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Broadlands Sign (The big leaf one)

Discussion in 'Broadlands Community Issues' started by ChrisL, Aug 26, 2010.

  1. Capricorn1964

    Capricorn1964 Well-Known Member

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    What do you mean by "Tax Negative"?? How does a house and I are tax negative? Can you clarify that a wee bit more? Thanks!!!
     
  2. flynnibus

    flynnibus Well-Known Member Forum Staff

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    Simple.. your household will consume more in services (schooling, fire, police, etc) then your tax payments (property tax) to the county will be able to pay for. Residential Property taxes alone can not sustain the budget needs of the county. Building a ton of houses with no other boost to the county's tax income means a big drain on the county.

    Because traffic is the reason it would never be developed or not... Yeah... whatever. :rolleyes: Your opinion on the matter is baseless and dreaming.
     
  3. T8erman

    T8erman Well-Known Member

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    I do not see traffic as an issue, it is not like it will be large campus.
     
  4. napper

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  5. Mr. Linux

    Mr. Linux Senior Member & Moderator Forum Staff

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    Napper, you did take a look at the Broadlands build-out plan prior to deciding to purchase a home here, right? That section was always marked for commercial development. Sure, it's your right to 'wish' nothing would be built there and that there be 'nature' everywhere in Broadlands, but if that's the case, maybe Broadlands wasn't a good choice for you in the first place. I personally think we have lots of 'nature' to admire here in Broadlands. When we decided to move here, one of the things we did was look at the build-out plan of the whole community to see if it would meet our needs both at that time and in the future when we started our family. Over 11 years later, I still strongly believe this is the best community in Loudoun County.
     
  6. napper

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    You don't see the interesection of Waxpool and Demott or Asburn Village Pkwy and Demott getting congestested? Look at NOVA. That place is a mad house! I used to live right next to it and it was miserable trying to get around, and that was 12 years ago! Now, it's impossible.

    Good news is this campus isn't happening for a while.
     
  7. napper

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    No, I didn't look at it. I just saw a beautiful place and felt it would be great to live here. I still do, don't get me wrong. I just happen to think, yes naively, that there has to be a limit to building. There can be only so many people in one area, don't ya think, before it gets to be too much?
     
  8. flynnibus

    flynnibus Well-Known Member Forum Staff

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    Come back to me with responses like 'whatever' and you reap what you sow.

    Opinions that are baseless and lacking credibility are pretty much hot air. In this case you're moaning about something that was determined long before your decision to get involved in the situation, with aspirations that simply aren't realstic.

    If you want to dream about living in open spaces and free and wild nature that you can feed all you want - why did you chose to live in a subdivision in a booming economic region?

    Know what I think is wrong with society today? People that refuse to accept responsibility and the consequences of their own actions and thinking things should bend to them after the fact.
     
  9. Brassy

    Brassy Hiyah

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    Most people never look at the site plans or County Capitol improvement plans when excited to buy a house. We never mad a mistake again after the Richmond American Salesman told us that the hill berm already existing between most of the townhouses (where we moved to in 1995, in Ashburn Farm) would be completed all the way down.

    HA, That didn't happen, as later it turned out to be an egress for the power and utility comanies to get through. Ok, then we had a great place to put up badmitton nets at parties, or for the kids to kick around a soccer ball, etc. Then this "supposed" egress area - which began with the house to the right of us and went behind eight other houses- was planted with 10 Spruce trees. Go figure. Never let us get hoodwinked after that, again!

    That's why when you sign a contract with a new builder, they give you a form to sign that says you can have three days to look at the CIP, and cancel the contract. Most people just sign it at that time.
     
  10. vacliff

    vacliff "You shouldn't say that."

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    flynnibus explained it. For example....each child will cost over $10,000 per year in taxes to educate alone. This doesn't cost the capital costs of the schools themselves. That ALONE is more expense than any house in Broadlands will pay in property tax. Now, look at the fact that many, many homes in Broadlands have 3, 4, and 5 kids....well, do the math. And that's just school costs.
     
  11. greggbroadlands

    greggbroadlands New Member

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    There were guys with flashlights at 6:15pm last night walking around the big letters. Guess its broken again?
     
  12. T8erman

    T8erman Well-Known Member

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    NOVA CC is on significantly more acreage. The new GMU complex will also most likely have building restrictions that NOVA does not, limiting classroom space. And if you are worried about traffic, I would be more concerned with Moorefield Station when it is complete.
     
  13. napper

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    The "whatever" comment was for the remark that I should have bought the land myself. You always have smart comments to just about everyone who posts on here. Now I remember why I don't post much! I say ONE thing about what I think, and look out!!

    There is NOTHING wrong with dreaming! Geesh. Not everyone has a choice on where they live. My husband has to work in DC, so this is about as far out as we could get without him living his life commuting. Believe me, if I could, I'd live way out where there's not many people to deal with.

    You're last comment makes no sense.
     
  14. napper

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    Well, that's good to know. And you are right about Moorefield Station. It's just that I see the GMU sign everyday and have flashes of NOVA dancing in my head. ;-)
     
  15. shim

    shim shim

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  16. Kaosdad

    Kaosdad Will work for Rum

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    RE: the GMU Campus - unless they break with what universities usually, a satellite campus will only hold professional and Graduate students - not Frat Boys and Keggers. It could be a real boone for us here as an alternative to the GWU & NOVACoCo campuses for professional certificates which appear to be trumping a traditional Master's degree.
     
  17. napper

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    That's ALSO good to know! That's all I needed, was a few constructive answers.
     
  18. luftinarr

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    Don't say that...I've got 5 weeks to go until I have my MBA!!!!! Don't tell me it's all for nothing!!!!! :(:(:(:(:(
     
  19. Kaosdad

    Kaosdad Will work for Rum

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    @ Napper - gald to help. I sensed a disturbance in your force.

    @Luftinarr - As long as you have "PMP" or "CISSP" also, you're good to go. :angryfire:
     
  20. PDILLM

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    @Luftinarr - As long as you have "PMP" or "CISSP" also, you're good to go. :angryfire:[/QUOTE]

    No kidding! Have my Masters in Information Assurance and kept getting questions regarding the CISSP. Really? I guess people feel better about a certification than three years of deep hands on coursework validated by tests and papers combined with work experience. So, bought the $75 book, read it for a week and then spent $500 for the test and all is well......

    Now, if I could just find my NT MCSE certificate I'd be set!!! :pofl:
     

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