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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cute house, I like it a lot, [b]but "walkable" here means strip malls along a traffic chocked street. [/b] It's not really urban walkability.   I would say there is a premium being walkable to something in suburbia but people generally do not want to be right next to or behind commercial establishments.  This house seems to back into a tire shop? Maybe this is the reason?[/quote]

Nope -- not just traffic-jammed 123 at all. All of the charm of the shops and restaurants on Church are right up the street. Walk to dinner at Evelyn Rose in 10 minutes. [/quote]

I think the PP has never been to Vienna. They think 123 is all there is. This house is within walking distance to all the shops and restaurants on Church St., down the street from all the Vienna festivals--at least once a month, and live music every weekend in the summer--and near the W&OD trail and parkland. Also not far are good schools and the community center. Wolf Trap is less than 2 miles down the road. Great location.[/quote]

Nobody is saying it's a terrible location.  But some posters make it sound like it's Georgetown  :lol:   It's still strip mall suburbia with a couple of blocks of cuter looking retail that's very limited and a small public park setting.  Nothing really spectacular or unique.  It beats bland suburban subdivisions and stretches of residential streets with nothing to walk to at all, that's for sure.  I'd say it's an advantage for me personally if I were looking in Vienna.  I would consider a walkable to something home vs. walkable to nothing even if the place walkable to nothing is more impressive.  But that's a personal opinion because I am a person who prefers walking vs. driving. [/quote]

There’s some modest walkability for those living closest to 123 but the flip side is that Maple Avenue is horribly congested with cars.  If it were a real town with a real grid it might be more interesting to walk there but it’s mostly just a bunch of strip malls on Maple one next to the other.

Most of the hype is from people trying to defend the fact that they live in a suburb outside the Beltway and so far from DC. It’s near the end of the Orange Line, so basically the Virginia equivalent of Largo or New Carrollton. [/quote]

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