True Cost of Living in Northern Virginia [MY PERSONAL COST OF LIVING EXPENSES UPDATED FOR 2024]

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Living in Northern Virginia - David Massey

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Are you moving to Northern Virginia and you are very concerned about the high cost of living and you would like to see a real world example? Well In this week's video I'll share with you my personal monthly cost of living expenses for living right here in Northern Virginia. I’m going to go over how much I spend on groceries, my cost of housing, taxes, daycare, utilities and more.
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@LivinginNorthernVirginia 3 ай бұрын

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@hodagamal 3 ай бұрын

Personal property tax in NoVA is the highest in the nation! It’s insane. My 14 yo car is depreciating in value, yet my property tax on it keeps increasing every year. Mind boggling!

@LivinginNorthernVirginia 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. It's makes zero sense for an older car to have the taxes going up.

@kimsmith6469 3 ай бұрын

Mine is too, this is crazy..

@jasonweishaupt1828 26 күн бұрын

It’s been reduced by 70%. So stop complaining.

@kimsmith6469 26 күн бұрын

@jason..No it hasn't what DELUSIONAL World are you living in...mine went up 50 dollars...stop spreading Misinformation and disinformation..😡..JUST LIKE BIDENTARD..LIES LIES AND MORE INFLATION LIES..

@kimsmith6469 26 күн бұрын

And it's still going up..

@ariellegormes8737 14 күн бұрын

I live here....save yourself the pain and don't do it 🤣

@Lik3ToSing 3 ай бұрын

Average my monthly expense went up 20% comparing to before pandemic and salary stays the same. Houses price , interest rate goes up so much that I feel like my money is only worth half now

@xianx1866 3 ай бұрын

Very good video! Thank you for sharing.

@LivinginNorthernVirginia 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate you watching and commenting 👊

@ChrisChaChing 3 ай бұрын

Great breakdown of cost! This help us gauge of what to expect.

@LivinginNorthernVirginia 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!!

@alexdickinson8193 18 күн бұрын

Gotta say electric and water way off at least in woodbridge smaller house too about 1600 sq ft $100 for water and $200 for electric

@DeeBow06 3 ай бұрын

Great video!

@deepthoughtswithjessica 16 күн бұрын

Gas is so much worse for indoor air quality. People don’t realize how important ventilation is when you’re cooking. Especially with gas.

@kenbob1071 4 күн бұрын

I have a gas stove, but bought an induction plate from IKEA and I use it most of the time. It's much quicker than gas.

@proudliberal24-sv1wo 3 ай бұрын

Property tax in VA is outrageous. I pay almost 11k for my old small cape cod home in NOVA. I also pay about $600 per year for car tax.

@jcouncilj 3 ай бұрын

Wow David - Thanks for sharing, it was very helpful. ... You never said if you had a car note for the BMW X5.

@LivinginNorthernVirginia 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. I have 2 car notes totaling $1650/month. For this video I only included cost that are associated with living in the area that’s why I didn’t mention it.

@fredferrell 9 күн бұрын

You're going to love the property tax on that X5... I think I paid over $1000 for mine.

@LivinginNorthernVirginia 8 күн бұрын

I’m definitely not looking forward to it

@nommy420 12 күн бұрын

100% spot on, live in NOVA, also have a 1 year old and same interest rate. Monthly expenses come out between 8-10K.

@jasonweishaupt1828 26 күн бұрын

We used home daycare, cost about half what a brick and mortar daycare charges.

@kimsmith6469 26 күн бұрын

Good for you..

@PondLeHockey1234 13 күн бұрын

I moved here from Texas and was so shocked and angry by that car tax bill. 😂

@LivinginNorthernVirginia 13 күн бұрын

It's the worst. Thanks for watching.

@ALT3REDB3AST 26 күн бұрын

Born and raised in NoVa since 1973. The cost of living and traffic was oppressive. I moved to WV when I was 35 and don't regret it one bit.

@VroodenTheGreat Күн бұрын

If you have a condo, and you pay the HOA to insure the condo, what is your personal property insurance actually covering?

@nobodynothing00000 26 күн бұрын

Fairfax county, loudoun county, Arlington county, city of falls church and city of Alexandria all expensive. Someone has to pay for those bloated massive local governments.

@jasonweishaupt1828 26 күн бұрын

I’ve lived in NOVA since 1975. Our total cost of living per month is about $3050. Our mortgage is $1295 😊. Buy low, sell high.

@commitmenttoexcellence 26 күн бұрын

that car insurance is unbelivable

@tomtaggart3788 26 күн бұрын

Nah not really - but the drivers are tho

@deepthoughtswithjessica 16 күн бұрын

South Virginia is like a whole different state, lol. Our taxes are quite reasonable here. Nothing like back in NJ. Apparently, north VA I similar to there tho, wild!

