Fairfax communities among best places in Va.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Centreville is ugly--nothing to do but shop at the endless big box and chain stores. The traffic is a nightmare. It's a long drive to get anywhere to do anything. There are endless townhouses and cookie-cutter developments. You can live there for years and still get lost constantly because everything looks the same for miles and miles.

I wouldn't consider Chantilly a city. It vaguely oozes together with Centreville.

Marshall HS is smack dab in Tysons Corner. I used to live within walking distance to it, and I lived in Tysons Corner.

McLean is a blah suburb, but very convenient to other places.

I'd live in Alexandria if I could afford it.

There aren't any big box stores in Centreville. There are chains like Starbucks and Hallmark and Giant (God forbid!) but our admittedly expansive network of strip malls is at least 70% Asian/Korean specialty stores. Resulting in many delicious restaurants and multiple Asian groceries. We have an awesome Lifetime Fitness, a neat little winery, a shitty movie theatre, and tons of Hispanic day laborers on the sidewalk outside of our library. And while we do have lots of town houses, don't hate. Ludacris' mama lives in one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The only Rose Hill "town" I know in Fairfax County is the subdivision off Franconia Rd. which is split between Fairfax County, Alexandria mailing address and Springfield. It has a downmarket shopping area and a bunch of 1950s ramblers and apartments behind the shopping center. Is this what they mean?

Yup, I think so.

[Anonymous]

Wow, here's the full list. Vienna isn't even on here! But Oakton is. Nah nah nah nah boo-boo.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/movotoblog/2013/12/best-cities-virginia/table.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow, here's the full list. Vienna isn't even on here! But Oakton is. Nah nah nah nah boo-boo.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/movotoblog/2013/12/best-cities-virginia/table.html

As is Annandale but not on the list: Clifton, Great Falls, Fairfax Station, West Springfield, Burke

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, here's the full list. Vienna isn't even on here! But Oakton is. Nah nah nah nah boo-boo.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/movotoblog/2013/12/best-cities-virginia/table.html

As is Annandale but not on the list: Clifton, Great Falls, Fairfax Station, West Springfield, Burke

I'd like to learn more about why these communities didn't make the cut.

[Anonymous]

Perhaps we should take this discussion to Movoto's blog page. They give more detail of how they did the ranking:

http://www.movoto.com/blog/top-ten/the-best-cities-in-virginia/

But no answer as to the fabulous communities not included.

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington is only a shithole to those who can't afford it. Funny how that works.

I can afford Arlington easily, in cash. But it is, indeed, a shithole. So many government agencies are leaving, and the area fills with new college graduates who've just landed their first job (often with help from mummy and daddy), but they're afraid to live in the city, so they settle for Arlington to express their sense of entitlement while being on their own for the first real time, but safety of the burbs.

Honestly, you couldn't pay me to live in Arlington. Its time has come - and gone.

You can keep saying this over and over and over (which you are doing, on threads not at all related to Arlington), but saying it over and over and over again doesn't make it so. I believe that (a) you actually can't afford Arlington, (b) can't afford anything remotely close to DC, (c) can't afford anything nice at all, and (d) really, really, really, really wish you could and hate anyone that can. Otherwise, you wouldn't have this bizarro desire to insert a comment on your hatred of Arlington into every real estate thread. People like you must be as crazy off-line as they are on-line. Do you live in your mom's basement?

Sorry, I don't follow the real estate forum, but I followed this post as it was originally posted in Off Topics. You don't have to believe anything, but that's your own weird paranoia about thinking there's one "anti-Arlington" person. You're welcome to think that - but hate to break it to you dear. Since you mention that, it's evident to me that there are numerous others who are aware of Arlington being on the way out. I know others are aware of the shithole Arlington has turned into. It wasn't always like that - unfortunately, I lived in Arlington in my dark past, but it's turned into a mishmash of congested and discombobulated streets and buildings, that have no sense of planning or design. I'll save my cash (other than the other condo I own outright, no mortgage) for someplace that has a better quality of life

You're, hilarious, "dear." You come here bragging about all the cash you'd have to spend in Arlington, and you live in a condo? You're like the guy that says, "I could totally afford a Bentley if I wanted one, you know, if I traded in my Ford Focus -- paid for it in *cash*, don't you know?" Bitch, please. Keep living in your dream world. There aren't any condos in my 'hood, and you couldn't afford it here.

[Anonymous]

Ironically, we moved from Centreville to McLean. Trading down. Ha!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Arlington is only a shithole to those who can't afford it. Funny how that works.

I can afford Arlington easily, in cash. But it is, indeed, a shithole. So many government agencies are leaving, and the area fills with new college graduates who've just landed their first job (often with help from mummy and daddy), but they're afraid to live in the city, so they settle for Arlington to express their sense of entitlement while being on their own for the first real time, but safety of the burbs.

Honestly, you couldn't pay me to live in Arlington. Its time has come - and gone.

You can keep saying this over and over and over (which you are doing, on threads not at all related to Arlington), but saying it over and over and over again doesn't make it so. I believe that (a) you actually can't afford Arlington, (b) can't afford anything remotely close to DC, (c) can't afford anything nice at all, and (d) really, really, really, really wish you could and hate anyone that can. Otherwise, you wouldn't have this bizarro desire to insert a comment on your hatred of Arlington into every real estate thread. People like you must be as crazy off-line as they are on-line. Do you live in your mom's basement?

