Barbara Comstock: $250K 'Is Not Rich'
State Delegate and Deputy Permanent Co-chair of the Republican National Convention speaks to high cost of living locally in Northern Virginia.
Is a quarter-million dollar salary enough to support a family of four in Northern Virginia? According to Virginia Del. Barbara Comstock, someone who earns $250,000 annually has to "work hard to make ends meet because we have such a high cost of living." She added, "That's not rich in our area." Patch sat down with Comstock at the Republican National Convention in Tampa this week. A longer version of the interview was published earlier Thursday afternoon. There's no denying that real estate in McLean, Tysons Corner and Vienna is some of the most expensive in the metro region. So do you agree with Comstock? Join the conversation, and tell us in the comments below.
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Jaime Pizarro
2:12 pm on Sunday, December 2, 2012
We make 250K and yes, it would be enought to live confortably if it wasn't for the fact that 2 of my daughters (with 2 college degrees ea) cannot find jobs & they are deeply in college debt... it it wasnt for our contributions for housing & other expenses they couldn' make it! So if you happen to be the kind of parents that care, 250 it is not much! The degrees that my daughters chose where once … more ›