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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On another forum, a poster commented that the Alexandria part of Fairfax County is not Alexandria.  I see this come up a lot on this forum and there are a lot of Alexandria City posters who are very opinionated on this. Its kind of amusing.

My question for the sticklers on this: if I live in the Fairfax County part of Alexandria, where am I supposed to say I live?

I definitely can't just say "I live in Fairfax County."  Do I need to say "I live in Alexandria, but the Fairfax County part, not Alexandria City" ?  or "I live in Belle Haven/Fort Hunt/Hybla Valley/etc but I have an Alexandria address"?

Its such an odd hill to die on, but it comes up so often, there must be some good guidance the sticklers can give!

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I know that thread, and no one was dying on any hill. The problem is that the OP of that thread was complaining that Alexandria is not walkable, that she couldn't get to any stores, restaurants etc, she basically said she couldn't get anywhere without a car and she hated living there and that she was always stuck in huge traffic. And posters replied that Alexandria is definitely walkable to restaurants, stores, parks, etc in almost every part and that she must live in Fairfax. And only when several posters pointed this out, finally did the OP admit that she lives in Hybla Valley.

These cases make things super confusing when it's the city of Alexandria vs Fairfax County. If I lived in Mt. Vernon or Waynewood, or Belle Haven or Kingstowne, that's what I would say. And the people who get all worked up about it when people get confused are the ones that actually live in Fairfax County.  Conversations about school systems, amenities, etc get confusing. The city of Alexandria is its own animal. [/quote]

I don’t know WTF you’re yammering about. Large swathes of Del Ray are not walkable[/quote]

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