In 2014 we retired and moved from Ashburn in Loudoun County to just outside of Winchester about 10 minutes in Frederick County. We live in a fairly new subdivision which started at around $400k for a 2400 sqft house with an unfinished basement on ~.25 acre. I have and still am watching the builder putting up homes that are $700k and up and I have yet to see a country inspector. Our home which was built in 2012 had several blatant out of code issues which we had to get fixed and we had to replace a sewer connection lateral to the main. Over the last ten years we have put ~$30k correcting the original building problems. Water is very expensive here much more than Loudoun and as more people attach hopefully it goes down but I am not holding my breath. Healthcare here is horrible and many of us go to NOVA for anything serious which is about one hour and a half depending on traffic. Since there are not many good physicians they think they have a captive customer and poor quality of service is routine. Traffic is getting worse since this area is growing so fast but not yet as bad a NOVA. Winchester City proper is more expensive to live with higher taxes and mostly Democratic Party whereas Frederick County is Republican. Shopping in town isn't too bad but there is no Wegman's or anything close to it. Property taxes for personal property is very high and if you have or buy a new car it will shock you. The country is rapidly getting to be another Washington suburb like Loudoun. Overall, we like it here but it is not a great as we thought it would be since the reviews I read were very positive and good healthcare which is why I decided to fill in some blanks that folks like this realtor doesn't mention. Downtown Winchester is a tourist trap IMHO and it loses its sparkle after a few visits especially during Apple Blossom week. We stay away when that madness is going on. No place is perfect but since we are 75 years old I sometimes wish we had stayed in the Ashburn area for much much better doctors and healthcare. The Valley Health hospital here is a joke and all they care about is bottom line for profit. They don't treat or pay their folks fairly and moral there is in the toilet. I spent one day in the emergency room and it was way understaffed and fortunately my chest pain was just heartburn. You cannot really go to far out because you will not have good internet or natural gas. IMHO.
@petevonstettina86274 ай бұрын
Absolutely love this city!!!
@MrSmartEducation-qq9sm5 ай бұрын
Excellent video.
@MrSmartEducation-qq9sm5 ай бұрын
This is nice video. but view is very low. Your video is no tag for this reason viewer is too low.
@Jacksonzole575 ай бұрын
where is this
@CapnCody16225 ай бұрын
I think it’s Riley's ChiCorkfish on 50.
@dlloyd52886 ай бұрын
Great idea. I’ll check it out.
@lewisbreland6 ай бұрын
Grew up in Winchester. We spent a lot of time at the Farmer's Market growing up in the 1990s. The fall maze and pumpkins were instrumental to my autumn experience. Nostalgia
@JoyceBrizzi11 ай бұрын
Phone number
@JoyceBrizzi11 ай бұрын
What is the phone number and address
@TSTRUSS Жыл бұрын
Surprising seeing a official city tourism youtube channel only get this much views and subscribers despite how high quality equipment they use
@b3127R Жыл бұрын
best pizza place in winchester, if im not mistaken its listed as one of the top 100 in the US
@dennisbrill6087 Жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, five years old, I was at the teardrop in in Winchester, Virginia, and I was dancing to Patsy Cline music on the jukebox and heard about five other people came and sat in a corner, and I was just dancing away. She went up to my mother and I asked my mother if I’d she could adopt me and my mother to know I have seven kids and I wouldn’t get rid of any of them so sorry but she came over and she put me on her lap and hug me and told me she wish she could adopt me and Anna are used to live next-door to the Deirdre Jenny Davis garage my aunt live next-door, the duplex and I rent the house whenever I hold her next to the drop in, so I wish I was in Winchester now, but I have three kids in their upstate New York, working in hospitals That’s the reason I’m up here.
@Iris_N_ Жыл бұрын
Good for you, and may you have plenty of abundance in your business! 🎉
@jamieelliott6788 Жыл бұрын
I miss living there
@TheToolBoxWhisperer Жыл бұрын
Virginia is too close to Babylon for me.
@melanieheefner83182 жыл бұрын
Can u use a credit card
@melodygoodman67312 жыл бұрын
My birth place. I miss it. I left there in 1993 but would love to go back.
@David-tb3ri2 жыл бұрын
Winchester is a sanctuary city and full of drug addicts.
@Jacksonzole572 жыл бұрын
What is that bike trail in the video?
