Reply to Republicans in Reston?

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Republicans in Reston?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Reston is a complete inigma, in my opinion. Very liberal politically, but has major business development projects, corp headquarters etc amongst its streets. Generally libs don't love corporations I guess is my point, yet the buildings keep going up.[/quote]

Well, the residents may be liberal politically, but Reston is an unincorporated area so it falls under the management umbrella of Fairfax County and Virginia, both of which are not nearly as liberal as, say, Arlington, Alexandria, or Falls Church. If you want to see what real liberal policies and governance does to a suburban town, take a look at Herdon. There is nothing happening there other than strip malls. I've lived in both Reston and Herndon, rented in the former, and owned a home in the latter. I have fond memories of both, but Reston is unquestionably better than Herndon in terms of development. Another good comparison is Vienna, also a town with very liberal local governance and characterized by ugly strip malls, decrepit commercial buildings, and a general lack of new development. Compare this to where all the development activity is occurring: Tysons, Reston, Merrifield, Springfield, and the Rt1 corridor north of Ft Belvior. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics