"and it’s a quick 20-25 min from downtown DC"

LOL no. Cheaply built McMansions way, way out in suburban hell. That's a terrible way to live.

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Anonymous wrote:Everyone out there thinks they are rich because they make $250k and live in a $1m house. In Arlington or McLean, that’s poor.

This. The people I know out there are UMC, but not rich. However, they act like they’re rich. They don’t seem to know what life in McLean, Bethesda, CC or NW is like.

This is an insufferable comment. If anyone is “acting rich,” they’re a butt. Anyone who talks about someone’s income and home prices is also, however, a butt.

We live in Howard County, technically a tiny bit closer on paper to DC than Ashburn. We like new builds and decided to move further out because one of us WFH all the time and the other goes into DC 1-2 times a week, but I didn’t like that you had to hop on a highway for everything. And while I generally think Virginia is a bit prettier than Maryland, thought there was a bit more interest in Howard County in terms of different types of scenery and areas—while typical new developments, also older areas, mini-historic downtowns, and farm area, etc. We also liked that, while an exurb of DC, HoCo is a suburb of Baltimore. Just felt like there were several different centers of gravity to choose from.

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Anonymous wrote:Because I don’t want my kids going to school with Bailey, Haley, Ashton, Harper, Hunter and Parker. Or any of their kreeyaytivelee spelled friends.

Oh honey, that’s Dumfries.

Ashburn is all Olivias and Sophias and Owens and Ciarans.

How does one pronounce Ciaran? I’m just thinking of the singer, add an N? Wtf?

Anonymous wrote:Everyone out there thinks they are rich because they make $250k and live in a $1m house. In Arlington or McLean, that’s poor.

What's your point? That you are a snotty elitist that can't mingle with people that earn 250K a year?

Because most people don’t want an ugly McMansion and an hour commute to DC

Anonymous wrote:Everyone out there thinks they are rich because they make $250k and live in a $1m house. In Arlington or McLean, that’s poor.

This. The people I know out there are UMC, but not rich. However, they act like they’re rich. They don’t seem to know what life in McLean, Bethesda, CC or NW is like.

The traffic out there is terrible. Living in DC you can avoid everything related to the commuter routes.

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Anonymous wrote:About 30 min from Ryan Rd to Kalorama. You should try it.

Hilarious!

In Covid, you could do this easily in 35-40. The Greenway / Toll Road are fast.

In fact, Google shows it as 34 min right now.

Not on my Google. Yours is lying to you.

I think if you work in the area, then it makes sense to live there. We were there for about 10 years and moved closer in. I just found it characterless and bland and the data centers were depressing.

Traffic is terrible and the toll road is expensive. I think it's up to around $10/day. And there's no way in hell anyone is getting to DC in whatever it was OP claimed.

Everyone out there thinks they are rich because they make $250k and live in a $1m house. In Arlington or McLean, that’s poor.

Anonymous wrote:It’s so ugly. Just thousands of soulless McMansions springing up from the carcasses of farms like evenly spaced mushrooms.

EXACTLY. You are a poet, PP.

You don’t want to live anywhere where Sheetz is the best part of your day. No shade on Sheetz though.

We know a few families who are content in Ashburn but none of them commute to DC. If your life is Ashburn-centric, it's not bad - large houses, greenery, clean, lots of activities, convenient to local shopping etc. You definitely don't want to live in Ashburn and commute to DC.

AssBurn is located near ManAss - that is enough reason

Anonymous wrote:It’s so ugly. Just thousands of soulless McMansions springing up from the carcasses of farms like evenly spaced mushrooms.

+1