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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What you seemingly fail to understand is the fact that these Langley folks cannot even get out of their neighborhoods!  It is not a joke!   Commuters are lined up on all of the parallel and perpendicular streets to GTPike blocking people’s driveways!    They can no longer navigate their own communities let alone their own neighborhoods thanks to our of state commuters.  YOU are the one being selfish!   YOU must live in areas of McLean like 123 that are four lane roads that can handle traffic.  The winding GTPike cannot.  The narrow Swinks Mill and Balls Hill roads cannot.  YOU are the snob who is failing to grasp the reality of the traffic situation and would rather engage in class warfare.  [/quote]

Um, who do you think kept Georgetown Pike the way it is all these years?  It wasn't people who live in Arlington, Falls Church, or other parts of McLean.

But thanks for clarifying that, indeed, you do want to divert more traffic to Route 123, which already has plenty.  That will make the heart of Tysons even more congested and increase commutes for anyone heading to Vienna, Oakton, or Fairfax as well.  But as long as they stay out of the Langley areas, it's fine, right? [/quote]

Tell you what - how about we bring 123 and Route 7 down to one lane roads.  Then you post your address for everyone so that we can go block your driveway and neighborhood streets.  Perhaps then you'll understand just how "privileged" you actually are with navigable roads.  
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It's area residents who fought every proposal over the years to widen Georgetown Pike, often invoking Route 7 or Route 123 as examples of what you did not want.  You thought that keeping Georgetown Pike narrow and hard to navigate would keep away commuters from other parts of Fairfax or Loudoun, or from Maryland.  At the same time, you were raising hell with your School Board representative to keep Langley HS out of boundary studies that might have seen parts of Langley moved to Herndon or South Lakes, even though they were closer.

You got what you asked for, and now it's not working out as well as you'd hoped.  It turns out other people have to get to their own jobs, houses, and schools, too.  Who knew?

Maybe they could add some additional stop lights on Georgetown Pike, but the last thing VDOT should do is to limit access to the closest ramp on the Beltway to Maryland because some rich people in McLean and Great Falls think they shouldn't have to deal with the same externalities as others put up with every day.  [/quote]

What are you talking about?  I've lived here for 20 years and no one has ever proposed ever expanding GTown Pike.  You know why?  It's on the National Register of Historic Places and cannot be touched.  That is why.  And it if could be, how exactly would you propose expanding it along the windy areas of Scott's Run and Difficult Run?  How would you propose an expansion through Great Falls?  You going to tear out the library and new fire station and seize land and homes along the 16+mile route via eminent domain?

You are blowing hot air.  [/quote]

Northern Virginia is full of historic roads whose character has been changed over time to accommodate growth.

If you want to pretend to live in the 19th century, go right ahead, but don't expect the rest of us to bear the brunt of your illusions.  If county or state politicians lift one finger to divert the traffic in your neighborhoods into ours, which already have plenty of their own traffic to deal with, we will call them out for sucking up to Langley once again, and we will replace them.[/quote]

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