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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are you talking about Alexandria near Landmark Mall?  We lived in a nice townhouse over there when kids were small.  Convenient to 395 and Old Town.  Not very walkable though so we moved when kids were a little older.  Cameron. StAtion is your best bet if it fits your budget.  [/quote]

OP here- The area that I am interested in is just east of South Van Dorn Street and just south of Duke Street. So basically just south east of the mall. Also looking in to the Seminary Hill area north of Duke Street, Cameron Station, and Lincolnia. We do want to be convenient to Old Town, however we don't want to go farther south due to commute times. I have found some townhomes in those areas that seem perfect for us right now, but the mentioning of crime concerns me. Can anyone who lives or has lived here give some feedback on that topic? [/quote]

Long time resident of this part of Alexandria here. There are pockets so you just have to be careful which pocket you end up in.

We currently have a 24 mo old and have another one on the way (due next month). To get to the public park closest to my townhouse I have to walk through several communities that are very different from my own. Where we live has condo townhomes and most of the owners are white and there are a fair amount of small children. The low income apartments next door have much more diversity with a lot of immigrants from Africa, Ethiopia, Pakistan,  India, Etc. Sometimes I've seen sketchy people loitering in the apartment common areas ie parking lots courtyards but they don't bother me. Maybe because I'm a pregnant mom walking with my toddler in a stroller? I've also noticed that the guys in general are very courteous. Espcially if I'm walking when it's near dark the men on the sidewalk will go out of their way to make eye contact and say hi to make me comfortable or they will avoid me alltogether look away and give me lots of room to pass.

In general this area has a high amount of immigrants and the schools are not too great. We will probably end up moving by the time our DC's are school age but for now its perfect. 18-45 minute commute into DC depending on the traffic.

To get back to your original question we've never had a problem with crime other than last year when a series of cars in our parking lot were broken into but that was mostly due to people leaving their car doors open and leaving stuff out in plain view to entice the theives. I always lock my doors and leave nothing out and have never had a problem.

I like the area and if it werent for the bad schools we'd probably stay here longer.[/quote]

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