Brehs, the wealth in Washington

[the next guy]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/local/2013/11/09/washington-a-world-apart/

A photograph hanging in Cherry Farley’s home office in a neighborhood of big houses and big ambitions reminds her what it means to have no home at all.

The image is an aerial view of Saigon, taken by her father from a helicopter as the family was fleeing Vietnam in 1975, when Farley was 10.

The family wound up in North Carolina, where her parents found blue-collar jobs at a cotton mill. But they went to college at night and became engineers, an achievement that allowed Farley and her two siblings to grow up in a modest three-bedroom house with one bathroom.

Now Farley and her husband, Michael, who was raised on a farm and went to college on a ROTC scholarship, work for defense contractors. Their combined income affords them a spacious five-bedroom house with 3.5 baths. Two of their three daughters have left for college, so it’s just the three of them now.

“I’ve come a long way,” said Farley, 46, pondering her path from a refugee camp to one of the country’s most affluent and educated Zip codes. “This is a wonderful area. I’m not sure all the people who live [here] recognize that. If all you’ve ever known is an upper-middle-class life, it’s hard to see how nice we have it.”

@mastermind @horse. kills @FAH1223 @Data-Hawk

DC is really popping like that?

Everybody rich like that?

 

[Marvel]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/local/2013/11/09/washington-a-world-apart/

A photograph hanging in Cherry Farley’s home office in a neighborhood of big houses and big ambitions reminds her what it means to have no home at all.

The image is an aerial view of Saigon, taken by her father from a helicopter as the family was fleeing Vietnam in 1975, when Farley was 10.

The family wound up in North Carolina, where her parents found blue-collar jobs at a cotton mill. But they went to college at night and became engineers, an achievement that allowed Farley and her two siblings to grow up in a modest three-bedroom house with one bathroom.

Now Farley and her husband, Michael, who was raised on a farm and went to college on a ROTC scholarship, work for defense contractors. Their combined income affords them a spacious five-bedroom house with 3.5 baths. Two of their three daughters have left for college, so it’s just the three of them now.

“I’ve come a long way,” said Farley, 46, pondering her path from a refugee camp to one of the country’s most affluent and educated Zip codes. “This is a wonderful area. I’m not sure all the people who live [here] recognize that. If all you’ve ever known is an upper-middle-class life, it’s hard to see how nice we have it.”

@mastermind @horse. kills @FAH1223 @Data-Hawk

DC is really popping like that?

Everybody rich like that?

Its popping like that for many people over there. My sister and her fiance live in DMV. There is a lot of money there.

 

[Wild self]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/local/2013/11/09/washington-a-world-apart/

A photograph hanging in Cherry Farley’s home office in a neighborhood of big houses and big ambitions reminds her what it means to have no home at all.

The image is an aerial view of Saigon, taken by her father from a helicopter as the family was fleeing Vietnam in 1975, when Farley was 10.

The family wound up in North Carolina, where her parents found blue-collar jobs at a cotton mill. But they went to college at night and became engineers, an achievement that allowed Farley and her two siblings to grow up in a modest three-bedroom house with one bathroom.

Now Farley and her husband, Michael, who was raised on a farm and went to college on a ROTC scholarship, work for defense contractors. Their combined income affords them a spacious five-bedroom house with 3.5 baths. Two of their three daughters have left for college, so it’s just the three of them now.

“I’ve come a long way,” said Farley, 46, pondering her path from a refugee camp to one of the country’s most affluent and educated Zip codes. “This is a wonderful area. I’m not sure all the people who live [here] recognize that. If all you’ve ever known is an upper-middle-class life, it’s hard to see how nice we have it.”

@mastermind @horse. kills @FAH1223 @Data-Hawk

DC is really popping like that?

Everybody rich like that?

No everybody, but there are a bunch of gov't jobs and a bunch of recession-proof careers there.

 

[Marvel]

No everybody, but there are a bunch of gov't jobs and a bunch of recession-proof careers there.

True, there are a lot of consulting firms and DoD contract jobs which are plentiful. Makes it easier to do deals with the government and get money. There are a lot of business owners that do independent contract work for the government as well.

 

[Bay Area]

I personally wouldnt leave the Bay to go to another state with the same high cost of living.

 

[sfgiants]

oakland # 5?

edit- they're including surrounding cities. prob blackhawk and all this other shyt

 

[FAH1223]

The thing is, sequestration will cut into a lot of incomes especially in Northern Virginia. But yeah, this area was shielded by the recession and I remember scores of people from the Midwest, NYC, and the south coming up here to find work back in 2008-2009.

