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Old 11-29-2011, 08:23 AM
 
Location: NC
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I am reguraly seeing new people looking to move here for new jobs, etc but dont think many people are moving out to balance this out..This is going to cause additional strain on our infrastructure and drive up already high prices on housing, etc. I dont feel adding a hot lane here or train stop there is going to improve things much. It is really the surface streets that get clogged up with traffic as much as highways. . How is Nova going to handle this?
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Old 11-29-2011, 09:46 AM
 
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Create edge-cities such as Tysons (already) or Ashburn (soon). Create high-density, multi-use neighborhoods near transit centers. Augment mass transit networks and options. Tax those who refuse to use it. Increase telecommuting. Forget the notion of "regular business hours".

As anyone who has driven around the region at off-hours knows, the problem in nearly all cases isn't that we don't have enough roads, but rather that too many people try to use those roads all at once. Stop doing that.
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Old 11-29-2011, 01:51 PM
 
Location: Springfield
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I am reguraly seeing new people looking to move here for new jobs, etc but dont think many people are moving out to balance this out..This is going to cause additional strain on our infrastructure and drive up already high prices on housing, etc. I dont feel adding a hot lane here or train stop there is going to improve things much. It is really the surface streets that get clogged up with traffic as much as highways. . How is Nova going to handle this?

welcome to the big city! Typical post from newbies
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Old 11-29-2011, 01:55 PM
 
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People are leaving the area, they just aren't visible here. Right now, if you're retiring, this is a great time to move from DC/NoVA. The housing bubble has really devastated traditional retirement areas (ie, Florida), while prices here barely blipped. If you're a Fed or get some other kind of pension, your fixed income will go a lot further elsewhere.
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Old 11-29-2011, 02:08 PM
 
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Create edge-cities such as Tysons (already) or Ashburn (soon). Create high-density, multi-use neighborhoods near transit centers. Augment mass transit networks and options. Tax those who refuse to use it. Increase telecommuting. Forget the notion of "regular business hours".
I have to laugh at the idea of "keeping the illegals" but taxing the bona fide Americans for not using mass transit.

Normally I am a fan of mass transit but enjoy that being a citizen of this country does give me certain freedoms. Irony is a funny thing.
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Old 11-29-2011, 02:22 PM
 
Location: Middleburg
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Right now, if you're retiring, this is a great time to move from DC/NoVA.
Or consider the opposite - retirees coming to NOVA, especially places like Loudoun County. Beautiful rolling hills, awesome weather & a true 4 seasons, good food, cultural events, shopping, day trips into D.C., etc.
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Old 11-29-2011, 02:27 PM
 
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Or consider the opposite. The NOVA area, especially places like rural Loudoun County, is a huge draw for retirees. The retirees will start coming in droves soon. Awesome weather, good food, cultural events, shopping, day trips into D.C., etc.

or they can spend their money wisely, take advantage of the lower cost housing market in a warmer climate with less brutal winters and use their savings for vacations and leisure. i haven't met any people who have retired here except for pseudo retirees who do consulting work on the side.

who knows! i just hope the retirees who come here don't drive as well as the retirees down in FL
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Old 11-29-2011, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Virginia
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Actually I think Smoke Jaguar has it right. We're nearing retirement, and as much as I love it here (and you guys know that we really do love it here), we're taking a serious look at Delaware and maybe even Florida right now. The places we're looking at may not have every single thing that I love about northern VA, but these days if you want to retire you have to make a few compromises. It's a good time to sell our big house here and buy a much smaller and less expensive place elsewhere. When you're retiring, you have to be a little more frugal--or at least we do.

(Of course, to be fair, I do know some people who have moved here for retirement. If you can afford a retirement here, this is a nice place to be.)
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Old 11-29-2011, 02:31 PM
 
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About 40 years or so ago during the Nixon era, a proposal was floated to decentralize the federal government and disperse most cabinet-level departments throughout the U.S., e.g. put HHS in Atlanta, Education in Boston, Transportation in Los Angeles, etc. Only the "Core Four" (no, not Jeter, Posada, Rivera, and Pettitte!) of State, Defense, Justice, and Treasury would remain in Washington. Needless to say, this trial balloon never went anywhere. Still, it's interesting to consider what impact such an idea would have had. Presumably, several tens of thousands of federal workers, plus their families, would have left the area, not to mention assorted contractors and businesses that dealt with these federal departments. I realize that these days Washington is not such a one-industry town any more, but back then it was and I think it would have had a significant impact on population growth and development.
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Old 11-29-2011, 02:43 PM
 
Location: Northern Virginia
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but rather that too many people try to use those roads all at once. Stop doing that.
Much easier said than done.
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