Woodbridge is hell on earth

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mean ... I don't know about "hell on earth," but it's pretty bad lol.

We just moved here from Falls Church and it is culture shock. Want to head out for a quick dinner? Ugh -- Longhorn Steakhouse or IHOP. Today I noticed that the glass door at the Safeway is shattered, but has been left there. Probably for a while? A good 1/3 of the stuff at the CVS is under lock and key (the people who work there are super nice though and easy to find and will get stuff out of the locked case for you). And I keep seeing in the news that someone got shot or something ... and it'll be nearby.

On the upside, everything is so much cheaper out here. I remember the first time I went to get my nails done I saw that it was costing me significantly less than it did in FCC and Vienna, and then they brought me a warm neck wrap, and then they brought me iced tea with fruit in it, and then they brought me a snack platter, lol, and I was like "I could get used to this."

We are on a decent sized piece of property on the Occoquan between Woodbridge and Manassas (we have a Woodbridge address, but the shopping center right up the road is a Manassas one) and got a gorgeous house we could never have afforded in our old neighborhood. It has made sense for us. But I don't love it here.

Oh, and the commute truly is hell.

You made a decision to exchange upscale amenities and a good commute for chain restaurants and a bad commute for a gorgeous. Given your lack of thinking skills, it is evident that you cannot make enough money to avoid that decision.

My "lack of thinking skills"? Lol, ok. Enjoy your crumbling townhome. And odds are good that my HHI is higher than yours. Certainly my net worth.

Sorry your life is so awful that you feel the need to insult strangers on the internet while hiding behind a wall of anonymity. Makes you very easy to picture.

Insulting a perfectly fine community in which you live comfortably, and trading insults based on who is richer or has a nicer house; everyone sucks in this thread.

[Anonymous]

It was a good place to be a kid and grow up in the late 80s and early 90s. There was an airport that was demolished in favor of townhouses and a strip mall which was the beginning of the end, the four way stops are now traffic hell stoplights, we could leave our house at 8am and not return until dinner without our parents worrying (or caring, really), we shoplifted and did stupid stuff which apparently has descended into cvs being under lock and key, for that I’m sorry for the role that I played.

To be fair, pretty much every cvs or Walgreens is under lock and key. And the entirety of nova, whatever you consider that to be, is traffic hell. IHOP has its time and place.

No one says they gre up in Woodbridge anymore because everyone just calls it hoodbridge.

It was nice, once upon a time, folks.

[Anonymous]

Woodbridge, Manassas, Gainesville and Haymarket have always been on the questionable side. I always side eye anyone who lives there...particularly if they have children attending the public school. London county is far better.

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Anonymous wrote:I like Prince William County. It's friendly and unassuming. Plenty of smart people there, without inflated egos or the need to put others down.

Really? Everyone I have met who actually lives out there tries to disguise it by saying they live in Occoquan or Dale City or Lake Ridge lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It was a good place to be a kid and grow up in the late 80s and early 90s. There was an airport that was demolished in favor of townhouses and a strip mall which was the beginning of the end, the four way stops are now traffic hell stoplights, we could leave our house at 8am and not return until dinner without our parents worrying (or caring, really), we shoplifted and did stupid stuff which apparently has descended into cvs being under lock and key, for that I’m sorry for the role that I played.

To be fair, pretty much every cvs or Walgreens is under lock and key. And the entirety of nova, whatever you consider that to be, is traffic hell. IHOP has its time and place.

No one says they gre up in Woodbridge anymore because everyone just calls it hoodbridge.

It was nice, once upon a time, folks.

I can assure you that the CVS on McLean has less stuff under lock and key than Woodbridge and I can drive on back roads without any traffic from my home in North Arlington to Falls Church City and McLean and Great Falls and have access to any restaurant or store I would need to go to.

It’s okay to cope but don’t be ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

It’s the prince william county of nova

[Anonymous]

Ah, the armpit of Northern Virginia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean ... I don't know about "hell on earth," but it's pretty bad lol.

We just moved here from Falls Church and it is culture shock. Want to head out for a quick dinner? Ugh -- Longhorn Steakhouse or IHOP. Today I noticed that the glass door at the Safeway is shattered, but has been left there. Probably for a while? A good 1/3 of the stuff at the CVS is under lock and key (the people who work there are super nice though and easy to find and will get stuff out of the locked case for you). And I keep seeing in the news that someone got shot or something ... and it'll be nearby.

On the upside, everything is so much cheaper out here. I remember the first time I went to get my nails done I saw that it was costing me significantly less than it did in FCC and Vienna, and then they brought me a warm neck wrap, and then they brought me iced tea with fruit in it, and then they brought me a snack platter, lol, and I was like "I could get used to this."

We are on a decent sized piece of property on the Occoquan between Woodbridge and Manassas (we have a Woodbridge address, but the shopping center right up the road is a Manassas one) and got a gorgeous house we could never have afforded in our old neighborhood. It has made sense for us. But I don't love it here.

Oh, and the commute truly is hell.

What happened in your life that was so significant that it required a move from falls church to hoodbridge?

[Anonymous]

Across the river we hate every one of you in Va. learn to drive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It’s nicknamed hood bridge for a reason.

This is the comment I was looking for. Say the quiet part out loud!

Someone on my team at a fed agency lives there. Seems fine for her 🤷🏾‍♀️

Better than Dumfries and Manassas nickname “Dumassas”

1st of all its "Hoodbridge".
Also its " Dump-fries".
Lastly Manassas is inhabited/ infested by " Mana$$holes".
Yer welcome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It honestly should be studied. What type of person lives there?

I take it you've never been to Prince Gee-Oh-Jaages" county?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, you went there, OP.

Seriously.

But I guess OP is better than everyone else who consciously accepted the same tradeoffs that she did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It honestly should be studied. What type of person lives there?

I take it you've never been to Prince Gee-Oh-Jaages" county?

I’ve been to College Park several times, and to a redskins game once. But other than that, no I haven’t.

[Anonymous]

Agreed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It honestly should be studied. What type of person lives there?

People who can only afford 3-400k also need somewhere to live.