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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't like Arlington, but no one can possibly be envious of Mosaic.  Mosaic is about one block of stuff in the middle of Merrifield.

I see millennials pushing their strollers through industrial parks and across 3-lane highways, to get to this contrived oasis.  Somehow they think this is cool.  In reality, they look like recent immigrants who can't afford cars, and need to walk along major highways.  I think the developers are laughing all the way to the bank.  [/quote]

1. Rte 29 is way more than 6 lanes.   But no you can get there from the metro, or from many adjoining areas, without going through an industrial park.
2. I am glad that walking in the suburbs is less something associated with poor immigrants. Not that I am against poor immigrants.  The cool part of course is their experience IN Mosaic.   Some people of course live in Mosaic and can participate in it without walking across Rte 29. Some drive or bike to it.  
3.  There is more than just Mosaic happening in Merrifield - there is the new development closer to the metro station. It is all rather disconnected for now, but it is much better than it was
4.  If you live in DC, enjoy.  But for those for who that does not work, for any number of reasons, Mosaic is a good place.  It shows the demand for walkable urban places in the suburbs.  
5. Arlington also has many advantages. As a county it is not envious of Mosaic - but Ballston Common, which is a legacy of neourbanist North Arlington, may well be improved by adopting some features that Mosaic also has.   [/quote]

Will parking be free and plentiful at Ballston?  Because I think that's one of the big reasons that Mosaic is so appealing.  [/quote]

I doubt it, but then Ballston Commons is much easier access to the metro, is walkable to more density, is an easier bike ride to more density, etc.  They may have some design principles in common, but they will be different places. [/quote]

ballston commons mall is nothing more than a metro parking garage, you can pump up a turd but it will pop. [/quote]

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