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Damn that DC building is boring. No thanks. I'd rather be outside doing things and getting some real exercise. Buildings like that are for lazy shut-ins. That's the type of stuff going up in DC? Definitely not the place for me.
Oh please. This building is made with more high end materials than most other projects going on in the US. And your comment about "exercise", do you not live in LA where millions of people own pools on their properties? I guess they're all shut ins according to you...
Oh please. This building is made with more high end materials than most other projects going on in the US. And your comment about "exercise", do you not live in LA where millions of people own pools on their properties? I guess they're all shut ins according to you...
Jealous because DC is urbanizing way faster than L.A and has a much more robust economy that allows it to boom.
Jealous because DC is urbanizing way faster than L.A and has a much more robust economy that allows it to boom.
Incorrect.
LAs economy is growing faster[i.e. more 'robust] than DC according to the latest govt data available.
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA
2012 GDP $918.834 Billion
2011 GDP $880.780 Billion
2011-2012 Numerical GDP Change:+$38.054
Billion 2011-2012 Percentage Change: +4.3%
3.Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA
2012 GDP $629.224 Billion
2011 GDP $611.030 Billion
2011-2012 Numerical GDP Change:+$18.194
Billion 2011-2012 Percentage Change: +2.9%
Location: That star on your map in the middle of the East Coast, DMV
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Incorrect.
LAs economy is growing faster[i.e. more 'robust] than DC according to the latest govt data available.
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA CSA
2012 GDP $918.834 Billion
2011 GDP $880.780 Billion
2011-2012 Numerical GDP Change:+$38.054
Billion 2011-2012 Percentage Change: +4.3%
3.Washington-Baltimore-Arlington, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA CSA
2012 GDP $629.224 Billion
2011 GDP $611.030 Billion
2011-2012 Numerical GDP Change:+$18.194
Billion 2011-2012 Percentage Change: +2.9%
At this point, DC is all buzz and hype.
Dude please stop cherry picking stats for your continued hate. Baltimore MSA brings "DC" down in terms of percentage in almost every instance. DC MSA is 1/3 size of LA's CSA yet is half the size in GDP. DC MSA, 6 million = $455 billion GDP. LA CSA 18+ million= $918 billion? C'mon.
Any reason you excluded Boston? Or just slip of the brain?
Slip of the brain. Yes, Boston is in the club!
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Originally Posted by Ant131531
Well, not everyone likes to live the same way you do. Some people like modern. Some people like old/historic. They both have their pros and cons. Let a fire break out in a historic building where the codes weren't nearly as strong as they are today. You generally don't have central heating/AC which can be miserable in the winter or summer(Depends on the city. SF, you generally don't have to worry about that, but you do in NYC and Philly). Things are constantly falling apart because of how old it is. You generally have rats or other things going on that correlates with old things. Just saying though.
I'm sure plenty of people are rushing to those new apartment midrises being built in SF and don't have a problem with it.
It's funny because fires have recently consumed mid-rises being built mostly of wood (<5-6 stories) in Houston and San Francisco. No building in SF has central heating/AC (even newer buildings don't...you're expected to open a window). We don't get too cold or too warm for long here and if you want central heating/AC, hopefully you have $5M+ to spend on a house! Lots of buildings in Boston and New York also don't have central AC, which can be warm in the summertime. However, people don't spend their time in their apartments in these cities like they do in others. That's why there are far more bars/restaurants/public businesses in these cities.
Yes new apt communities are filling up here in SF. I am not anti-new apt community. I just like the fact that there is a nice variety here and a juxtaposition of old/new that works. The reason why a city like SF is so desirable is because of its walkability and street liveliness, which is born out of the fact that people live in crappy shoeboxes here and spend their time outside of their apartment. If every apartment were a self-contained luxurious city within a city, what fun is that?? Why would anyone leave their little world?
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Originally Posted by MDAllstar
Amenities like the building I posted come standard in D.C. Every building being built pretty much has all that. Are we spoiled? Sure! But that's just the way people are living in D.C. these days. On a side note, you would live in a walkup? I don't do walkups.
I don't technically live in a walkup because my building is 5 floors and has a hydraulic elevator used 99% of the time for move-ins. However, it's slow and I take the stairs, along with everyone else. It's not bad (I live in on the 5th floor, so free exercise).
Amenities are a national theme with new communities being built by the larger apartment developers (Avalon, Equity Res, Essex, Camden, Post, AMLI, BRE, etc).
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The more I look at those pics, the more ticky tacky that place looks. Someone turn it off.
That doesn't look ticky tacky at all. Definitely very high end, though I'm not a fan of the "busy-ness" of the exterior architecture, and not sure how the architecture of the rooftop relates to the interior spaces and in turn not sure how the interior spaces related to the look and feel of the exterior. Looks like 3 architects designed this and we haven't even gotten to the units themselves.
Dude please stop cherry picking stats for your continued hate. Baltimore MSA brings "DC" down in terms of percentage in almost every instance. DC MSA is 1/3 size of LA's CSA yet is half the size in GDP. DC MSA, 6 million = $455 billion GDP. LA CSA 18+ million= $918 billion? C'mon.
No, I will NOT stop reporting facts just because you dislike them.
LA's nominal annual growth rate +4.3% vs +2.9% for DC-Baltimore.
Therefore, contrary to what Ant131531 stated, DCs economy is NOT more robust than LAs.
Definitely very high end, though I'm not a fan of the "busy-ness" of the exterior architecture, and not sure how the architecture of the rooftop relates to the interior spaces and in turn not sure how the interior spaces related to the look and feel of the exterior. Looks like 3 architects designed this and we haven't even gotten to the units themselves.
I agree with the "busy-ness" part 100%, its all over the place.
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