So is Fairfax, but you have to have a solid 6 figure income to afford a decent single family home.
Relatives are looking to buy in the area. $500,000 gets you a 3 BR home, maybe 50-60 years old, decent condition, not always with a basement, maybe a one car garage, on a 1/4 acre lot.
Even during the housing collapse, homes there held their value fairly well compared to the rest of the country.
It says alot about the current economic unpleasantness that DC (where the federal government lives) is the one place in the country where the housing market is untouched
The DC area is recession-proof. That’s why the politicians and most residents continue to vote for spending and spenders. They don’t see what’s going on in the rest of the country.