@jeniko2841 7 күн бұрын

Lived in Fairfax/Vienna. One thing people don't tell you is how rude and entitled the people are in NoVA. If you can not help their careers they want nothing to do with you. Plus you get a lot of "Do you know who I am?" Karen type of attitude. So glad I don't live there anymore.

@MS-cs7gt Ай бұрын

lol car insurance is 120 per month for rav4 le 2023.

@lmbarnes3 14 күн бұрын

Why is my expense total amount the same and my children are adults and don't live with me..and I live in Stafford? And my groceries are less $500 month, and i eat out maybe maybe 1 x month, amd work from home...fulltime.

@animestarlord9021 12 күн бұрын

Loudon County is only like 15 minutes away from me, lol.

@Jim_Curtis 3 ай бұрын

Nice X-5 David! Is the M version?

@LivinginNorthernVirginia 3 ай бұрын

It’s not an M Version but it does have the M Sport Package.

@Jim_Curtis 3 ай бұрын

@@LivinginNorthernVirginia Too bad, but I love that cement gray color! Just so you're prepared for later, even when your kid grows up and doesn't have daycare, there will be other things like private lessons or school costs, sports, clothing, etc. When they're my kid's age, it's college costs. Haha 😆

@LivinginNorthernVirginia 3 ай бұрын

@@Jim_Curtis very true

@appleiphone69 26 күн бұрын

How much are you putting in your daughters 529 plan per month?

@6cody5 17 күн бұрын

I moved to Ashburn in 2021. Rent was $1700 something. This year, I got a lease renewal form for $2400 something. That's a $700 increase in around 4 years. That's just base rent. In this area, you will not find a single apartment complex where the base rent is the final number so it's even more money, generally over $100 added on in hidden fees. I eat 1 full meal a day and work in the data centers here doing both hardware and system administration work. After all this time doing everything I can to save, all I have in savings is $2000 which doesn't even cover a single month's rent. I rarely take time off and live alone. I rarely go out too because anything outside of walking trails costs too much to continue saving whatever I can scrape after paying the cost of living here. The Internet's internal functions are my passion but is it worth getting legally robbed every month?

@progpogs 12 күн бұрын

Keep it up Cody, you just can't be a datatech forever if you want to thrive here, or you need to get roommates maybe. There's a lot of competition for datacenter techs, work on some more specialize tech skills, go up the stack a bit, and you'll command a higher salary, and benefit moreso from the job market in this area.

@Ryan-wx1bi 12 күн бұрын

So move? I just looked it up and found plenty of places at half that price.

@6cody5 12 күн бұрын

@@Ryan-wx1bi Salary adjusts to the cost of living wherever you go in the US.

@Ryan-wx1bi 11 күн бұрын

@@6cody5 I said I looked up places in your city for half that price. You're just living above your means

@6cody5 11 күн бұрын

@@Ryan-wx1bi I'm in the process actually.

@winxtra2892 26 күн бұрын

Good lord, people in VA are RICH..

@ariellegormes8737 14 күн бұрын

We aren't...we're crazy lol

@animestarlord9021 12 күн бұрын

I live in NOVA and know how stupid the cost is.

@Damian_M287 3 ай бұрын

Car insurance is vastly different across places buddy😅

@Damian_M287 3 ай бұрын

Technically Rhode island is #1 on the car tax but Virginia is #2

@deepthoughtswithjessica 16 күн бұрын

Your utility cost is small, wow. We play more just for our electric alone.

@ryanchinh1040 25 күн бұрын

You are having luxury lifestyle.

@MrViceffendi 26 күн бұрын

I see a lot of relators are making youtube channels. Times are bad I guess lol

@deepthoughtswithjessica 16 күн бұрын

You say over half a million for a condo isn’t bad is ironclad proof we are experiencing late stage capitalism. People about to learn some hard lessons about how a bell curve works.

@jimmywalters3071 24 күн бұрын

The problem with Northern VA outside of the DC.. is that it's a one party area and the Democrats can get away with just about anything as their is no checks and balances !!! The local govt is bloated and the school systems waste too much money ...and when someone comes along and wants to reduce taxes - such as reducing the personal property taxes .. people in Northern VA didn't vote to let that happened !!! because so many people in this area are brainwashed and vote for the same type of people .. big spenders, high tax politicians. I moved out west to a red county and my taxes are a fraction of what Northern VA is. ... school are still good, roads are great - but its run by Repulicans , yet still have checks and balances on fiscal spending.

@kenbob1071 4 күн бұрын

You should have moved to one of those Red state pinnacles of success like Alabama, or Mississippi, or Louisiana, or Arkansas, or West Virginia, or Missouri, or ... 🤣

@kenbob1071 4 күн бұрын

P.S. What's a "Repulican"?

@jimmywalters3071 4 күн бұрын

@@kenbob1071 I moved to a RED area .. Western VA and love my standard of living.. my dollars go farther .. with very low property taxes , lower property values , so a brand new home for a fraction of DC area prices. If you don't have to live in around the DC area , believe me its so much better- higher quality life.