tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4220028616750420050..comments2024-03-28T23:22:41.774-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): The "stealth wealth" of the Washington D.C. area Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-57621765419129912942013-12-07T23:39:22.923-06:002013-12-07T23:39:22.923-06:00Nepkarel's points aside, there is something de...Nepkarel's points aside, there is something deeply amusing about elite Defense personnel getting their underclothes in a bunch when their own personal privacy is on the line. Poor dears.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-78253136071338866782013-12-07T13:59:13.763-06:002013-12-07T13:59:13.763-06:00To conclude: Many people are extremely wealthy her...To conclude: Many people are extremely wealthy here. But living here is pretty expensive as well. <br /><br />I often think about moving to a cheaper area to live. However, for me the main advantage of living in a high income / expensive place is that due to my (relatively) high income, my pension contributions are high as well. That makes it worth it.Nepkarelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-72615577887579331512013-12-07T13:55:10.629-06:002013-12-07T13:55:10.629-06:00I am sorry, but this is a bunch of nonsense. The W...I am sorry, but this is a bunch of nonsense. The Washington DC area remains one of the most racially=income segregated areas in the US. The most white people you see, the richer the area. In very short, DC and PG County are where the poor(er) African-Americans live. MoCo, NW DC and NoVA is where all the right people live. <br /><br />The extremely rich live in Georgetown, along Georgetown Pike, old Town Alexandria and west of US-15 in Loudoun. The very rich live in the ugly, ugly McMansions in Loudoun east of US-15, PW County and outer Fairfax, MoCo. The young up and coming rich live in Bethesda, Arlington, inner Fairfax, and Alexandria and the rejuvinated parts of NW DC; in other words: near metro stations in expensive condos. And that's where the $22 cocktail bars are.<br /><br />To finish off, the destitute live in DC SE (Wards 7&8) and just across the border in PG County (which is nicknamed Ward 9). The middle-class African Americans live in outer PG County. To make the racial separation complete, latinos live in the borders between the white and African-American communities.<br /><br />People who make 400k and work as contractors do not drive Bentleys. They spend their money sending their kids to Georgetown, GW and Ivy League schools. If you a million dollar McMansion and two or three kids going to those schools, 400k does not feel like that much.<br /><br />Let me be clear. 400k is a lot. I don't make close to that. Those people are extremely lucky.<br /><br />On the other hand, living in DC is a whole lot more expensive than living elsewhere in the US. I live in a small townhouse in DC suburbia within hearing range of an Interstate. When I lived in the Mid-Western state capital, I could have bought a home on several acres, with three garages, a horse stable, a swimming pool and 4 or 5 bedrooms for the price I paid or my little 2bed 1.5bath townhouse here. <br /><br />I am shocked when I see prices visiting my family in the rural south.<br /><br />The only places with higher real estate prices than downtown DC that I've seen are Manhattan and San Fran. DC is on par with the Loop in Chicago and Boston.<br /><br />And it's not only living costs that are high. Even groceries are significantly more expensive here.Nepkarelnoreply@blogger.com