County, which abuts Jefferson County, is so much more valuable.

I mean, c’mon. It’s all relative. Loudoun County is the wealthiest county not only in the DMV but virtually the entire country. So that’s not saying much.

Jefferson County is the wealthiest in West Virginia by a good margin as well as the only county in the state where the median family income is higher than the national average. It’s not even remotely poor. And Jefferson High is respectable enough, ranked 67 out of 220 high schools in the DMV in US News’ new rankings, placing it ahead of many schools in both Fairfax and Loudoun. No, it’s not particularly diverse, but its AA representation of 8 percent is higher than many in the closer in counties as well.

Sure, healthcare isn’t great locally but it’s not like you need to travel by horse and buggy to get to the big city for any real problems. It’s also not too far to Winchester which has good healthcare.

We bought a great second home in Shepherdstown right at the start of covid. It’s gone up in value tremendously, not that we care. We don’t live there full time and our kids are out of school but the town and the surrounding area have a lot to offer. Shepherdstown is a liberal enclave (like Harper’s Ferry), it’s a college town with a pretty and historic downtown with several decent to good restaurants, and the people are quirky and friendly. There are worse places to live.

Winchester has “good healthcare” compared to WV, that is scary.

It’s pretty obvious that you have no idea what you’re talking about. No, the Mayo Clinic isn’t in Winchester but yes, for most things the facilities there are pretty good.

And what’s with lumping all of “WV” together anyway? Charles Town is 1 hour and 13 minutes from the White House. It’s 1 hour and 9 minutes to Inova Fairfax Hospital. Jefferson County is a far cry from Welch. It’s considered part of the Washington Metropolitan Area for Pete’s sake.

Actually, I do know what I am talking about. I lived in Harrisonburg and I know Winchester well. The facilities there are mediocre. And to brag about being over an hour away(not in typical NOVA traffic) from decent healthcare is ridiculous. Just own that WV is never going to be great.

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Anonymous wrote:Healthcare is a growth market there, the WVU and Valley Health systems are growing a lot. Its a growth area, but that doesn't make the schools good, it just makes it cheaper for real estate. If you live in Loudoun you have access to Virginia colleges.

And yet every year, a dozen or so kids from most NoVA high schools go to WVU instead of Virginia schools.

dp.. but let's be honest, it's because they couldn't get into a better school.

I don't live in VA, btw.

I am an engineer who works closely with the Department of Energy and many large manufacturing firms, and I can assure you that I would MUCH rather higher an engineer from WVU than any Virginia school.

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Anonymous wrote:Healthcare is a growth market there, the WVU and Valley Health systems are growing a lot. Its a growth area, but that doesn't make the schools good, it just makes it cheaper for real estate. If you live in Loudoun you have access to Virginia colleges.

And yet every year, a dozen or so kids from most NoVA high schools go to WVU instead of Virginia schools.

dp.. but let's be honest, it's because they couldn't get into a better school.

I don't live in VA, btw.

I am an engineer who works closely with the Department of Energy and many large manufacturing firms, and I can assure you that I would MUCH rather higher an engineer from WVU than any Virginia school.

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Anonymous wrote:Healthcare is a growth market there, the WVU and Valley Health systems are growing a lot. Its a growth area, but that doesn't make the schools good, it just makes it cheaper for real estate. If you live in Loudoun you have access to Virginia colleges.

And yet every year, a dozen or so kids from most NoVA high schools go to WVU instead of Virginia schools.

dp.. but let's be honest, it's because they couldn't get into a better school.

I don't live in VA, btw.

I am an engineer who works closely with the Department of Energy and many large manufacturing firms, and I can assure you that I would MUCH rather higher an engineer from WVU than any Virginia school.

Anonymous wrote:Anyone who complains about traffic and drives a car is a hypocrite. You are the traffic.