Poll: most aesthetically pleasing neighborhood in Nova

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Mansion Drive in Alexandria

That is a gorgeous street. I live on an adjacent street (Argyle Drive) and one of the Mansion Drive residents hosts parties every ~3 months where they have a string quartet playing classical music out on their back lawn.

The landscaping is impeccable and the homes are all unique. Slate roofs, classic architecture, etc.

Are you invited?

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I really love Broadmont in FCC. But OT Alexandria probably tops the list because it has the old cobblestone and water nearby.

[Anonymous]

Probably Ballantrae Farms, as it is made up entirely of high end homes without older rundown properties affecting the neighborhood. You want the consistency of a planned community with all newer builds, at least one third acre lots, and strong schools. HOAs are less common here, which is why aesthetically pleasing neighborhoods and overall consistency can be more of a challenge in the DC area.

In McLean 22101 areas zoned for Langley High School, there are also pockets with that same appeal, where neighborhoods have become more uniform through redevelopment with newer luxury homes replacing older stock. In those areas, you generally want communities where homes under 5,000 square feet do not exist, and where minimum resale values are typically $2 million or more, helping preserve consistency, aesthetics, and long term value.

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Anonymous wrote:In NoVa, you can pick two: good schools, good commute, pretty neighborhood.

There are parts of Arlington, McLean, and Falls Church where you can get all three. Add parts of Vienna if you're talking about a commute to Tysons rather than DC.

Curious which parts of Arlington/McLean you think qualify?

I'm not the person you're responding to but we live in Lyon Park/Ashton Heights and have all three.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:In NoVa, you can pick two: good schools, good commute, pretty neighborhood.

There are parts of Arlington, McLean, and Falls Church where you can get all three. Add parts of Vienna if you're talking about a commute to Tysons rather than DC.

Curious which parts of Arlington/McLean you think qualify?

I'm not the person you're responding to but we live in Lyon Park/Ashton Heights and have all three.

As a fellow resident - LOL! Lots of old dumps w chain fences that haven’t cashed out yet and now you’ve got the McMansion’s rolling in and taking up every inch of those small lots. And Jefferson MS isn’t great.

But yes the commute to DC is incredible and hard to beat.

[Anonymous]

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Mansion Drive in Alexandria

That is a gorgeous street. I live on an adjacent street (Argyle Drive) and one of the Mansion Drive residents hosts parties every ~3 months where they have a string quartet playing classical music out on their back lawn.

The landscaping is impeccable and the homes are all unique. Slate roofs, classic architecture, etc.

Are you invited?

No, I’m not invited to the Mansion Drive parties. But I don’t blame them. If I hosted a party with a live orchestra and invited the two neighboring streets I’d end up with 100+ attendees just from the neighborhood.

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NOVA - Donaldson Run

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Anonymous wrote:Hollin Hills

Lol

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Mount Vernon on the water neighborhoods are another honorable mention

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Franklin Park and Langley Forest in McLean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I really love Broadmont in FCC. But OT Alexandria probably tops the list because it has the old cobblestone and water nearby.

+1 This is a really pretty area with some great older home that have been well preserved.

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Anonymous wrote:For mid century modern, people love Hollin Hills. As for my super snarky self, Pimmit Hills.

Pimmit hills is a nice hilly area, there is attractive nature there, and it's super central. But unfortunately a lot of housing stock is so fugly (up to this day) that it's hard to find streets that would be uniformly beautiful.

I assumed they were joking, lol. Pimmit Hills is the land of crumbling 1k sq ft homes surrounded by rusting chain link fence.

I was definitely joking, hence the phrase “super snarky”. I used to live by Pimmit Hills and would take walks there purely to gawk at the god awful McMansions blotting out the sunlight of the 900 sq ft bungalows. So many bad architectural choices are clustered in that place.

You must be so superior

[Anonymous]

That’s like asking who the healthiest person is in the hospital burn unit. You people have obviously never been to actually nice, classy neighborhoods in the U.S.

[Anonymous]

lol mansion drive. With their ugly power lines, etc. So gross. Ditto for most of NOVA. Over priced cesspool. But keep pretending…

[Anonymous]

Lots of jealous poors in here.