Fairfax State of the Union - Tysons and Mosiac Redevelopment are the FUTURE Video

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Why do people care so much about what other people do?! If some people want to walk to their shiny, generic shopping centers, let them. If other people want to sit in traffic in their giant SUV to get to their shiny, generic shopping centers, let them. Live and let live, people.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure these offices are all in Tysons Corner, but they're at least in Fairfax County- in office parks. What Arlington has that Tysons Corner will never have is proximity to DC. People want to be able to get into their cars and drive to DC quickly, which you cannot do from Tysons Corner. I worked in Tysons Corner for years and could not stand it. I felt trapped out there and the reverse commute to my home in DC was a nightmare. If you like to shop every weekend, yes it's a dream location and by all means live there- that's just not my thing.

You are missing the point...people won't need to commute to DC as Tysons will be an edge city unto itself...you can live/work/play there with no need to go to DC. It might be difficult, but try to forget what Tysons looks like today, check out the Fairfax County urbanization plans and open your mind just a little. People had these same reactions about Arlington back in the day.

Nah. There is no SanFRan east or Manhattan south, etc. the cities always stay the hub. As much as Arlington has transformed, it still isn't DC. Is the Smithsonian and White House relocating to Tyson's city?

Hmmm...what about Brooklyn, Silicon Valley...these places have grown up and are destinations unto themselves...no one considers them replacements to Manhattan/SF, and no one will consider Tysons a replacement of DC but it will still be a desirable location on its own merits. Good grief, this concept is not that difficult to grasp....get over your DC snobbery

I am from Bay Area and I don't know anyone in their right mind who is getting all exciting at the prospect of spending a weekend in San Jose. It has grown and become a very expensive and desirable place to live. But, it still pales in comparison with the city, it's never been and never will be a destination.

[Anonymous]

What will Arlington do when they cannot get onto an orange line train in the AM rush due to all the silver line passengers filling the entire train?

What will happen when all the Arlingtonites are forced to drive to work downtown? No more walkablity wannabe hippie/DC B.S.

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Anonymous wrote:Tysons, and more importantly greater Fairfax County, is already taking over DC proper. Yeah, we'll always have Smithsonians and the White House in DC, but companies, agencies, and the following economy are already migrating to Fairfax.
It will take some years, but DC will eventually be seen as Richmond is today. Richmond used to be the center of the action too.

You are forgetting that DC is changing too, just like there are a lot of people interested in living around Tysons and in Fairfax, etc, there are still tons of people who want to live in DC, hence all the new development and gentrification happening all over. There are also lots of people raising their kids in NWDC and some who are now braving the more urban parts. There people also who can afford and actually want private schools, which are located mostly in NWDC and this is where it makes sense for them to live. Tysons will never take over DC, it will grow and this growth will be welcome by all the people living in the nearby suburbs, but so will DC in its own way.

[Anonymous]

I hate it when Metro orders all those additional trains so that the Arlingtonians (not Arlingtonites) can get downtown much faster than the silver line scrum. Metro made Arlington, and Metro takes care of its own.

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Anonymous wrote:Just because we think the Tysons boosters are delusional doesn't mean Arlington feels threatened. Hate to burst your bubble, but you are just not that important to us.

That's undermined, I'm afraid, by your obsessive commenting on these threads, when you could be out enjoying one of your six craptastic "urban villages."

And please spare us the mock condescension. No one in Arlington outside of the Pentagon is a player.

Aw, you have made the common mistake of thinking that there is only one person who is commenting. I would hardly call comment a total of three times "obsessive."

Why attack me? Or Arlington? If you truly believe that Tysons is going to be even better than Arlington, why the need to put others down? I haven't put Tysons down at all by suggesting moderating your shrillness about how Tysons is the only place that will matter in the future. Why do you think it detracts from Arlington if Tysons is successful? We in Arlington don't - we merely point out to you that it won't spell the end of Arlington if Tysons develops into a more walkable area with its own - what was your charming phrase? ah, yes - "craptastic 'urban villages.'" You really do need to get over your inferiority complex.

"We in Arlington..." From now on, "we in Tysons" will know to address Arlington residents through their self-appointed spokesman.

