Lyon Village home placements are exactly like the cramped McMansion Tracts of Ashburn

[Anonymous]

Check this out.

I was looking at a home there and noticed how close it was to the other homes.

From the street view and the google map the homes are right next to each other on all sides without much of a yard.

http://www.redfin.com/VA/Arlington/2364-N-Fillmore-St-22207/home/11278967

http://www.google.com/maps/@38.9005013,-77.0981667,126m/data=!3m1!1e3
http://www.google.com/maps/@38.900323,-77.097887,3a,75y,320.32h,80.97t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sGAtIAHzzEHcmpGPuw53nDQ!2e0

[Anonymous]

That house is not in Lyon Village. Any other pearls of wisdom that the Pimmit Hills crazies wish to share today?

[Anonymous]

Yep LV very compact. And when they get their train station in 2030, they'll be just like LV except with an hour-long train ride to DC. No one moves to LV for spacious lots.

Now people do move to Cashburn for bigger lots for less, but perhaps the decline of exurban living has pushed developers to make things leaner?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That house is not in Lyon Village. Any other pearls of wisdom that the Pimmit Hills crazies wish to share today?

I think parts of Fillmore maybe in LV so maybe that's there confusion. At least not another craycray confusing Lyon Park and Lyon Vilage.

[Anonymous]

So is this still a thing or are people moving way out again?
http://usa.streetsblog.org/2012/04/09/census-breaks-the-news-we-already-knew-the-exurbs-are-history/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yep LV very compact. And when they get their train station in 2030, they'll be just like LV except with an hour-long train ride to DC. No one moves to LV for spacious lots.

Now people do move to Cashburn for bigger lots for less, but perhaps the decline of exurban living has pushed developers to make things leaner?

Ashburn isn't really an "exurb," given its proximity to jobs in Dulles and Western Fairfax, and it's had developments with small lots for a long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep LV very compact. And when they get their train station in 2030, they'll be just like LV except with an hour-long train ride to DC. No one moves to LV for spacious lots.

Now people do move to Cashburn for bigger lots for less, but perhaps the decline of exurban living has pushed developers to make things leaner?

Ashburn isn't really an "exurb," given its proximity to jobs in Dulles and Western Fairfax, and it's had developments with small lots for a long time.

Ashburn is an exurb where people of bicycles or pedestrians are considered weird.

[Anonymous]

"Dulles" is an exurb with jobs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep LV very compact. And when they get their train station in 2030, they'll be just like LV except with an hour-long train ride to DC. No one moves to LV for spacious lots.

Now people do move to Cashburn for bigger lots for less, but perhaps the decline of exurban living has pushed developers to make things leaner?

Ashburn isn't really an "exurb," given its proximity to jobs in Dulles and Western Fairfax, and it's had developments with small lots for a long time.

Ashburn is the definition of exurb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:That house is not in Lyon Village. Any other pearls of wisdom that the Pimmit Hills crazies wish to share today?

I think parts of Fillmore maybe in LV so maybe that's there confusion. At least not another craycray confusing Lyon Park and Lyon Vilage.

You don't have to be "cray cray" to confuse Lyon Village with Lyon Park. I have lived in the area for 25+ years and I still get confused. I know where each are and what are the attributes of each, but I mix up the names all the time. It is an easy mistake.

However, I don't think the two houses are "identical". They share some similar lines, but the one in Lyon Park(?) has the pointy roof and coloring scheme that seems more polished and has a much much better location.

[Anonymous]

I've been out to Ashburn a few times. The crazy thing is that there are lots of big houses - right on top of each other. The lots are bigger, but the McMansions fill them up. Some houses had deeper backyards, but they were all still very very close to their neighbors. Crazy!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep LV very compact. And when they get their train station in 2030, they'll be just like LV except with an hour-long train ride to DC. No one moves to LV for spacious lots.

Now people do move to Cashburn for bigger lots for less, but perhaps the decline of exurban living has pushed developers to make things leaner?

Ashburn isn't really an "exurb," given its proximity to jobs in Dulles and Western Fairfax, and it's had developments with small lots for a long time.

Ashburn is the definition of exurb.

Ashburn is a suburb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep LV very compact. And when they get their train station in 2030, they'll be just like LV except with an hour-long train ride to DC. No one moves to LV for spacious lots.

Now people do move to Cashburn for bigger lots for less, but perhaps the decline of exurban living has pushed developers to make things leaner?

Ashburn isn't really an "exurb," given its proximity to jobs in Dulles and Western Fairfax, and it's had developments with small lots for a long time.

Ashburn is the definition of exurb.

Sorry, the other PP is right. Ashburn is a suburb (albeit a far flung one out in Bufu), not an exurb, and there're enough jobs that people could exist there. I think of Warrenton as more of exurb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yep LV very compact. And when they get their train station in 2030, they'll be just like LV except with an hour-long train ride to DC. No one moves to LV for spacious lots.

Now people do move to Cashburn for bigger lots for less, but perhaps the decline of exurban living has pushed developers to make things leaner?

Ashburn isn't really an "exurb," given its proximity to jobs in Dulles and Western Fairfax, and it's had developments with small lots for a long time.

Ashburn is the definition of exurb.

Ashburn is a suburb.

Of Chantilly.

[Anonymous]

I'd rate exurbs as an area where

I'd also want to know where suburbs are declining. Out here in Leesburg, I don't see gangs making the place a no-go zone during the day.

Now outside DC, it might be a different story (Las Vegas, Orlando, etc.)

Also -- it's a lot easier for a singleton/DINK to stay in the city than it is a family. Then, the realities of schooling, etc., hit, as would the simple chore of getting laundry done.