Do you like Lorton?

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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.

People here think anything apart from McLean, Vienna, and Bethesda is either the deep country or the hood.

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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.

It’ still has a creepy vibe. But it wouldn’t stop me from buying a house there.