Does anyone live in Oakton?

[Anonymous]

Op... can you link to the house? I don't live too far from there so I might be able to give you some insight on the nhood.

[Anonymous]

Op here. I'm hesitant (perhaps needlessly) to link here but you can easily find it--one of two for sale very close together just north of Waples Mill Rd/fox mill rd intersection, both homes are on Difficult Run.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like all the shopping and restaurant opportunities out there (compared to McLean) but hate the traffic on Maple and would not want to have to deal with that on a daily basis.

What exactly is out there? Giant ? Oakton Shopping Center

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like all the shopping and restaurant opportunities out there (compared to McLean) but hate the traffic on Maple and would not want to have to deal with that on a daily basis.

What exactly is out there? Giant ? Oakton Shopping Center

Wegmans, Reston Town Center, Fairfax Corner, Fairfax Towne Center, Nordstrom Rack, Fair Lakes Shopping Center (DSW, Target,etc). all within 10 minutes.

[Anonymous]

To a city dweller, even putting aside how far out Oakton seems, it just seems strangely claustrophobic for having "all that space." Just a few two-lane roads that must be a real blast when it snows, snaking around neighborhoods with no sidewalks, everyone kind of buried in their own world.

(I have multiple sets of close friends who've lived out there for a long time, so this is not a one-shot observation)

It seems like a real 1980s ideal of "the suburbs."

Not saying I don't understand how people can live there, because it has a lot going for it, but it is getting pretty anachronistic from an urban planning standpoint.

[Anonymous]

Well, I tried to figure out which house OP was talking about but all the ones I clicked on were under contract, so someone must want to live there.

What's up with the basement ceiling in 3019 miller heights road, though? Its freaky looking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To a city dweller, even putting aside how far out Oakton seems, it just seems strangely claustrophobic for having "all that space." Just a few two-lane roads that must be a real blast when it snows, snaking around neighborhoods with no sidewalks, everyone kind of buried in their own world.

(I have multiple sets of close friends who've lived out there for a long time, so this is not a one-shot observation)

It seems like a real 1980s ideal of "the suburbs."

Not saying I don't understand how people can live there, because it has a lot going for it, but it is getting pretty anachronistic from an urban planning standpoint.

Oh, goodness. There are other frames of reference besides your trendy notions of how an upscale suburb ought to embrace "urban planning" guidelines. Oakton will still be nice when all the childless singles moving into DC have died off with no heirs and no one interested in their depressing micro-units.

[Anonymous]

I like this one. I would love to have a mudroom right off the garage and a back staircase.
http://frankly.com/FX8639708

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To a city dweller, even putting aside how far out Oakton seems, it just seems strangely claustrophobic for having "all that space." Just a few two-lane roads that must be a real blast when it snows, snaking around neighborhoods with no sidewalks, everyone kind of buried in their own world.

(I have multiple sets of close friends who've lived out there for a long time, so this is not a one-shot observation)

It seems like a real 1980s ideal of "the suburbs."

Not saying I don't understand how people can live there, because it has a lot going for it, but it is getting pretty anachronistic from an urban planning standpoint.

When the houses were builts (1970s era), that area was rural though. So of course it is "anachronistic from an urban planning standpoint." It wasn't planned to be anywhere near anything urban--those houses were built when there was actually like one corner in Tyson's corner and 66 was one lane in each direction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To a city dweller, even putting aside how far out Oakton seems, it just seems strangely claustrophobic for having "all that space." Just a few two-lane roads that must be a real blast when it snows, snaking around neighborhoods with no sidewalks, everyone kind of buried in their own world.

(I have multiple sets of close friends who've lived out there for a long time, so this is not a one-shot observation)

It seems like a real 1980s ideal of "the suburbs."

Not saying I don't understand how people can live there, because it has a lot going for it, but it is getting pretty anachronistic from an urban planning standpoint.

Oh, goodness. There are other frames of reference besides your trendy notions of how an upscale suburb ought to embrace "urban planning" guidelines. Oakton will still be nice when all the childless singles moving into DC have died off with no heirs and no one interested in their depressing micro-units.

Plenty of people interested in my million-dollar Capitol Hill house, but thanks anyway.

And I actually thought I was being generous--didn't say OMG HOW CAN ANYONE LIVE OUT THERE. I said it has a lot going for it--it's just not the way suburbs are built these days.

[Anonymous]

.... And if the Oakton market is being labeled "cold," clearly it does not present itself with all the sorts of amenities and opportunities that many other neighborhoods, even close-by ones. have that draw greater numbers of interested buyers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To a city dweller, even putting aside how far out Oakton seems, it just seems strangely claustrophobic for having "all that space." Just a few two-lane roads that must be a real blast when it snows, snaking around neighborhoods with no sidewalks, everyone kind of buried in their own world.

(I have multiple sets of close friends who've lived out there for a long time, so this is not a one-shot observation)

It seems like a real 1980s ideal of "the suburbs."

Not saying I don't understand how people can live there, because it has a lot going for it, but it is getting pretty anachronistic from an urban planning standpoint.

Oh, goodness. There are other frames of reference besides your trendy notions of how an upscale suburb ought to embrace "urban planning" guidelines. Oakton will still be nice when all the childless singles moving into DC have died off with no heirs and no one interested in their depressing micro-units.

Plenty of people interested in my million-dollar Capitol Hill house, but thanks anyway.

And I actually thought I was being generous--didn't say OMG HOW CAN ANYONE LIVE OUT THERE. I said it has a lot going for it--it's just not the way suburbs are built these days.

[Anonymous]

Great schools and 1980s suburban style or shitty schools and urban charm? So many fun choices to be made in DCUM real estate. Can't have it all unless you are Richie Rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think oakton is nice but a bit too far out

Do you know where Oakton is located?

In Oakton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Great schools and 1980s suburban style or shitty schools and urban charm? So many fun choices to be made in DCUM real estate. Can't have it all unless you are Richie Rich.

Or live in north arlington