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D.C.-area Poasters: ELI5 about renting/buying condo in NOVA
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:14 AM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night Assume 400K combined annual income. Wife and 1 kid.
Job is downtown (K-street, basically). Would probably buy a car, but would be nice to be close to the Orange line.
Am not from the area and would eventually probably want to buy further out from the city, but due to a bunch of factors, will probably need to rent or buy a condo for at least the first year.
What can I expect to get for what pricepoint?
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Date: January 19th, 2018 12:37 AM Author: Milky big tattoo "basically" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35187339) |
Date: January 18th, 2018 8:22 AM Author: Motley splenetic abode nibblets A 3 bedroom townhouse or condo near the Orange Line in Arlington, VA will cost you about $700,000 - $800,000. Maaaaaybe if you go out near the very end of the Orange Line, you can cop for $650,000 or so. I nearly bought a 3 bedroom townhouse in Vienna for $630,000.
Anything in actual DC will be more expensive than that. |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:29 AM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night that comports roughly with my expectations. TY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35181941) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 9:17 AM Author: stirring chrome market Yea. And dc really won’t be hat much more expensive. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35182067) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 9:10 AM Author: transparent comical lay Enjoy Ballston (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35182038) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 9:17 AM Author: vibrant associate Are you set on living in NOVA? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35182068) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 7:09 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night Nope. Just most familiar (from previous work trips) with that area.
School me, brah. |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:14 PM Author: vibrant associate Check out Capitol Hill and H ST area. At your salary, you could afford a townhouse on the Hill with a short commute to K ST.
If you live on the Hill, you can use St. Peters school if you have elementary school kids.
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:15 PM Author: Ebony really tough guy keepsake machete Just do get stabbed by fucking crack addicts north of Stanton Park, bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185551) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 12:40 AM Author: transparent comical lay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35187361) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:17 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night will check this out. i have a colleague who bought a place (or maybe renting it, not sure) that's just north of the capitol. quiet street. nice three story place, but fairly small, with small back yard. he says it's ~$1.3 mil. fuck my ass.
buddy of mine who is from the area says that the location is still sort sketch at night. |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:15 PM Author: vibrant associate If you ever come to town in the next few months and want to see the hill, ill give you a throwaway (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185545) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:17 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night will do. poast and delete if you like. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185584) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 9:21 AM Author: adventurous chapel Sad thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35182089) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:09 PM Author: Arousing rehab It really is. I’m picturing OP posing with his agent for a picture after they close on his $700k townhome within bus distance from a Metro stop and when he begins making $3k/month payments for the next 30 years. Good they copped the first time “home” buyer credits. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185467) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 6:27 PM Author: adventurous chapel (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35192136) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:05 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185432) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:07 PM Author: Ebony really tough guy keepsake machete first of all fuck your use of reddit
second, lol being STUCK in NoVA FOREVER
third, enjoy the 150 minutes of commuting round trip each day
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:10 PM Author: Vengeful crimson pistol I thought it was 10 mins from Arlington to DC by train? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185483) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:11 PM Author: Ebony really tough guy keepsake machete Orange Line will be broken and shit as will red and other delays and blah blah (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185496) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:12 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night weirdly aggro and non-responsive.
never change, XO |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:13 PM Author: Ebony really tough guy keepsake machete I hate DC because it SUCKS YOU IN with above average market paying salaries and then FUCKS YOU by giving you skills that are ONLY useful in a fucking SWAMP and you're stuck there FOR LIFE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185524) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:19 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night i feel you, mang. I have some hesitations about moving to DC and getting wrapped up on all its nonsense.
still weighing options. might be a gig that would actually increase my options going forward.
there's a lot of DC-hate on this Boart, i've noticed. |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:21 PM Author: Ebony really tough guy keepsake machete it's because a ton of poasters live in DC
if they all lived in Atlanta it'd be the same way |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:20 PM Author: vibrant associate TITCR
I have a bunch of DC friends who have been sucked and fucked by DC in this way |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:21 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night EXPLAIN. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185612) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:22 PM Author: Ebony really tough guy keepsake machete when you work on widget ABC, and it's made in Chicago, Seattle, Texas, etc., you can go there for work and raise a family
when you work on things only done in DC, you can never leave, so you're stuck forever and it's scary and sad |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:26 PM Author: vibrant associate Many of the govt contracting and federal agencies pay very competitve salaries that are significantly higher than what you can get in other cities for the same work.
