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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People have a "Lorton is bad" attitude probably haven't been there recently or don't know how large Lorton is.  Lorton used house to the Washington DC correctional facility- but it's been closed for more than 15 years. That significantly impacted the way people viewed Lorton, and sure, there are some areas that are crummy- but you'd recognize them in a heart beat.[b] There is a lot of nice Lorton too- and while we've been house hunting there are some gorgeous homes that are labeled Lorton (probably by zip code) that many people might not think of as being Lorton.
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Springfield and Kingstowne are also great neighborhoods that are very convenient to Fort Belvoir. Alexandria/Ft Hunt areas are very nice- but Rt. 1 through there can be a mess of traffic and stop lights that feels like it was built and planned in the 60's and 70's (because it was). That said, many homes in that area live on streets that can connect to the GW Parkway- which is a gorgeous drive and a good way to get from some parts of Alexandria to Fort Belvoir.

There is still a lot of changes going on in the area. I worked on Fort Belvoir 10 years ago, and the worker population I believe has doubled since then, but some of the infrastructure has not. So the county is still playing catch up- right now Rt. 1 around Fort Belvoir and south is in the midst of a huge construction/expansion/modernization project that could make the drive from points south (Woodbridge) a little better... but that drive is still not one I would ever want to do (great homes down there that are more affordable, but Woodbridge is a mess of clogged roads). [/quote]

Yep, we're in one of those areas of Lorton, just off 123, up the road from the Workhouse.  Most of my colleagues are like, "Oh, that's Fairfax Station, not Lorton."  Nope, it's Lorton, but I'm paying $100,000 less for my SFH on a half acre than my neighbors just a couple of miles up the road in a different zip code.  Lots more house and yard and no reality to the stigma of the name.  Win-win![/quote]

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