Do you like Lorton?

[Anonymous]

Lorton is very close to Fort Belvoir (the largest employer in Fairfax county), DLA, NGA and FBI (if fbi moves to VA as suppose to be announced soon). No wonder prices are increasing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lorton is very close to Fort Belvoir (the largest employer in Fairfax county), DLA, NGA and FBI (if fbi moves to VA as suppose to be announced soon). No wonder prices are increasing.

fcps is the largest employer in fairfax - check your facts. Ft Belvoir is an area,,,,not an employer BTW

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lorton is very close to Fort Belvoir (the largest employer in Fairfax county), DLA, NGA and FBI (if fbi moves to VA as suppose to be announced soon). No wonder prices are increasing.

fcps is the largest employer in fairfax - check your facts. Ft Belvoir is an area,,,,not an employer BTW

DP but it’s also an army post. The employer is the Army.

[Anonymous]

Never heard of it but love it already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lorton is very close to Fort Belvoir (the largest employer in Fairfax county), DLA, NGA and FBI (if fbi moves to VA as suppose to be announced soon). No wonder prices are increasing.

fcps is the largest employer in fairfax - check your facts. Ft Belvoir is an area,,,,not an employer BTW

DP but it’s also an army post. The employer is the Army.

A lot of civilians work at Fort Belvoir.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lorton is very close to Fort Belvoir (the largest employer in Fairfax county), DLA, NGA and FBI (if fbi moves to VA as suppose to be announced soon). No wonder prices are increasing.

fcps is the largest employer in fairfax - check your facts. Ft Belvoir is an area,,,,not an employer BTW

DP but it’s also an army post. The employer is the Army.

Yes pp meant Fort Belvoir post. And it is the largest employer in Fairfax county. There are 51,000 employees (more than the pentagon (30,000) in Arlington) and 7100 residents on base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lorton is very close to Fort Belvoir (the largest employer in Fairfax county), DLA, NGA and FBI (if fbi moves to VA as suppose to be announced soon). No wonder prices are increasing.

fcps is the largest employer in fairfax - check your facts. Ft Belvoir is an area,,,,not an employer BTW

Sorry your google was wrong.

FCPS = 27,200 employees
Fort Belvoir Army base = 51,000+ (projected base employment to grow to 82,000 by 2040+
Pentagon (arlington) 30k+)

[Anonymous]

Agree that Lorton housing prices are going to soar even more.

[Anonymous]

no

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lorton is very close to Fort Belvoir (the largest employer in Fairfax county), DLA, NGA and FBI (if fbi moves to VA as suppose to be announced soon). No wonder prices are increasing.

fcps is the largest employer in fairfax - check your facts. Ft Belvoir is an area,,,,not an employer BTW

DP but it’s also an army post. The employer is the Army.

A lot of civilians work at Fort Belvoir.

Yes. This about a PP who referred to Ft Belvior as “an area” and not an employer. Ft Belvior is an employer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I cant get past the Lorton jail stigma

You’re in a tiny minority.

Not really.

Yes, really. The prison has been gone for 20+ years and the arts center has made it even a further distant memory. Lorton is not as desirable as Burke and parts of Springfield because the schools down there perform lower than other areas of FC and the commute to DC, Alexandria, and Tysons is a bit longer. The prison or some old prison stigma has nothing to do with it. I'd wager most people living in Lorton today don't even know about the prison that used to be there. Most who do certainly don't care.

[Anonymous]

Well Laurel Hill ES is an 8/10 on Great Schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well Laurel Hill ES is an 8/10 on Great Schools.

There is a lot more inequality in Lorton than there is in West Springfield or Burke. On both sides - the nicer neighborhoods in Fairfax Station and Lorton that feed to South County have new, $1.5 million homes, AND there are also small townhomes and and public housing, and lots of middle class areas as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well Laurel Hill ES is an 8/10 on Great Schools.

There is a lot more inequality in Lorton than there is in West Springfield or Burke. On both sides - the nicer neighborhoods in Fairfax Station and Lorton that feed to South County have new, $1.5 million homes, AND there are also small townhomes and and public housing, and lots of middle class areas as well.

I get that, but some folks in this thread are making it out to be not so good place. I don't live there, but I wouldn't mind. The schools in this section are fine.

[Anonymous]

tons of country folks in lorton and across the river in pw