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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Burke: where your minivan is one of thousands in a sea of cars at the shoppers food warehouse parking lot. Everything: library, orthodontist, dry cleaner, is just a 5-15 min drive away. Blink and you’ll miss the strip malls because they are all in these sort of pits so they are not visible from the parkways.#suburbanplanning

Curiously the only thing you can walk to is the pool (center of social universe) or or a slug line (“slug lines: we made driving with strangers cool before Uber”). Enjoy a night out with the DH at your choice of strip mall Italian/Thai restaurants. Bask in the warm security of a community where everyone is basically the same.

Burke: 12 miles/15 minutes* from DC and yet, a world away.

*disclaimer: an hour and fifteen minutes in during rush hour, 6 am-9 pm.[/quote]

+1 about it! :)
Would add: 
- The starbucks, grocery store & seasonal farmers market are walkable from some of the Burke Centre neighborhoods (ours is one) which can be nice but traffic/parking are so little hassle that it's just not a chore to drive either. The Burke Centre area has tons of walking trails winding throughout the various neighborhoods.

- It's very family-focused so if you're in that kid-stage of life it's good; I wouldn't want to live her as a young person though (20s)

- It's very heavy military presence; that has plus's (like tons of great people we've met and many military families tend to be friendlier we've found since they have a limited time to jump into a community; rented houses tend to be to military families so pretty good neighbors) and minus's (more flux in kids' friends as families get restationed). I've never lived somewhere with so many people either actively in the military or retired from it / working as a contractor for it. It's not bad - but it's definitely part of the "vibe" to know of.

- Being a transplant from a non-urban area, it just feels very comfortable and "normal" feeling. People tend not to be pretentious or outwardly uber competitive - just feels sort of "sane". :) 
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All very true, though we walk to VRE rather than the slug line.

We moved here from a very "urban" part of DC, and the only thing I miss are the restaurants. It is not at all what people think of when they say they want a walkable neighborhood, but we walk a ton here and love all the trails/green space. We're at the stage of life where kids are playing lots of sports, and practices are all within a 15-minute drive. I've found Burke to be a very easy place to live.[/quote]

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