The platform at Huntington Metro
I am one of the few people who are from here who are actually from here. That is to say I was born in Fairfax and have lived much of my life in Northern Virginia.
When I got out of the Army and moved back to Northern Virginia, for a time I worked as a government contractor at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, which is located at L’Enfant Plaza in Washington DC. As you may know, parking is pricey and limited at L’Enfant, so the Metro was my best choice for commuting.
Originally, I lived out in the exburbs and would drive the Vienna Metro Station at the end of the Orange Line and then ride the Orange Line to L’Enfant Plaza. It was a long and tiresome commute, and I knew I had to move in closer. So I resolved to buy a home much closer to the Metro.
That’s when reality hit my budget. Yes, I could afford housing near the Vienna Metro, but what I could afford was not up to the standard of what I really wanted to buy. I found the same, very high prices, all along the Orange Line. But I also had an epiphany as I was jostling to work today. I suddenly realized that it’s not how far you ride on the Metro, it’s how many stops you make. The Orange Line seemed to stop every three blocks. But the Yellow Line and the Blue Line …
Well, both of these lines cruise quickly out of DC and then into Old Town. I found that the housing at the end of the Yellow Line fit my budget and my expectations quite nicely. So that’s where I bought and bought and again and remain to this day. Since that time, Old Town, especially in the Carlyle District, has grown up quite a bit, but around Huntington and the neighborhoods of New Alexandria, one can still find neighborhoods that fit the budget and fill the bill quite nicely. I think there are also a lot of great neighborhoods off the Blue Line, but my personal preference is to be a little closer to the city.
Will Nesbitt is proud to be the principal broker of Nesbitt Realty.
Will Nesbitt is the principal broker of Nesbitt Realty.
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