@donaldewert23323 жыл бұрын
Country singer Penny DeHaven was from Winchester.
@MeadeSkeltonMusic2 жыл бұрын
And Patsy Cline
@marklysogorski46313 жыл бұрын
Oglhristmas Ogleby Estates in Winchester used to have the BEST Christmas Lights Display in the Country too; I used to play Accordion in a Polish/ Geman Polka band out of Wilkes-barre PA, and we used to play the Octoberfest in downtown Winchester, just around the corner from where Kenney Rogers, and Barbara Mandrel, had their Theatres. Some of the best German food anywhere. And the Music...WOW!
@marklysogorski46313 жыл бұрын
I used to do Civil War Living History (Yankee), before I found out that I was descended from Confederate soldiers ( Capt. Benton Strang 39th North Carolina Infantry) I was in the Movie " Gettysburg", But Cedar Creek, was always My Favorite Re-enactment. I still have hopes of one day living in the Shenandoah. To a Country boy, like I am, it is pure Heaven, and the people are the nicest you can find anywhere. There is No such word as "Stranger," in the Valley. They treat you like Family. At least, that's how i was treated when I wore Federal Blue.
@seanwakeman38402 жыл бұрын
I live in the Shenandoah Valley and not only is it steeped with civil war history, but it’s also a beautiful place to live!
@MeadeSkeltonMusic2 жыл бұрын
War Between The States
@tonisargent46953 жыл бұрын
very cool place
@SHxDOW_NITEMxRE3 жыл бұрын
Don't visit this city i used to live there and its the most fucked up place followed by stepenscity
@thefortyniner3 жыл бұрын
Okay but where is that bbq joint?
@perpetuuuum3 жыл бұрын
Shaffer's BBQ Market, south of Middletown
@94Mrwayne4 жыл бұрын
Grew up in school with the Snapp's!
@shevychevym51714 жыл бұрын
Awe love it! Y'all all look do cute.
@SFocus-yy6tm4 жыл бұрын
Here for Rw and Cam!
@donreed4 жыл бұрын
There is a very depressing tolerance of mediocrity that characterizes these mass-produced, thoughtless and PR-corrupted videos that, frankly, invites contempt. Winchester does not deserve this. We've visited WVA three-four times on our way to and from Keeneland racetrack in Lexington KY, and it is a swell city that has really endured a lot of trouble and rose above it, doing a good and essential job of revitalizing itself -- new streets, buildings, brickwork, etc. Stay at the George Washington Hotel if you happen to visit there. Their hospitality is splendid and unrehearsed. Thank you.
@rutherfordclan56934 жыл бұрын
My 6th great-grandfather was born there..John Morgan 1748-1803 He died at 55 very young
@sekiro50464 жыл бұрын
Umm I live Virginia Winchester and this looks nothing like it
@palomans38953 жыл бұрын
Why?
@anitaward47804 жыл бұрын
Strange noise throughout the video. Also, pretty blurry in places and hard to hear. Seems would be a great tour if redone.
@mattreeves76444 жыл бұрын
This is amazing, felt like it was a private tour Kristen!! Thank you!
@karenburghart10694 жыл бұрын
looks like he forgot to turn the camera around...she's speaking and pointing out items in the garden and we can't see it...sad...
@matrixreloaded36124 жыл бұрын
i live here
@orbitervehicle1035 жыл бұрын
I live in Winchester Virginia
@Aileensjournal5 жыл бұрын
i love to go there
@ZestyAqua4 жыл бұрын
It's my hometown. They missed out on showing the best. Dandelion wine on. It's a shame. The locals make sun tea when you grow up in the orchards. They shook the true charm out of it in the video.
@77aa196 жыл бұрын
وااو
@MeadeSkeltonMusic7 жыл бұрын
War Between the States
@brookebowers35297 жыл бұрын
I was asked to ride on a fire engine -I ran the 10k instead and won! Patsy and I were kicked out of Handley! They missed the Keggers the kids throw while the parents are dressed in ridiculous pink plaid outfits ...this place is very odd-Why was George Washingtons office left out? bizzarro land
@gemmasnodgrass85006 жыл бұрын
it was in the video
@ZestyAqua4 жыл бұрын
Did you go to Apple pie ridge Elementary school? Or was that before that time? I'm from there. They sorta killed the charm out of it all. What a truly crappy video. Loved the public library. The stairs freaked me out as a kid.