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[quote=Anonymous]The two are very different.  Fairfax City has been redeveloping its downtown.  That has been tough because much of the new retail space became available just when the recession began.  Some restaurants have come and gone.  There is a Safeway downtown.  Vienna has a Giant and a Magruders and a small Whole Foods.

Fairfax City is much older than Vienna so the core of the downtown has historic buildings and the newer buildings are around and among those older buildings.  Additionally, Fairfax City is an actual City with its own Mayor and City Council so in addition to retail in the downtown, there are City and County administrative buildings.  The Fairfax County Courthouse complex is there so in addition to Fairfax City police, police from Fairfax County and the State Police are often seen as well.  It is very safe (so is Vienna).  The downtown/Old Town area of Fairfax is much smaller and does not have as many restaurants or shops.  It has a lot of professional office buildings.  City residents do not pay Fairfax County taxes and in fact, Fairfax City has had among the lowest tax rates in the whole DC area.  Vienna residents pay County and Town taxes.   Fairfax City has an agreement with Fairfax County and thus Fairfax City residents get the benefit of the Fairfax County School System and Library System and Rec Centers.  Fairfax City hosts a lot of events during the year--Fall Fest, Chocolate Lovers Festival, Celebration of Lights and Carols, and it has a real old-fashioned Independence Day parade that winds around the city and goes in front of City Hall. Fairfax City abuts George Mason Universtiy and thus in the downtown of Fairfax there are some places that have a young vibe.  Some nice restaurants in the downtown or in the City generally are the Wine House, Cafe Mozart, Red Hot and Blue, La Dolce Vita, Bellissimo, Kabob Corner, Vespucci, Coyote Grill, and Arties (part of the family of restaurants that owns Coastal Flats).  There a bunch of the typical sandwich places (Panera, Potbelly, Subway), several good Indian restaurants, Thai, Korean BBQ, and fast food and pizza.  There are a lot of restaurants.

I live in Fairfax and I love it that the mayor and city council members have attended my small neighborhood picnic and presided over a Halloween Costume contest also held in my little neighborhood.  The City has about 25000 residents and so the government officials really do care about the people who live here because we all live so close.  Another thing that is good is that when I want to go to Whole Foods I just go to Fair Lakes and that Whole Foods is huge and has lots of places to eat and wine tastings on the weekend.  Also close by is Wegmans and Costco--everything is so close by and I don't have to battle down 123 to get everywhere.  Vienna is very very nice and a great place to live but I love Fairfax City.  [/quote]

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