Poll: most aesthetically pleasing neighborhood in Nova

[Anonymous]

Kings Park west in Fairfax

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. Aesthetically pleasing Nova is an oxymoron

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. Aesthetically pleasing Nova is an oxymoron

There are plenty of nice areas, but you're a priced-out loser so you resort to snide comments.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. Aesthetically pleasing Nova is an oxymoron

There are plenty of nice areas, but you're a priced-out loser so you resort to snide comments.

Enjoy your ugly power lines and strip malls and 30 pct farm schools. The real classy people live elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

River Drive in Hallowing Point on Mason Neck. Beautiful and peaceful.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. Aesthetically pleasing Nova is an oxymoron

There are plenty of nice areas, but you're a priced-out loser so you resort to snide comments.

Enjoy your ugly power lines and strip malls and 30 pct farm schools. The real classy people live elsewhere.

Waiting for you to share which places are so classy…

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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

I'm not. I could not afford to live in that neighborhood. Doesn't change my experience. It has closely packed houses with no HOA to set any standards. It's an architectural free for all and some of those houses are incredibly fugly. Some are gorgeous but look so out of place on the lot next to the originals.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a nostalgic soft spot for Fairlington...but the condo association-run maintenance means the grounds and building exteriors are very well-kept and a lot of townhome owners (esp. on the Alexandria side) have gorgeous flower beds. There are always people out walking around and the pools and playgrounds are attractive.

I would also submit votes for the northwest quadrant of Falls Church City; Beverly Hills, Alexandria; and the Orchard Drive to Mosby Road corridor of Fairfax City.

+Fairlington

[Anonymous]

My favorite Midcentury neighborhood is Truro in Annandale. The HOA is intense so it is like a time capsule with parkland trails.

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite Midcentury neighborhood is Truro in Annandale. The HOA is intense so it is like a time capsule with parkland trails.

Love the open, airy architecture of MCM homes. Think: the Brady Bunch house. Really cool.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Ha! I was thinking the same thing. Aesthetically pleasing Nova is an oxymoron

You think Old town Alexandria, for example, is hideous and doesn't meet the requirements of a nice, quaint, classy neighborhood? Well, it's located in NOVA.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You think that homes under 5K sq.ft. cannot be aesthetically pleasing?

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Anonymous wrote:My favorite Midcentury neighborhood is Truro in Annandale. The HOA is intense so it is like a time capsule with parkland trails.

Love the open, airy architecture of MCM homes. Think: the Brady Bunch house. Really cool.

I love the Sky View model - I’ve only ever seen 1 come on the market and we had just closed on our house.
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[Anonymous]

Virginia beach