Living in the richest county...
September 10, 2006
In the Loudoun Extra of the Post today is a feature called Readers' Forum. Snippets from three perspectives on the richest county in America:Middle income families can't afford housing in Loudoun.
HEATHER: ...those of us working, living and serving in our community (my husband is a sheriff's deputy with Loudoun County) and trying to move up, it will be one more pat on the head - and a reminder of where we belong.
"...to whom much is given, much is expected"
SERENA: Our Board of Supervisors should explain to residents why we have so many problems budgeting for new schools and roads when we are the richest county in the country.
"This is why we moved to Clarke County 5 months ago"
DEBRA: The influx of residents brought many extremely materialistic, superficial, self-centered and, most of all, rude people. Aggressive drivers became common...Remember the weeks and months after the 9/11 tragedy how courteous, caring, warm and friendly people were to each other without regard to status? Too bad it didn't last.
...warmth and friendliness were replaced with indifference and selfishness. (We moved again)...to escape the very same behavior and attitudes that prompted us to leave Massachusetts six years ago.
When real people speak we should listen. Poignant!
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made the following comment on November 24, 2006 1:06 PM
Terri, thanks for your comment. I too believe it is a shortcoming of our local government to not put more emphasis on this issue with developers. The support people we depend on for our safety and teaching our children shouldn't have to live in another state!
My husband (also a Loudoun County Deputy) and I also moved OUT of Loudoun into WV so that we could afford to purchase a home. Buying a townhouse for $500k? Not on your life!
made the following comment on September 11, 2006 6:50 AM
I wonder where the snob income threshold is.
I'm also moving from Loudoun County to either Frederick or Shenandoah County so we can afford a decent house and live on one income so we can stop paying $1500/mo for daycare and $450+ mo in property taxes. All we have to do now is just get this house to sell and we are gone. Can you believe the Median household income is just under $100,000? Compare that to $46,941 for Frederick County and $39,173 for Shenandoah Co. Clarke Co is $51,601...
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