Sorry, I don't follow the real estate forum, but I followed this post as it was originally posted in Off Topics. You don't have to believe anything, but that's your own weird paranoia about thinking there's one "anti-Arlington" person. You're welcome to think that - but hate to break it to you dear. Since you mention that, it's evident to me that there are numerous others who are aware of Arlington being on the way out. I know others are aware of the shithole Arlington has turned into. It wasn't always like that - unfortunately, I lived in Arlington in my dark past, but it's turned into a mishmash of congested and discombobulated streets and buildings, that have no sense of planning or design. I'll save my cash (other than the other condo I own outright, no mortgage) for someplace that has a better quality of life

You're, hilarious, "dear." You come here bragging about all the cash you'd have to spend in Arlington, and you live in a condo? You're like the guy that says, "I could totally afford a Bentley if I wanted one, you know, if I traded in my Ford Focus -- paid for it in *cash*, don't you know?" Bitch, please. Keep living in your dream world. There aren't any condos in my 'hood, and you couldn't afford it here.

(1) Learn how to quote properly

(2) You don't have any idea what a condo looks like, right? Condos aren't just in tall buildings, toots. Furthermore, the ones that are on tall buildings - you know why they build up, instead of wide? Because the land is simply that valuable and desirable But I suppose you also have valet and people holding the door open for you in your fixer-upper-one-step-away-from-teardown thing that you call a home?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow, here's the full list. Vienna isn't even on here! But Oakton is. Nah nah nah nah boo-boo.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/movotoblog/2013/12/best-cities-virginia/table.html

As is Annandale but not on the list: Clifton, Great Falls, Fairfax Station, West Springfield, Burke

I'd like to learn more about why these communities didn't make the cut.

The Movoto website describes itself as looking at the humorous side of real estate. One measure they used in ranking communities was number of southern restaurants in the town. If you read the report you could not take it seriously. They called Rose Hill a town of 20,000 people. From their description it seems they actually meant Kingstowne in Alexandria/Fairfax County which kinda sorta borders the Rose Hill subdivision. Kingstowne is a new area in Alexandria which has mostly condos, townhouses and okay strip malls. Rose Hill is a bleak 1960s subdivision with a weak shopping center at its entrance. They actually did more than 10 cities and many other cities in NOVA. We're on the list

I would give little credence to this study but if it makes people happy about where they chose to liver that is fine

[Anonymous]

(1) Learn how to quote properly

(2) You don't have any idea what a condo looks like, right? Condos aren't just in tall buildings, toots. Furthermore, the ones that are on tall buildings - you know why they build up, instead of wide? Because the land is simply that valuable and desirable But I suppose you also have valet and people holding the door open for you in your fixer-upper-one-step-away-from-teardown thing that you call a home?

I'm sorry, I don't spend hours on end on DCUM, so I'm still rusty when it comes to things like engaging in long-running dialogues with complete morons. Anyway, you've got me, I'll concede: Arlington is truly a shithole. Shitty schools. Shitty, ugly, cheap houses. Shitty commutes. Clearly, no one wants to live here. The bidding wars and high home prices must all be an illusion. Thank goodness you're around to educate the DCUM population. Maybe you can get some billboards around town, too? You sound so well-educated and well-informed, I'm sure you'd quickly develop a following. Outside of your mom's condo, that is? Good luck to you. Without a brain in your head, you'll need it.

[Anonymous]

(1) Learn how to quote properly

(2) You don't have any idea what a condo looks like, right? Condos aren't just in tall buildings, toots. Furthermore, the ones that are on tall buildings - you know why they build up, instead of wide? Because the land is simply that valuable and desirable But I suppose you also have valet and people holding the door open for you in your fixer-upper-one-step-away-from-teardown thing that you call a home?

I'm sorry, I don't spend hours on end on DCUM, so I'm still rusty when it comes to things like engaging in long-running dialogues with complete morons. Anyway, you've got me, I'll concede: Arlington is truly a shithole. Shitty schools. Shitty, ugly, cheap houses. Shitty commutes. Clearly, no one wants to live here. The bidding wars and high home prices must all be an illusion. Thank goodness you're around to educate the DCUM population. Maybe you can get some billboards around town, too? You sound so well-educated and well-informed, I'm sure you'd quickly develop a following. Outside of your mom's condo, that is? Good luck to you. Without a brain in your head, you'll need it.

Good lord that was a jumbled and chaotic comment - much like your neighborhood. Pause. Think. Organize your thoughts and format.

My mom actually died when I was a child, so instead of making classless "your momma" jokes, maybe try going outside of your little defensive bubble and thinking a little bit? Believe it or not, people often don't conform to your assumptions, just because they said something you don't like. Were you a mean girl in high school? But I understand - someone who gets THAT upset over a comment about Arlington on an internet forum, probably has some extensive issues. Best of luck with that! xoxo

[Anonymous]

Where's the wine shop in centreville, I'd like to check it out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ironically, we moved from Centreville to McLean. Trading down. Ha!

No! You poor, poor dear...lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where's the wine shop in centreville, I'd like to check it out!

I believe they referred to a "neat little winery" - is that the one over in Clifton per chance? I believe that I heard about a little vineyard in the Clifton area some time ago, but I have never visited.