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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t think OP was fair to judge the entire county of one industrial area.

However, having lived in Fairfax Co and Arlington, I will say I like where I live in Arlington (walkable to Westover and EFC metro) a lot more than much of Fairfax. I like the mix of older and newer homes, all the parks and trails that are walkable nearby, and the emphasis on neighborhood schools (which carries over into seeing the same kids in sports and other rec activities) versus kids being split off to AAP. I also feel like we spent way more time in the car in Fairfax (we were in Centreville and things just felt much more spread out).

But I also know there are desirable parts of Fairfax and people have budgets and cannot always afford to live close-in (or have jobs farther out) so that is the draw. I think there are parts of Fairfax (near City of FFX and Vienna that seem cute enough) and nice areas in McLean. Clifton is also cute although too red politically for me.

That said, I really don’t get the appeal of the far flung parts of Fairfax. Once you hit Centreville/Chantilly you are just so far from DC, yet still paying the heightened DC area housing prices, to live in a fairly unattractive suburb that could be plopped down anywhere in the US. The drive along 50 and 29 is just ugly run down shopping center after run down shopping center with cash for gold signs in the median. At that point why not just go over the border to Loudoun County and embrace the HOA, better maintained neighborhoods where things are newer.

Western FFX just seems like the worst of all worlds. But some other parts are nice. [/quote]

Personally, we felt like North Arlington was the worst of all worlds. So much concrete, such ugly single-family houses (especially the hideous new houses oversized for the lots), mediocre public schools, no good private school options, and so many mediocre white people who are afraid to let their kids be around Black and Hispanic kids but don’t want them outperformed by Asian kids.  [/quote]

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