No Way To Start

Many communities do not have starter homes at all

I recently saw this article in FFX Now, a Fairfax County local news site: “In one Fairfax community, typical ‘starter home’ now valued at $1.2 million.”

And they lead with this image:

When I first saw that, I wondered, who illustrated this article? Are we so overrun by McMansions here that this very nice house is considered a “starter” home now?

And it’s n…