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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you want to be walkable to Old Town Alexandria, you have basically Del Ray (just north) Rosemont (just northwest)  Taylor Run (due west),  Carlyle/Eisenhower East (just southwest)   [quote]and some parts of Fairfax immediately due south (which have Alexandria street addresses)[/quote]

Carlyle has no single family houses, I think, if that is what you are looking for. Rosemont and Taylor run will be somewhat challenging in your price range, I think  - and Taylor Run I think is weak on walkability to shops, and not an easy walk to Old Town (because the direct route on Duke is a terrible place to walk).  The areas in FFX just south of Old Town are cheaper, not much in the way of local retail (but more is coming with redevelopment I think) but also not the most pleasant walk to Old Town (you have to walk on a sidepath along Telegraph on a high bridge over the highway and RR tracks, and its a good distance)

Best bet sounds like Del Ray, but the houses there are mostly not large, and if you thinking of needing public schools at some point, note that there is a fair amount of disagreement on the desirability of the schools there.

There are many more parts of Fairfax County with Alexandria mailing addresses, some of which have been suggested, but they are far from walkable to Old Town. [/quote]

This continues to be weird description of parts of the FC part of Alexandria "some parts of fairfax immediately due south (which have Alexandria) street addresses". This argument that is often on the real estate section of DCUM makes zero sense. Are parts of Falls Church or Mclean really fairfax because they are fairfax county? The parts of Alexandria that are in Fairfax County are still Alexandria. It makes no sense they would be considered Fairfax when they are nowhere close. [/quote]

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