As pointed out above, the skills gained in these jobs beyond entry level are DC specific. For instance, as you move into leadership roles, your job mostly consists of navigating the federal bureaucracy. You are also networkon with DC specific circles. When you try to move, your skills and contacts are DC specific and your salary expectations are artifically inflated. |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:21 PM Author: Arousing rehab Those are just the Congressmen (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185614) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:14 PM Author: Arousing rehab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185530) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:11 PM Author: Idiotic spectacular circlehead live in dc and do private school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185497) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:13 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night sidwell frenz FTW (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185518) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:23 PM Author: Idiotic spectacular circlehead or anywhere. are nova/moco schools even good anymore? everyone from those areas seems to have wandered over here from mongolia or some shit over the past decade. cant imagine its still wort it to pay a mil for a teardown to get your child into a decent public school system. no way theyre all doin it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35185630) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 8:54 PM Author: Wine Mind-boggling Range Dingle Berry You have a kid so LOL at living near h st NE like that one poaster suggested
I would recommend living in north Arlington somewhat away from the orange line. The metro fucking sucks. You should drive to work. I can’t describe how much commuting by metro sucks. The trains are constantly fucked. They are packed to the gills. In the summer they are hot. Just terrible. And you will never use metro on the weekends even if you live near it, you will just uber.
I would check out westmont. They have a nice little commercial area with a beer garden packed with young families with one kid. |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 9:06 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night strong moniker/poast synergy.
i appreciate the tips
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Date: January 18th, 2018 9:12 PM Author: vibrant associate Have neighbors on all sides with kids.
Living in NOVA is SPS. You have all the worst aspects of suburbs combined. |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:20 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night i get this, on one level. i travel to DC fairly often and i've uber'd around NOVA quite a bit. it seems like right across the river in Arlington and down toward Courthouse, etc. it's more or less an unbroken sea of high(er) end condos with a lot of shopping and restos.
i see how that could be soulless and annoying. but also ...sorta convenient?
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Date: January 19th, 2018 12:43 AM Author: Irradiated blood rage It is more convenient than it is soulless, but it is absolutely soulless. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35187369) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 9:56 AM Author: Fragrant idiot cruise ship H St NE can be absolutely 180 at times and absolutely 120 at times
I really enjoyed answering my 2 year old's question of "why is that man bleeding on the streetcar?" (he had been stabbed) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 12:31 AM Author: Irradiated blood rage Westover? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35187328) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 1:09 PM Author: Wine Mind-boggling Range Dingle Berry It’s a neighborhood in Arlington. It has the Italian store (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35189657) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 6:07 PM Author: cream multi-colored address voyeur Italian Store is 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35192000) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:22 PM Author: boyish high-end dog poop Nova condos have high HOAs. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35186514) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:24 PM Author: jet bonkers menage brother, i work on K street as well. we should meet up in a public restroom. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35186524) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:25 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night there must be a flying J somewhere in sub-suburban VA... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35186532) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:28 PM Author: jet bonkers menage there may be a steamworks in DC. i'll look into this and let you know.
also, do not move to H street with a kid. that place is still pretty shitty. parts of cap hill are probably questionable.
i was born and raised in MD, and it pains me to say this, but nova is probably a good place. |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:40 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night MD also seems like an option but is there metro service and are the prices significantly cheaper, schools better/worse?
