Comments on: Dear PoPville – If you had $100,000 to put down on a home where would you buy for best investment 5-10 years from now?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 30 May 2011 15:27:35 +0000

when is it that the hippies took over? the 70′s?
while mount rainier is often called the “poor mans takoma park”, it’s still a pretty isolated place. you will need a car and you will need to get out of your city often.

there are a few decent stores and that’s it. if you move there you will need to be a huge part in turing it in to something. and it has a long way to go.

on the plus side, it’s cheap, has very cool bungalows, and you can have a yard. the pool is great. there are a lot of place to see art and take classes. and glut is awesome.

By: Mistr Knucklz

Mistr Knucklz — Mon, 30 May 2011 06:03:16 +0000

A farm in Virginia.

By: SF

SF — Sat, 28 May 2011 10:48:54 +0000

You’re absolutely right, I do live south of Benning and Hechinger Mall. I agree that things do change significantly up where you live, and I don’t don’t doubt the amount of activity you cite is accurate.

Despite this activity (or maybe because of it?), Carver/Langston is one of the best values in the city right now, given the amount of close-proximity infrastructure development.

By: SF

SF — Sat, 28 May 2011 10:45:23 +0000

I have studied the designs extensively. Sure, there are some details to be worked out, but I’m confident it’s going to be a complete game changer.

A lot of the eventual success depends on light priority. Without it, it does get a lot more bus like and might not be seen as rapid transit akin to metrorail.

By: SF

SF — Sat, 28 May 2011 10:24:47 +0000

What a worthless comment. You’re a troll at best, a moron at worst.

The people on this blog are orders of magnitude better at speculation than the average real estate ‘expert’ in this area, who will just try to convince you to buy more house than you can afford to up their benefit from the sale.

Same for financial transactions. Sure, there are a lot of good professionals, but it never hurts to double check with people who don’t have direct financial interest in your decision (aside from convincing you to join whatever gentrification wave in the particular neighborhood where they live).

By: greent

greent — Fri, 27 May 2011 19:26:32 +0000

Pig’s Eye.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:17:19 +0000

Blagden Alley area if it’s sooner rather then later, otherwise waterfront or Mt. Vernon. H Street,Anacostia, are also good bets.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 27 May 2011 18:07:09 +0000

The hope of dropping your PMI if you have one.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:53:32 +0000

I hope you are right, but there are plenty of examples of “street cars” not having an impact on property values to draw from. Philly is just one. I agree that H Street will continue to develop, but based on commercial development that started before the street car idea was hatched and on DC’s demographic trends. Have you looked at DC’s street car designs? They’re buses. On tracks. People, including the study you cited, are putting way too much hope into them. Even if they were perfectly designed, DC government will find a way to f it up as well.

By: anon

anon — Fri, 27 May 2011 15:30:39 +0000

You’re joking about Blair being an “awful” high school, right? You’re talking about one of the best high schools in the nation, much less the DC region. Just needed to make clear that you’re joking to anyone who doesn’t actually know the area.