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...and you thought Tysons had traffic now. - Apoc - 01-23-2007
Yay for 10 years of contruction and thousands more cars!
Overhaul Of Tysons Center Approved
Decade-Long Project Will Add Towers With Offices, Apartments
Fairfax County's evolution into a more urban suburb advanced last night as the Board of Supervisors approved plans to overhaul Tysons Corner Center by surrounding the mall with a ring of eight towers containing offices, more than 1,000 apartments and at least one hotel.
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- .RJ - 01-23-2007
That wont really create traffic problems, IMO. There's always construction and new buildings going up in that area.
I am a lot more worried about the proposed Metro line out to Dulles Airport.... they're planning on running right down the middle of Rotue 7. Good luck with that!
- Apoc - 01-23-2007
Creating an additional 1000 apartments won't add traffic? Pass me some of that crack y0!
- .RJ - 01-23-2007
Apoc Wrote:Creating an additional 1000 apartments won't add traffic? Pass me some of that crack y0!
It might add traffic but the net effect is you wont notice anything different. There are already 10,000 (I pulled the number directly out of my arse) apartments/offices/condos stacked up next to both malls - adding more is a drop in the bucket. There has always been new construction of apartments and office buildings in that area. This isnt anything new.
My best guess is they're going to use the huge open area between 123 and Tysons 2.
- Apoc - 01-23-2007
You haven't seen critical mass yet, you can still cram more traffic in there and notice it.
Article said they were going to tear down some of the existing stores.
- Mike - 01-23-2007
7 is gonna be awful when construction starts on the metro. it's heinous already and i don't see how they can construct a metro without affecting what exists today.
- .RJ - 01-23-2007
I bet real estate prices hit a new high when those things go up.
$600k for a 27th floor 1br condo? Someone will buy it.
- D_Eclipse9916 - 01-23-2007
lol im glad my mom got her house when she did (before the big boom) we are across the street on gallows with a 2-car garage. It was already at 750k for a townhouse, (its just me and my mom and my sister, my sister for only a few years) so there was no need for a large house. Thank god, prices on real estate tax are going to be astronomical.
PS- When you live there, you learn to deal with it. The only people I haer bitch about it are the people that DONT live there, all my friends and me included who live literally across the street and sorrounding area dont bitch.
- Maengelito - 01-23-2007
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:PS- When you live there, you learn to deal with it. The only people I haer bitch about it are the people that DONT live there, all my friends and me included who live literally across the street and sorrounding area dont bitch.
+1, damn everyone here at work deals with govt shit in DC and everyone says "i wouldnt wanna live there!" but you deal with it when you grow up there. silver lining is that traffic isnt bad everywhere else when you are used to DC traffic
- .RJ - 01-23-2007
Its going to be a long time before I buy a house around here. The bottom is going to have to drop out of the market something awful if its going to be soon. As long as rent is still fairly reasonable there's no reason for me to piss away $$ on buying a house.
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- Apoc - 01-23-2007
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:When you live there, you learn to deal with it.
People learn to live with AIDS too but that doesn't mean it's a good thing or welcomed.
Yeah, I compared traffic in Tysons to AIDS.
- .RJ - 01-23-2007
Apoc Wrote:Yeah, I compared traffic in Tysons to AIDS.
Worst comparison ever.
I dont deal with traffic. Its really pretty easy to avoid. Problem solved.
- Mike - 01-23-2007
.RJ Wrote:I dont deal with traffic. Its really pretty easy to avoid. Problem solved.
+1
I could sit in traffic through tysons for 35 minutes, or I could take twisty backroads for the same amount of time. The only palce that traffic is unavoidable is if you need to get to Chantilly, Centreville, Manassas, or Maryland.
- Apoc - 01-23-2007
.RJ Wrote:Apoc Wrote:Yeah, I compared traffic in Tysons to AIDS.
Worst comparison ever.
I dont deal with traffic. Its really pretty easy to avoid. Problem solved.
There's definitely a joke in there somewhere but I've used up my asshole allowance for today.
You bitch all the time about traffic in Nova, why is it all of a sudden a non-issue?
Mike Wrote:The only palce that traffic is unavoidable is if you need to get to Chantilly, Centreville, Manassas, or Maryland.
Says the guy who is convinced there's no way I can make it downtown in 45 minutes after work. I agree that you can avoid traffic in most cases. I was just making a joke about Tysons being particularly bad in this area.
- Apoc - 01-23-2007
.RJ Wrote:Its going to be a long time before I buy a house around here. The bottom is going to have to drop out of the market something awful if its going to be soon. As long as rent is still fairly reasonable there's no reason for me to piss away $$ on buying a house.
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What figures are you using here?
I put in what I thought was conservative and ended up with a recommendation to buy.
- .RJ - 01-23-2007
Apoc Wrote:You bitch all the time about traffic in Nova
No I dont.
I bitched about the traffic in Atlanta all the time though.
- Apoc - 01-23-2007
RJ's IM Wrote:It took me 35 minutes to go x miles to get to work today. Fuck Nova.
Moving on, what did you use for the rent/buy estimator?
- .RJ - 01-23-2007
Apoc Wrote:.RJ Wrote:http://www.ginniemae.gov/rent_vs_buy/rent_vs_buy_calc.asp?Section=YPTH
What figures are you using here?
$2350 (rent at the new place)
$600000 (what the place next door was selling for)
5% (thats a stretch)
30 yr
6%
10 yrs
1%
1%
It gives the slight edge to buying, but if you were in that scenario and wanted/had to move inside of 5 years without a significant equity gain (i.e. the housing bubble) then you've got the potential to get hosed and lose a lot of money.
- .paul - 01-23-2007
just when you though house prices might drop - this happens.
chris this is good for your house value.
- .RJ - 01-23-2007
Apoc Wrote:RJ's IM Wrote:It took me 35 minutes to go x miles to get to work today. Fuck Nova.
Moving on, what did you use for the rent/buy estimator?
Ok, you got me there. But its only when I plan poorly and leave the house after 8:30, or leave work in the middle of rush hour. Most of my commute is out lawyers rd.