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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Centreville and the rest of the greater Fairfaxland area (can't tell where any portion begins or ends) are indeed boring and ugly. It's endless generic, ugly suburban sprawl, disorientingly the same for miles. I drive around Centreville, Chantilly, and general "Fairfax" daily. It feels like those old cartoons, where the background runs in a short, repeating loop.

You have to drive (in perpetually heavy traffic) to do anything. People go shopping at big box chain stores as the main entertainment. You can also drive to a park to walk around.

There are a lot of people who live in Centreville and the rest of Fairfaxland because cookie cutter vinyl developments and chain restaurants really appeal to them. If these are your people, you will like it here very much. It's safe. [/quote]

My husband and I are educated, well travelled people.  Before kids, we resided in various cities (Manhattan, London, DC), walking distance to everywhere.  We loved it!  Now we have children, and we absolutely LOVE our Fairfax neighborhood.  I guess for you it is cookie cutter, for me it is beautiful, full of trees and families like us.  I wouldn't trade our safe cul-de-sac for the city at this point in our lives.  For us, as well as for most of our friends, who I think are very interesting people ("these are our people"), this is the right and perfect place to be with our children.  You can't beat good schools, tons of neighborhood friends (play date who?), and the safety.  When our kids are in high school, we have discussed spending a year or two abroad, but that is much later down the road.  [/quote]

Manhattan is not a city [/quote]

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