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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tysons[/quote]

Many years ago, I worked for an ad agency in LA. Our clients were luxury brands like Tiffany and Cartier. While developing advertising plans to support their retail stores, “Tyson’s” was always a key market for the client. Since I had never lived in the DC area, I envisioned a super luxurious Beverly Hills / Rodeo Drive type shopping area, our perhaps an outdoor shopping center like Fashion Island. When I moved to DC five years ago, I was so excited to finally see Tysons! I drove around and around, thinking there was some hidden gem of a high street/shopping area that I kept missing. Nope, Tysons is just a convergence of highways, strip malls  and parking lots.  I just couldn’t believe the disconnect between my perception and the reality of Tyson’s. [/quote]

Tysons isn't a neighborhood or a community. There are only apartment buildings/condos there. The people who live near Tysons live in Vienna, Pimmit, Falls Church and frankly avoid the Tysons Corner area like the plague unless they work there.. [/quote] So you think apartment and condo dwellers can’t be considered part of a community? [/quote]

NP. They can be, but the way Tysons is designed doesn't allow for it. Hard to form communities when you have to cross ten lane roads and traverse giant parking lots to walk anywhere.[/quote]

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