to be clear, i will almost def. purchase a car and drive in most days. but i like the idea of public transpo and would prefer if it were a backup option. |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:45 PM Author: jet bonkers menage Red line probably takes you right to your office (it does for me) and runs all throughout moco
Bethesda and Chevy Chase are really nice with very good schools. I live in silver Spring which has more nigs and Mexicans but it’s fine
Bethesda and Chevy Chase are probably pretty comparable to nova for prices and schools. |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:56 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night v. helpful. ty
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:28 PM Author: Talented useless hell gunner Find the best grade school ur kid can go for free, ie Cleveland park (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35186555) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:42 PM Author: ocher racy hunting ground national Move to Tyson's America's next great city (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35186670) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:44 PM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night pretty sure this is sarcasm, but Tyson's seems like the most soulless part of an already pretty soulless NOVA (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35186694) |
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Date: January 18th, 2018 10:45 PM Author: ocher racy hunting ground national Lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35186702) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 12:25 AM Author: narrow-minded cracking school cafeteria Don’t buy a condo you idiot buy a house. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35187300) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 12:40 AM Author: Irradiated blood rage I don't know shit about owning a place, but if you live in walking distance of Arlington orange line stops, your work commute should be easy and civilized. Metro isn't as bad as people are making it sound, and it appears to be improving. Life in Arlington isn't interesting, but it's perfectly convenient and comfortable.
You should definitely think about living in DC. NW is the province of the professional class historically. Bethesda/Chevy Chase is the same. Both are very expensive.
Capitol Hill is safe now. If you wanted to get really kooky, you could try NE. I have a 30-something colleague who lives near the Basilica/Catholic. I never would have considered living there myself, but he's enjoying living there and he's walking distance from the Brookland stop. He prefers it to Cap Hill. |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 12:48 AM Author: twinkling persian queen of the night good stuff. thx
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Date: January 19th, 2018 8:19 AM Author: narrow-minded cracking school cafeteria Almost every republican lives in Virginia or Georgetown. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35188025) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 8:44 AM Author: autistic church building old irish cottage D.C. Bro here. Cap Hill is totally fine for kids. I can't swing a dead cat without hitting a MILF with a stroller headed to their SUV.
I commute by bike and fucking love it. You can live in Arlington or a little Outside of D.C. and bike in. No traffic, no metro, get some exercise. But you need to be able to shower and commit yourself to being that yuppie biking guy.
Prices are fucking insane. But if trump and the republicans couldn't break the market with firings and a tax plan aimed at blue staters... it probably won't everything happen. |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 10:02 AM Author: jet bonkers menage how are you swinging cap hill as a fed? your wife balling or something? do you have kids? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35188372) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 11:32 AM Author: autistic church building old irish cottage No kids. Wife makes good money though, like three times me. But yea without family money or like a 500k hhi it is very difficult to buy on cap hill. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35188908) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 10:06 AM Author: Vivacious smoky nursing home this is stupid without more info. there are several very different directions you could go. depends on what you want. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35188390) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 10:16 AM Author: black temple turdskin Lol at DCmos calling NoVa soulless. DC is soulless as fuck everywhere. Don’t listen to singlemo millenials who pay absurd rents to live in a “cool” place that you can’t let your wife walk around by herself.
My friend nearly got raped near U Street. Not worth it just so can pretend the black bartender down the street is really your friend.
In DC, DuPont, Logan, and NW near the red line are worth looking at since you can afford a decent place.
In nova I think Auroa Hills is credited and close as fuck to dc. Del Ray is farther but has local character. It’s a bit family oriented though. |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 5:48 PM Author: transparent comical lay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35191844) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 5:52 PM Author: vibrant associate (Blue State Bottom) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3863526&forum_id=2#35191884) |
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Date: January 19th, 2018 6:27 PM Author: Wine Mind-boggling Range Dingle Berry Del Ray is good for young families and cheaper than n Arlington. That’s a good suggestion.
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