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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP and back to the Southern influence and even a local accent.
Again, many of my classmates were “original” Fxco families and yes, they had what we would have thought of as a “country” accent.

My family goes back 3 generations of being DC born. They had true Washingtonian accents that sound vaguely Baltimorean but not quite.

By the time I graduated from HS in the mid80s, very few of the “farm kids” were left. Nearly all had their homes razed for redevelopment. I don’t recall any of the families striking it rich from land development deals, either. Most moved out towards Fredericksburg or to Prince William County.

One of my earliest memories was visiting a farm stand on the corner of Keene Mill and Rolling. There was a wooden open air shack with an awning and presumably the fruits and vegetables were from the tiny farm houses directly behind the gravel/dirt lot that faced KM Road. This side was opposite the two shopping centers: one with a Giant/People’s and the other was Safeway/DrugFair.

The houses were tiny white cottages and dotted KM Road clear down into downtown Springfield.[/quote]

There were absolute shacks on the side streets off of Backlick Rd.  You'd turn down a side street and be in what looked like a rural area with run down houses.

I loved Annandale back in the day. We were close to everything, had our own movie theater, lots of great restaurants, great high school. Tom Westins was great for brunch, Fritzbees for dates, a really nice restaurant near the movie theater - I can't remember the name. [/quote]

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