Anonymous
Post 09/18/2016 10:11     Subject: Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People buying $2M homes because of DCPS feeders? (lol)


I know. I love it when office workerbees confidently talk about this exploding trend.


In related news: Tons of families are choosing UVA and UMD over Ives. Lol.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2016 08:05     Subject: Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I lived in Foggy Bottom right after college and took the orange to and from work every day. I told my dad I saw a homeless guy defecating on the train. That weekend he bought me a new VW Jetta to drive to work and paid my building's parking fee for me. Lol.

You must be proud of yourself.


+1. That story exhibited a frightening lack of self-awareness.


No, it didn't. Jeez. Give it a rest, PPs who are jumping on this poster.
Anonymous
Post 09/18/2016 07:56     Subject: Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I lived in Foggy Bottom right after college and took the orange to and from work every day. I told my dad I saw a homeless guy defecating on the train. That weekend he bought me a new VW Jetta to drive to work and paid my building's parking fee for me. Lol.

You must be proud of yourself.


+1. That story exhibited a frightening lack of self-awareness.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 22:55     Subject: Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:People buying $2M homes because of DCPS feeders? (lol)


I know. I love it when office workerbees confidently talk about this exploding trend.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 21:37     Subject: Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:I lived in Foggy Bottom right after college and took the orange to and from work every day. I told my dad I saw a homeless guy defecating on the train. That weekend he bought me a new VW Jetta to drive to work and paid my building's parking fee for me. Lol.

You must be proud of yourself.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 21:23     Subject: Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:After a couple years out of college everyone I know hated the Metro and bought a car. The novelty quickly wore thin. Is this just a real estate perk or are these millionaires actually using the Metro? If yes, for what and how frequently? I very rarely saw anyone wearing nice shoes/suits on the Metro.

Only people I see that wear nice shoes/suits anymore work at the hotels and jewelry stores!
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 21:13     Subject: Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:We bought our house for $1.2m which, rightly or wrongly, really isnt a remarkable amount for close-in neighborhoods in this area. We both take the metro to/from work. Don't use it much on weekends though. But if it were more reliable, we probably would use it more.


Same here. Buying near metro was one of our top criteria for buying along with school quality. Use it every weekday.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 21:08     Subject: Re:Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Feds ride Metro because the G gives a transit benefit that makes it cost almost nothing.


Why is State Dept. full of Bimmers, Audis, Land Rovers and fully-loaded Yukons/Tahoes?
blacks from pg


Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 20:57     Subject: Re:Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:I live in a big house near Metro and take it to work most days. We never ever ever use it on weekends or evenings. When we lived in DC we basically never used it even though we lived 5 mins away. The service is so awful and it's such a bad experience that lots of people are like us -- live very close to Metro, but very rarely use it. I guess if I didn't value my time or ever have to be on time to things and didn't care about my safety I would ride.


Regardless of where or when you are riding it, the metro is much safer than driving. You are far more likely to be seriously injured or killed in a car than attacked, injured, or killed on the metro.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 20:50     Subject: Re:Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:Maybe the "millionaires" like close proximity to the metro so their nannies and housekeepers can get to work more easily?


It does expand the pool of available labor and make paying them less a possibility.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 20:45     Subject: Re:Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Maybe the "millionaires" like close proximity to the metro so their nannies and housekeepers can get to work more easily?
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 20:38     Subject: Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I lived in Foggy Bottom right after college and took the orange to and from work every day. I told my dad I saw a homeless guy defecating on the train. That weekend he bought me a new VW Jetta to drive to work and paid my building's parking fee for me. Lol.


Adorable story! If this freaked you out so much and you had more self responsibility and weren't a spoiled brat you would've bought it yourself!

A lot of us have taken the metro for 30 years and never seen anything like this. But it worked on daddy, good job!

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Yeah this sounds like a NY story not a DC story
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 20:33     Subject: Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
Anonymous wrote:After a couple years out of college everyone I know hated the Metro and bought a car. The novelty quickly wore thin. Is this just a real estate perk or are these millionaires actually using the Metro? If yes, for what and how frequently? I very rarely saw anyone wearing nice shoes/suits on the Metro.


Do you understand statistics, income distribution and public transportation patterns?
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 17:35     Subject: Re:Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
We used to ride the Metro to work daily, but our offices are no longer Metro-accessible and given all the problems Metro has been having, we tend to avoid it for other trips. But we still know people who ride it every day from Cleveland Park and CC Village.
Anonymous
Post 09/17/2016 17:31     Subject: Do wealthy people buying $1M-4M homes near a Metro stop even use the Metro?
All the time. I've got to pay for the upkeep on my $2M+ house and have to spend a lot of time working. I don't care to spend any more time and $ driving than I absolutely have to.