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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where would you even put a metro station to serve Taylor Run. Look at a map. West of King Street, the metro runs along a rail line south of Duke Street.  If you can't walk to King Street Station, you aren't likely to walk across Duke.

Are you suggesting a brand new metro line to serve your little neighborhood of Single family houses?

Time to invoke Poe's Law. I know some annoying people in Taylor Run, but none so crazy as to suggest this. [/quote]

Well, according to Google Maps, The furthest point of Taylor Run (where Lindsay Lexus is) is 2.1 miles and a 45 minute walk.  That said, take a look at the metro track, it goes from NE to SW and the King St metro stop is the only place where the neighborhood intersects the metro line (zoom out to see the metro track).  If you wanted to build the metro line that 1 or 2 miles into the neighborhood, it would be like $100K each way for a passenger to ride to make up the cost of putting in a side track just for the entitled neighborhood residents.  Plus, they would block it because of NIMBY.  No one wants their yard dug up and they'd fight tooth and nail to avoid it.

[url]https://www.google.com/maps/place/Taylor+Run,+Alexandria,+VA/@38.8157055,-77.0842964,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b7b10db2c67ebd:0x3f1a195ae190ec!8m2!3d38.8105951!4d-77.0765927[/url][/quote]

Googles map is also overstating the size of Taylor Run. It is a very small neighborhood. [/quote]

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