I work in a non profit and most of our money comes from a grant with DOS. I hear our President and CEO is making a quarter mil and the rest of senior management is in the six figures... supervisory folks are making well above average salaries too... but us young folk fresh out of school are making close to the median income nationally which is 40 something.

If you're in engineering, IT, and in the business consulting world... you will make bread here. If you're a govt bureaucrat, you'll be making good money and for a lot of people it's real comfy and they get cozy in it.

In terms of housing, it is expensive. Living in DC is crazy price wise. Southeast is still cheap due to past reputation as is parts of Northeast. But the gentrification is well underway there and the $3000-4000 apartments are popping up everywhere in the hood. In Northwest, all the young professionals are going into Columbia Heights area, DuPont Circle, or Stadium Armory in Southeast.

If you live in Maryland, Montgomery County is by far the most expensive place to live. PG County in general is cheaper unless you're in Bowie, Glenn Dale, that sort of area where the upper class blacks live in. Hyattsville, College Park, Greenbelt, Bladensburg all got older type housing which isn't as expensive. You go towards southern PG and that's where housing gets cheaper but like Southeast DC you got a rep of past years where the murder rates was high. I'm talking Capitol Heights, Temple Hills, Suitland, etc... I wouldn't live down there.

Howard County which the article highlighted also has a lot of land and is VERY quiet area. Cops don't got nothing to do out there. Housing up there is a bit of a hit or miss in terms of pricing. I've seen auctions in the northern part of that county where it was dirt cheap and other places close to Anne Arundel are higher.

My family lived in Northern PG County in Laurel for 10 years and my pops worked in financial consulting, then real estate, then was a consultant at 7-Eleven, I think our household income with him, my mom, and his side hustles was $110-120k a year. We moved to Glenn Dale this year and we're renting a place at the same cost of the mortgage of the old house but it's 3000 square feet bigger and it's just

The people in this neighborhood bought their houses before the housing bubble burst and that means they bought it for $800k and now these houses are worth $400k... they were built in 2006. So they either have paid a good chunk off or they are paying $6000 a month for their cribs

 

[Big Boss]

chocolate city

 

[Data-Hawk]

ton of government and contracting jobs here. plus as far as I.T and engineering jobs we are close to being silicon valley( read that somewhere).


Traffic was extremely lite this morning since all the govt employees are off.

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

Tons of corruption and old money. But yeah DC getting wealthier every year especially since they kicking out all the poor black folk.

 

[Brofato]

I'm sure as hell not.

 

[DaPresident]

DC property is expensive and you'll NEVER own the land lol...


I live in SE basically a hood, but an improving one. Soon, my girl and I (and our future family) will be forced into MD (I ain't moving to no damn VA)

Good to live in this area if u IT or got a accounting or computer background cuz there's jobs for ya. This is a great area to live in especially now while they're building it up cuz soon they gonna price most "regular" folks out

 

[Chris.B]

ton of government and contracting jobs here. plus as far as I.T and engineering jobs we are close to being silicon valley( read that somewhere).


Traffic was extremely lite this morning since all the govt employees are off.

what he said^^^

I'm eating good outchea.

Signed

Network Engineer/Programmer

 

[Chris.B]

DC property is expensive and you'll NEVER own the land lol...


I live in SE basically a hood, but an improving one. Soon, my girl and I (and our future family) will be forced into MD (I ain't moving to no damn VA)

Good to live in this area if u IT or got a accounting or computer background cuz there's jobs for ya. This is a great area to live in especially now while they're building it up cuz soon they gonna price most "regular" folks out

yup..I think there is a strategic plan to ran kneegrows out of town

 

[www.THUG.com]

There is money to be made in D.C. Like @Marvel and @FAH1223 have stated its in government, tech, or consulting. Its hard to get in the government but once you're there, you're set and -ing extremely well. I just got into the Feds and finally make (what I believe to be) a decent livable wage. I've been born and raised here so I've watched how dark, grimey, and cutthroat it was in the 80's to how it began to clean up and become more professional through the 90's and early 2000's. Now we're witnessing a huge growth of young educated professionals running around town.

The whites are coming from the suburbs back into the city and pushing the Blacks out. You would only see whites in certain parts of town but now they're all over WITH NO FEAR! They're purchasing homes and moving into new apartment/condo developments which are bring them in droves. I guess buying houses was too slow of a process so they began to build apts/condos for them which is faster to sell and brings them en masse.

All you need is a good education and some highly desirable skills and you can live like a or a .