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[quote=Anonymous]“Further out”. It’s not ‘further out’.  It’s just another part of Nova and a commuter thoroughfare with strip malls, car stealerships, and fast food chains.

“As others have noted it’s a very different situation than Falls Church City”.  A single person is not plural.

Now that we got that out of the way.

The downtown city itself is idyllic and there are several events each year that give it a small community vibe.

It’s good for buying not investing unless you are a flipper or need to park your money somewhere.  This will change when the city’s long term plan takes hold and small lots will allow much higher density dwellings, the exact thing that was just ruled illegal in Arlington.

There are some great neighborhoods such as Mosby Woods, Cobbdale, and Farrcroft.  There are also some less architecturally appealing ones, like Fairchester Woods or Westmore, which are getting close to tear down territory.  Country Club Hills and Daniel’s Run are good.  There is a good sense of community in each neighborhood if that’s what you desire.

Developers and flippers have descended en masse.

On the new build side, it’s now million-dollar townhouse central and soon to be condo and apartment heaven.  Northfax, Paul the Sixth, Breezeway, Willowood at Eaton Place, Overlook at Fairfax Boulevard, etc.

City services are good.  Schools seem to be as well, but our child is only in the fourth grade so cant speak for the entire spectrum.  Schools, at least the elementary level in our experience, are very diverse because of the broad spectrum of housing and financials.

For a SFH in Nova - Dollar for dollar I don’t think there is a better location that is convenient to 66, 123, metro, Tyson’s, Reston, Chantilly, etc.

Traffic is much worse than pre-Covid even with ‘improvements’, such as intersections along 123 near 66.  This will get progressively worse across the ‘city’ as there is no plan to fix the poorly laid out commuter roads and with the increase in townhomes and apartments no matter what the developers or politicians try to sell.  It’s just logical.

It’s woke liberal and the city council is a joke and has been for many years. One Mayor was arrested in a sex for meth scheme. I don’t recall a project they didn’t approve.  Current consensus among neighbors is there are only two intelligible council members.

I can provide links to council meetings where several, if not almost a hundred people spoke against a resolution that the council still voted for.  In the latter (George Snyder Trail tree demolition), I believe only three spoke for the resolution and two were city employees or contractors.

The city renamed everything, but the power of the citizens was telling when the city renamed the streets yet Mosby Woods citizens overwhelmingly rejected renaming its neighborhood.[/quote]

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