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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Burke is huge and different areas have very different feels.  Some of the townhome communities are super diverse full of children, others are newer and stuffier with out of control HOAs (which you can find anywhere, btw).  Some neighborhoods are super chill and friendly, some are much more "private" with houses on huge lots land surrounded by trees.  Some areas have lots of new construction, other areas are quite a bit older.  There are plenty of chain restaurants, but certainly not as many as in Vienna.  Lots of parks and green space.  Burke Lake Park, Lake Accotink, Huntsman Lake, Hidden Pond Nature Center, Hidden Oaks Nature Center.... so much to do with little ones! 
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Vienna has a lot of new construction, which Burke hasn't seen since the mid to late 90s.  The vast majority of Burke seems to have been built between 1965 and 1990/

Vienna may have more chain restaurants than Burke, but it certainly has more non-chain restaurants as well.  Even those who like Burke generally admit the restaurant options there are limited.

The green space in Burke is nice, and worth the trip to explore, but on a daily basis I'd rather have the W&OD trail running through, as in Vienna, which allows you to bike all over NoVa. [/quote]

Not that poster, but Burke has a trail system that runs through the neighborhood and up the ffx county pkwy along I believe the whole length. Is that the same trail thay the Vienna trail hooks onto?  The bike path along the pkwy is quite extensive.

OP, if you are looking for newer construction on beautiful lots, the houses in the South Run neighborhood are nice on very large wooded lots. New construction, spacious, and all a little different which makes it seem like it is not a cookie cutter or tear down neighborhood. They feed into Sangster which is an exceptional school whether your child is AAP or not.

There are also some very nice new houses in Middleford which feed into Orange Hunt, and medium newer houses in the neighborhoods around St Raymonds church. Those feed into Sangster and Hunt Valley.

The neighborhood around LB that feed into Kings Park/Glen has a lot of families, trails and access to the Lake. The lots are all wooded and nice sized.

Since Burke was built up a little later, the roads are designed to support modern traffic patterns. Aside from the stretch of Old Keene Mill Road from approximately Rolling Road to the mixing bowl, traffic is very light in the area because the roads and neighborhoods are well planned. That makes daily living very nice.

Folks in the area are very laid back and fun. In most areas, you will know your neighbors by name, have things like impromptu bbqs and happy hour in the front yard. While the kid ls hang out and play together. It is a nice area for families. Most people choose it specifically for thay reason so you end up with similar levels of neighborliness.[/quote]

The W&OD that passes through Vienna is its own trail that runs from Arlington all the way to western Loudoun.  It doesn't "hook into" any trail off the Fairfax County Parkway; if anything, it would be the opposite with a trail off the Parkway hooking into the W&OD in Herndon or thereabouts.

South Run, as far as I can tell, is in Fairfax Station, not Burke.  Is there a South Run in Burke?

There is less congestion in Burke because there's just less there that draws people to the area besides residences.  It doesn't have a lot to do with when Burke saw the majority of its construction.  Hell, Loudoun was built up even later and is a traffic nightmare, because there's so many people there using a limited road network to get to jobs further east.

The "neighborliness" you describe in Burke is appealing, but far from unique.  You're describing life in most area suburbs, whether it's Arlington, Vienna or Burke.  [/quote]

Actually, South Run is technically in West Springfield, just overlapping into Burke.[/quote]

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