Please recommend a neighborhood in Arlington that is on par with lyon village

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Anonymous wrote:Does every new house in Arlington look alike? Judging from the size of these garages, I'm assuming GM and Toyota are now building houses.

http://franklymls.com/AR8119897

http://franklymls.com/AR8113942

http://franklymls.com/AR8113929

http://franklymls.com/AR8094695

http://franklymls.com/AR8121321

http://franklymls.com/AR8056935

http://franklymls.com/AR8096299

Really? This is like pointing out that all the colonials built in the 40s look alike, all the ramblers built in the 50s look alike, all the split levels from the 60s look alike, etc. Builders build in the style du jour. That's nothing new here or elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does every new house in Arlington look alike? Judging from the size of these garages, I'm assuming GM and Toyota are now building houses.

http://franklymls.com/AR8119897

http://franklymls.com/AR8113942

http://franklymls.com/AR8113929

http://franklymls.com/AR8094695

http://franklymls.com/AR8121321

http://franklymls.com/AR8056935

http://franklymls.com/AR8096299

Really? This is like pointing out that all the colonials built in the 40s look alike, all the ramblers built in the 50s look alike, all the split levels from the 60s look alike, etc. Builders build in the style du jour. That's nothing new here or elsewhere.

The houses with the 1 car garages are stupid

[Anonymous]

For new Arlington residents wondering where all these areas are, you can go on Franklymls.com, do a search for Arlington, VA -condo and then set the price range for $600K-$1.5M. It'll bring up all the active and under-contract homes and you can click on a house in each area and see approximately where they are. There's probably also a county boundary map out there that realtors use.

OP, your best bet is probably the area around East Falls church metro - nice houses, great schools, and you're still near Metro. I would also look around Ballston (Cherrydale, Bluemont/Bon Air, etc.) and Ashton Heights, as well as Lyon Park for walkability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Same here, though we are basically between Williamsburg and Lee Harrison. You could walk to metro if you wanted or take a quick bus. It's a great neighborhood. New construction is typically $1.4-$1.6. I know there is one for sale now on Lexington. Two more are being built that I know of on John Marshall and Nottingham.

Where would this be? Google maps says that the walking distance from Lee Harrison Shopping Center to Ballston Metro is 2.1 miles -- around 40 minutes.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Congratulations on your desire to upgrade from Lyon Village, OP. You should think about Country Club Hills or even Country Club.

Did you read the part where OP was talking about "walking"?

I live in County Club Hills and I have seen people "walking."

Yeah . . . strolling around the block for exercise. There is not much to walk to. It's quite a haul to walk to any commercial establishment, except for the WGCC, of course. Also a hilly walk to any public transportation unless you live on one of the streets right near Glebe Road.

[Anonymous]

WTF is up with these fake ass beams everywhere at least in my house the beams are the rafters on the floor above because of the 11 foot ceilings.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about Lee Heights? Lots of large houses going up there (teardowns) and some built & expanded? Tradition Homes seems to be buying and knocking down much of the neighborhood (no longer a good thing IMO).

How walkable is Lee Heights? It's at least a mile to the closest Metro stop, right? Although there might be good bus service along Rt 29.

There is indeed good bus service along Lee Highway -- buses that will take you to EFC or Rosslyn, plus the 3Y, which will take you to from Foggy Bottom to Farragut to McPherson.

A caveat -- these buses only run every 20 min or so (and the express less frequently). I used to live right off Lee Highway and found commuting (to downtown DC) by bus rather frustrating. I found biking to Ballston and metroing from there more convenient (or you could bike to EFC or Rosslyn depending on where you live along Lee Highway).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Same here, though we are basically between Williamsburg and Lee Harrison. You could walk to metro if you wanted or take a quick bus. It's a great neighborhood. New construction is typically $1.4-$1.6. I know there is one for sale now on Lexington. Two more are being built that I know of on John Marshall and Nottingham.

Where would this be? Google maps says that the walking distance from Lee Harrison Shopping Center to Ballston Metro is 2.1 miles -- around 40 minutes.

It's 1.5 miles from Lee Harrison to EFC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For new Arlington residents wondering where all these areas are, you can go on Franklymls.com, do a search for Arlington, VA -condo and then set the price range for $600K-$1.5M. It'll bring up all the active and under-contract homes and you can click on a house in each area and see approximately where they are. There's probably also a county boundary map out there that realtors use.

OP, your best bet is probably the area around East Falls church metro - nice houses, great schools, and you're still near Metro. I would also look around Ballston (Cherrydale, Bluemont/Bon Air, etc.) and Ashton Heights, as well as Lyon Park for walkability.

Except that franklymls.com is a sucky website. WTF do people keep posting links from there.

Try Redfin - you can enter in Arlington, VA and it will show the boundary lines on the map. Same for zipcodes. It might show neighborhoods too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Try Redfin - you can enter in Arlington, VA and it will show the boundary lines on the map. Same for zipcodes. It might show neighborhoods too.

It lists neighborhoods, but sometimes realtors enter the neighborhoods weirdly into the MLS.

For EFC, you'd want to look at 22205, 22207, and 22213.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Really? This is like pointing out that all the colonials built in the 40s look alike, all the ramblers built in the 50s look alike, all the split levels from the 60s look alike, etc. Builders build in the style du jour. That's nothing new here or elsewhere.

The homes built in the 40s, 50s and 60s did not take up the entire property and were not garages with an attached house. This is supposed to be a walkable suburb, but you sure wouldn't know it from these houses.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Same here, though we are basically between Williamsburg and Lee Harrison. You could walk to metro if you wanted or take a quick bus. It's a great neighborhood. New construction is typically $1.4-$1.6. I know there is one for sale now on Lexington. Two more are being built that I know of on John Marshall and Nottingham.

Where would this be? Google maps says that the walking distance from Lee Harrison Shopping Center to Ballston Metro is 2.1 miles -- around 40 minutes.

What is the walking distance to the East Falls Church Metro?

[Anonymous]

OP HERE. Thanks do much for all the feedback. I haven't read it all yet-just got back from a crazy busy day at work I just wanted to say thanks.

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I think you can find a 5 bedroom in Lyon Village for 1.5 - can't you?

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Anonymous wrote:You should think about Country Club Hills or even Country Club.

Not OP but new Arlington resident asking a dumb question... what boundaries (in general) define these neighborhoods? I'm really just curious as I hear all the various neighborhood names bandied about I feel clueless not knowing what is where.

Arlington neighborhoods can be very confusing. They can have many different names or designations. I live in, or near, country club and I don't even know the exact parameters! But I think it's roughly the area to the south and west of the country club at globe and 27th. And country club hills is the area right around and to the north of the country club. I think. CC hills is pricier than CC.