Really, you're a frickin' joke. Tysons is going to compete with Arlington on multiple levels. For all the blather over Clarendon, places like Crystal City, Rosslyn, Court House and Ballston are incredibly generic and have very little to anchor either businesses or residents.

Nope. You are still wrong and starting to look stupid. Washington DC is not moving over to Fairfax County. Most people want to live near the city. Location, location, location. There is no competition. And obviously I am not the "self-appointed spokesman" (although it's okay if you are? Hypocrite. It's a forum, for God's sake). However, I can assure you that I have not heard one single neighbor expressing any concern about Tysons. We.don't.care.

And you say Arlington is generic? Pot, have you melt kettle yet?

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Anonymous wrote:I hate it when Metro orders all those additional trains so that the Arlingtonians (not Arlingtonites) can get downtown much faster than the silver line scrum. Metro made Arlington, and Metro takes care of its own.

Good luck with that.

Metro can't even maintain escalators, existing trains, tracks, or elevators. And remember the new cars they ordered like 10 or 15 years ago? Last I heard (i.e., the big crash) they still aren't even online so to speak. Wait a minute, I think I heard the latest real solution - sending the silver line all the way downtown without sharing tracks. Too bad that will probably 10 years or so to complete that project. That is, after it's all figured out who's paying for it, which will probably take another several years.

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Nope. You are still wrong and starting to look stupid. Washington DC is not moving over to Fairfax County. Most people want to live near the city. Location, location, location. There is no competition. And obviously I am not the "self-appointed spokesman" (although it's okay if you are? Hypocrite. It's a forum, for God's sake). However, I can assure you that I have not heard one single neighbor expressing any concern about Tysons. We.don't.care.

You must not be talking to many Washingtonians. My family has been here for almost 100 years, and the most desirable places to live if you have a family are all not in DC with the exception of part of CC. DC would never even make my list no matter how much $$$ I had (I wouldn't even consider CC). Anyway, here is the list:

1) Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or leave MoCo and go to Fairfax County
2) Loudoun County
3) Arlington or Alexandria
4) Howard County or Urbana (in Frederick)

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Nope. You are still wrong and starting to look stupid. Washington DC is not moving over to Fairfax County. Most people want to live near the city. Location, location, location. There is no competition. And obviously I am not the "self-appointed spokesman" (although it's okay if you are? Hypocrite. It's a forum, for God's sake). However, I can assure you that I have not heard one single neighbor expressing any concern about Tysons. We.don't.care.

You must not be talking to many Washingtonians. My family has been here for almost 100 years, and the most desirable places to live if you have a family are all not in DC with the exception of part of CC. DC would never even make my list no matter how much $$$ I had (I wouldn't even consider CC). Anyway, here is the list:

1) Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or leave MoCo and go to Fairfax County
2) Loudoun County
3) Arlington or Alexandria
4) Howard County or Urbana (in Frederick)

You lost me at #2 and made me laugh at #4

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Nope. You are still wrong and starting to look stupid. Washington DC is not moving over to Fairfax County. Most people want to live near the city. Location, location, location. There is no competition. And obviously I am not the "self-appointed spokesman" (although it's okay if you are? Hypocrite. It's a forum, for God's sake). However, I can assure you that I have not heard one single neighbor expressing any concern about Tysons. We.don't.care.

You must not be talking to many Washingtonians. My family has been here for almost 100 years, and the most desirable places to live if you have a family are all not in DC with the exception of part of CC. DC would never even make my list no matter how much $$$ I had (I wouldn't even consider CC). Anyway, here is the list:

1) Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or leave MoCo and go to Fairfax County
2) Loudoun County
3) Arlington or Alexandria
4) Howard County or Urbana (in Frederick)

I am a native Washingtonian, too. The only people I know who have moved to Loudoun are those who travel weekly from Dulles. Otherwise, it is Bethesda, Arlington, Alexandria or the City itself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What will Arlington do when they cannot get onto an orange line train in the AM rush due to all the silver line passengers filling the entire train?

What will happen when all the Arlingtonites are forced to drive to work downtown? No more walkablity wannabe hippie/DC B.S.

