Wegmans and Walmart coming to Tysons!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Anonymous]

I understand this forum tends to be DC centric and there is certain amount of dumping on the "suburbs," but the fact is that the Washington suburbs and Northern Virginia in particular is now the economic engine of the DC Metropolitan area. Northern Virginia and Fairfax County in particular is a net importer of commuters every weekday from Maryland and DC - more people commuting our way than going the other. Our unemployment rate is 3.4% compared to DC's 8.4%. New business start-ups - especially the tech sector - happen more in Northern Virginia than in DC.

The overall leadership that Northern Virginia has in attracting or developing businesses has a lot to with the tax and business environment that is more private sector friendly. I own rental property in the People’s Republic of Montgomery County and in DC, and I dread the day I have a landlord – tenant dispute.

The transportation infrastructure – direct access to Dulles International Airport – is another key draw for many businesses. The downside of all this business activity is that this same transportation infrastructure – especially the roads – is severely overtaxed. Fairfax County is working on trying to remedy this with more concentrated development, that will be a long time to change things. At the same time, the County has very limited options as to how it can spend its transportation funding, all of which comes from Richmond. For anyone who has lived in the area a long time, that is one of the biggest complaints Fairfax residents have about the Government in Richmond. We are a net contributor to the state’s coffers, but get less back in return. There is a nascent – though probably stillborn movement – to incorporate all of Fairfax County as in independent city, which would give it more control over its resources, especially transportation.

I am happy to live here. I have great neighbors. Good public schools and a great state university system, and any number of recreational opportunities. Crime is low and public services generally good and I have plenty of shopping opportunities – ranging from Walmart to upscale if I want it. I also have access to a wide diversity of “mom and pop” ethnic restaurants representing cuisine from all over the world. If I want Korean, I go to Annadale. Vietnamese – just down the street from my house. I lived in DC – three of four quadrants for many years, but am happy to be in NoVa. Now, perhaps a commuter tax on all those inbound DC and Maryland residents who work here would help us to fund badly needed transportation upgrades

[Anonymous]

Need to justify yourself much? DC is still the center of the region, the suburbs are the suburbs. Tysons Corner has done nicely attracting business, the tech corridor in Reston likewise, but they are still burbs. But good try.

[Anonymous]

Cool. So in addition to having the best retail shopping outside of manhattan (as is), Tysons will have it's own CVS, Wegman's, and Walmart.

That means from Pimmit Hills, I can pick from these large grocery stores within maybe a 1-2 mile radius:

(there's way too many small/organic/international/butcher type ones to recite on this list)

- Harris Teeters
- Wegmans
- Trader Joes
- Whole Foods
- Safeway (3)
- Giant (2)

[Anonymous]

Pimmit Hills!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Haters gon hate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cool. So in addition to having the best retail shopping outside of manhattan (as is), Tysons will have it's own CVS, Wegman's, and Walmart.

That means from Pimmit Hills, I can pick from these large grocery stores within maybe a 1-2 mile radius:

(there's way too many small/organic/international/butcher type ones to recite on this list)

- Harris Teeters
- Wegmans
- Trader Joes
- Whole Foods
- Safeway (3)
- Giant (2)

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!! Comparing TC to Manhattan! That's the funniest I've heard in a long time!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Need to justify yourself much? DC is still the center of the region, the suburbs are the suburbs. Tysons Corner has done nicely attracting business, the tech corridor in Reston likewise, but they are still burbs. But good try.

No, just pointing out the fact that the center of gravity, so to speak, has shifted fron DC to Northern Virginia. The jobs and the job creation is there. Tyson's Corner et al have done more than nicely. DC may be the geographic center of the region, but it iis no longer the business, employment, population or retail center of the region. It makes no sense to,tailor local transportation and other policies to moving people in and out of DC when the major commuting patterns are from suburb to suburb.

People go where the jobs are and more of those are in NoVa than DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I live in Cleveland Park and make a Tyson's Corner trip about once every two months. I'll definitely plan to do other shopping at Tyson's and then go to Wegmans for a big grocery trip. Good produce, wide-range of fresh bulk products, and great prices on staples. I'm Wegmans is coming our way, though I do wish there were one in DC.

Seriously? I don't understand this. Even if I wished to buy things in bulk, there are closer suburbs in which one might do this.

I might go there about once every two years, and it's usually because we know some people in Virginia-ish professions who might be visiting from out of town, feel more comfortable out there than in the District, and wish to meet up.

I thought there already was a Wegman's out there. Maybe in Reston? That's kind of the same thing, as far as it matters from here. Not something that's worth a special trip. And whether or not we want them (I don't), it seems we'll be getting Walmarts in town, even in the Mt. Vernon Square area. Shameful.

You are truly an idiot , reston and Tysons are completely different places , it's like saying all of dc is nice and clean like the monuments and museum areas.
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Shrugs. You get into a car and emerge a looong time later. Maybe you're alighting in a parking lot outside an inside mall, maybe you're alighting in a parking lot in front of a strip mall. But they're basically both in the same area in relation to the District: out THAT way. One's just a bit farther in the same direction than the other.

We would be friends.

