Originally Posted by
mtnbkr
Yup. It's why I'm staying put until I'm ready to move well out of NoVA entirely.
FWIW, a few years ago I found a nice property up on Blue Mtn in Linden that was insanely cheap and was on about an acre of land. The house looked nice in the pics, had that sort of look that folks who own/rent "cabins" in places like East TN or Western NC go for (ie modern rustic). It was at the end of a cul-de-sac at the edge of the neighbourhood, so no neighbours on three sides and the nearest one on the 4th side was bout 100yds away. It was the type of place where you'd have bears walking through the backyard. The only drawback was you would absolutely need a 4x4 to get there. Sure, a car could do it in ideal conditions, at least for a year or two before being shaken apart, but if there was rain, snow, or ice, you'd need that 4x4. You were also a good 40min+ from the nearest store and 30 from I66, but once you hit I66 you could be in DC in about an hour and a half.
That would be an ideal 2nd home, but I didn't think it would be so hot for a family with 2 young kids in school (one of which is absolutely not an outdoors kid).
Chris