I lived in a DC suburb for 3 years. Everyone works for the government. No calloused hands. Elevated since of self importance. The apartments have a min and max salary requirement for application. Cops everywhere. No night life because there's no disposable income. They don't build houses to accommodate the large population which drives up the value of the existing homes to a point that they're unaffordable. One of the apartments i lived in required me to purchase a sticker for my windshield annually. I missed the renewal deadline by 1 week. I woke up to find both of my vehicles towed. It's not the America i knew growing up in Texas so I left and took a new job for less money back in Texas. Edit: this video reminds me of the attitude of most of the people I came across while living in that shit hole.
Patriot, everything in DC and around DC has always been overpriced . and when I visited there did what I had to do and visited friends in Fairfax where still back then, life was real. But heard that has changed.
That's amazing. When I visited the DC area I was astonished at how cheap restaurants were compared to where I live. I guess that means there are even cheaper places?
When I was there, a 2000sqft house cost $380k, while the same house here cost $120k. Thank God I rented and didn't buy. I was there when the housing bubble popped. Sheriff stickers on more than half the houses in my neighborhood. People just walked away from their houses and mortgage commitments. I couldn't relate to the people there. I worked around 90-100hrs/wk and they bragged about getting out of work or complained that they weren't going to do something because it wasn't their job. It was a bad experience outside of work. The only positives I took away were the area was very beautiful and I left Virginia debt free.
Patriot, as I pointed out had not been there since the early 80's, and back then in DC things were pricey for sure, even my friend who lived in Fairfax the house he rented was three times the normal price else where. and traffic was crazy they had a traffic jam on I95 from Woodbridge to DC back then when I traveled that day.
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