Reston and Tysons are probably the same to me. Somewhere "outside the beltway" - I might as well go to Baltimore or Iowa.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand this forum tends to be DC centric and there is certain amount of dumping on the "suburbs," but the fact is that the Washington suburbs and Northern Virginia in particular is now the economic engine of the DC Metropolitan area. Northern Virginia and Fairfax County in particular is a net importer of commuters every weekday from Maryland and DC - more people commuting our way than going the other. Our unemployment rate is 3.4% compared to DC's 8.4%. New business start-ups - especially the tech sector - happen more in Northern Virginia than in DC.

The overall leadership that Northern Virginia has in attracting or developing businesses has a lot to with the tax and business environment that is more private sector friendly. I own rental property in the People’s Republic of Montgomery County and in DC, and I dread the day I have a landlord – tenant dispute.

The transportation infrastructure – direct access to Dulles International Airport – is another key draw for many businesses. The downside of all this business activity is that this same transportation infrastructure – especially the roads – is severely overtaxed. Fairfax County is working on trying to remedy this with more concentrated development, that will be a long time to change things. At the same time, the County has very limited options as to how it can spend its transportation funding, all of which comes from Richmond. For anyone who has lived in the area a long time, that is one of the biggest complaints Fairfax residents have about the Government in Richmond. We are a net contributor to the state’s coffers, but get less back in return. There is a nascent – though probably stillborn movement – to incorporate all of Fairfax County as in independent city, which would give it more control over its resources, especially transportation.

I am happy to live here. I have great neighbors. Good public schools and a great state university system, and any number of recreational opportunities. Crime is low and public services generally good and I have plenty of shopping opportunities – ranging from Walmart to upscale if I want it. I also have access to a wide diversity of “mom and pop” ethnic restaurants representing cuisine from all over the world. If I want Korean, I go to Annadale. Vietnamese – just down the street from my house. I lived in DC – three of four quadrants for many years, but am happy to be in NoVa. Now, perhaps a commuter tax on all those inbound DC and Maryland residents who work here would help us to fund badly needed transportation upgrades

Thank you for the doctoral thesis on the suburbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cool. So in addition to having the best retail shopping outside of manhattan (as is), Tysons will have it's own CVS, Wegman's, and Walmart.

That means from Pimmit Hills, I can pick from these large grocery stores within maybe a 1-2 mile radius:

(there's way too many small/organic/international/butcher type ones to recite on this list)

- Harris Teeters
- Wegmans
- Trader Joes
- Whole Foods
- Safeway (3)
- Giant (2)

Are we supposed to know wht Pimmit Hills is? Is that a prison?

[Anonymous]

DC and Maryland chase away businesses. Maryland and DC are consistently ranked worst places for businesses with Virginia in the top rankings for best places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The transportation infrastructure – direct access to Dulles International Airport – is another key draw for many businesses. The downside of all this business activity is that this same transportation infrastructure – especially the roads – is severely overtaxed.

Wouldn't it be great if they connected Rt28 by Sterling, VA to 370 by Gaithersburg, MD by adding a another bridge over the Potomac and creating an outer ring/beltway? Not sure if the land owner at Potomac would be happy about it, but it would greatly cut down on the time spent on a Rockville to Reston commute bypassing bottlenecks at Tysons....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cool. So in addition to having the best retail shopping outside of manhattan (as is), Tysons will have it's own CVS, Wegman's, and Walmart.

That means from Pimmit Hills, I can pick from these large grocery stores within maybe a 1-2 mile radius:

(there's way too many small/organic/international/butcher type ones to recite on this list)

- Harris Teeters
- Wegmans
- Trader Joes
- Whole Foods
- Safeway (3)
- Giant (2)

Are we supposed to know wht Pimmit Hills is? Is that a prison?

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[Anonymous]

Super awesome!

Now we just need a Costco - my dream would be complete.

[Anonymous]

What I get a kick out of all this "I live in DC" BS is that most of these posters live in Upper NW. To them this is DC, and I bet they venture east of the Park or east of the Anacostia much less than they get to Tysons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in Cleveland Park and make a Tyson's Corner trip about once every two months. I'll definitely plan to do other shopping at Tyson's and then go to Wegmans for a big grocery trip. Good produce, wide-range of fresh bulk products, and great prices on staples. I'm Wegmans is coming our way, though I do wish there were one in DC.

Seriously? I don't understand this. Even if I wished to buy things in bulk, there are closer suburbs in which one might do this.

I might go there about once every two years, and it's usually because we know some people in Virginia-ish professions who might be visiting from out of town, feel more comfortable out there than in the District, and wish to meet up.

I thought there already was a Wegman's out there. Maybe in Reston? That's kind of the same thing, as far as it matters from here. Not something that's worth a special trip. And whether or not we want them (I don't), it seems we'll be getting Walmarts in town, even in the Mt. Vernon Square area. Shameful.

You are truly an idiot , reston and Tysons are completely different places , it's like saying all of dc is nice and clean like the monuments and museum areas.
]

Shrugs. You get into a car and emerge a looong time later. Maybe you're alighting in a parking lot outside an inside mall, maybe you're alighting in a parking lot in front of a strip mall. But they're basically both in the same area in relation to the District: out THAT way. One's just a bit farther in the same direction than the other.

We would be friends.

Reston and Tysons are probably the same to me. Somewhere "outside the beltway" - I might as well go to Baltimore or Iowa.

In Baltimore and places like Iowa, people have real jobs and aren't assholes. That's why I like visiting those places.