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(11-09-2017 10:53 AM)Monarchblue Wrote:  

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(11-09-2017 08:40 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(11-08-2017 10:55 PM)Razor Ramon Monarch Wrote:  Movement mortgage bought part or all of military circle mall from the city I believe.

I know at the very least they totally renovated it. It's not going anywhere.

I also happen to think the arena is a terrible idea.

Not having a dedicated tenant already is a recipe for disaster.

Btw, the oceanfront is becoming more and more of a dump as well. So glad I moved out of Hampton Roads lol.

Where did you move?

I'm looking to get out of here as well, but unfortunately the money in my profession is in Northern Virginia and that is not an option I am willing to take. You are right though, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach are both turning into dumps unless you are so far off the beaten path that you are commuting an hour just to work. My house in Newport News is worth about $50k less than when I bought it 10 years ago. While the neighborhood and quality of life is still decent, it is going nowhere and once my 3rd grade son hits middle school, we'll have to shell out $12k per year for private school because our middle school is garbage and frankly dangerous.

Looking at Charleston, Savannah, and Pittsburgh but opportunities are few and far between. A few now and then in Charleston, but the pay is crap there. Best opportunities for salary and cost of living seem to be in San Antonio, but my wife doesn't want to be that far from family.

Where would you be working if you were going to commute an hour to work in Hampton Roads?

Where in the country would your house be worth more now than 10 years ago when the market was it its absolute peak?

The answer to your second question would be Virginia Beach.

The only issue with VB, for me, is that the places I would actually want to live, are too expensive for me to afford at this time. If you can't spend $400k its hard to get a nice house in a decent neighborhood, and it takes close to $500k to get a nice house in a great neighborhood.

Correct, and wages haven't followed. I love the area between Chicks Beach and the Lessner Bridge. I forget the name of the neighborhood, but that would be my ideal location in VB. Good luck getting even a small house in there for under $400k. I'm old enough to remember being able to buy into places like that for $150k. And a $50k job back then is only about $65k now. The good news is the prices should crash once the boomers die out and their kids can't afford the taxes to hold onto them.