I WAH, but both neighbors on either side if me ride their bikes from Clarendon into the city. Great non-road trails all the way in.

DH could never stand the summer heat and Metro so he always drove in--when you live 2.5 miles from your DC office driving is not a big deal.

[Anonymous]

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Nope. You are still wrong and starting to look stupid. Washington DC is not moving over to Fairfax County. Most people want to live near the city. Location, location, location. There is no competition. And obviously I am not the "self-appointed spokesman" (although it's okay if you are? Hypocrite. It's a forum, for God's sake). However, I can assure you that I have not heard one single neighbor expressing any concern about Tysons. We.don't.care.

You must not be talking to many Washingtonians. My family has been here for almost 100 years, and the most desirable places to live if you have a family are all not in DC with the exception of part of CC. DC would never even make my list no matter how much $$$ I had (I wouldn't even consider CC). Anyway, here is the list:

1) Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or leave MoCo and go to Fairfax County
2) Loudoun County
3) Arlington or Alexandria
4) Howard County or Urbana (in Frederick)

I am a native Washingtonian, too. The only people I know who have moved to Loudoun are those who travel weekly from Dulles. Otherwise, it is Bethesda, Arlington, Alexandria or the City itself.

Yep. Another native. My sister and BIL moved out there, but he is a pilot out of Dulles.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Nope. You are still wrong and starting to look stupid. Washington DC is not moving over to Fairfax County. Most people want to live near the city. Location, location, location. There is no competition. And obviously I am not the "self-appointed spokesman" (although it's okay if you are? Hypocrite. It's a forum, for God's sake). However, I can assure you that I have not heard one single neighbor expressing any concern about Tysons. We.don't.care.

You must not be talking to many Washingtonians. My family has been here for almost 100 years, and the most desirable places to live if you have a family are all not in DC with the exception of part of CC. DC would never even make my list no matter how much $$$ I had (I wouldn't even consider CC). Anyway, here is the list:

1) Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or leave MoCo and go to Fairfax County
2) Loudoun County
3) Arlington or Alexandria
4) Howard County or Urbana (in Frederick)

I am a native Washingtonian, too. The only people I know who have moved to Loudoun are those who travel weekly from Dulles. Otherwise, it is Bethesda, Arlington, Alexandria or the City itself.

Right forget chevy chase , potomac , mclean , great falls

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Nope. You are still wrong and starting to look stupid. Washington DC is not moving over to Fairfax County. Most people want to live near the city. Location, location, location. There is no competition. And obviously I am not the "self-appointed spokesman" (although it's okay if you are? Hypocrite. It's a forum, for God's sake). However, I can assure you that I have not heard one single neighbor expressing any concern about Tysons. We.don't.care.

You must not be talking to many Washingtonians. My family has been here for almost 100 years, and the most desirable places to live if you have a family are all not in DC with the exception of part of CC. DC would never even make my list no matter how much $$$ I had (I wouldn't even consider CC). Anyway, here is the list:

1) Potomac, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, or leave MoCo and go to Fairfax County
2) Loudoun County
3) Arlington or Alexandria
4) Howard County or Urbana (in Frederick)

You lost me at #2 and made me laugh at #4

Really- you left Georgetown, Kent, Palisades and Cleveland Park off of your moronic list.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tysons, and more importantly greater Fairfax County, is already taking over DC proper. Yeah, we'll always have Smithsonians and the White House in DC, but companies, agencies, and the following economy are already migrating to Fairfax.
It will take some years, but DC will eventually be seen as Richmond is today. Richmond used to be the center of the action too.

You are forgetting that DC is changing too, just like there are a lot of people interested in living around Tysons and in Fairfax, etc, there are still tons of people who want to live in DC, hence all the new development and gentrification happening all over. There are also lots of people raising their kids in NWDC and some who are now braving the more urban parts. There people also who can afford and actually want private schools, which are located mostly in NWDC and this is where it makes sense for them to live. Tysons will never take over DC, it will grow and this growth will be welcome by all the people living in the nearby suburbs, but so will DC in its own way.

DC government is a joke and only listens to the non gentrifying constituents who won't move out and are propped up by the gentrifyer's taxes. Until that changes DC won't be as desirable for families.