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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fairfax Station is the pseudonym for Lorton. Back when Lorton prison was open, mcmansion builders didn't want to call the address Lorton because it was undesirable. In fact the advertised directions to the new mcmansions subdivisions avoided going past the prison even though it took people miles out of the way on back roads.

The gloomy Lorton prison building grounds and watch towers are still there in Lorton aka Fairfax Station some have been converted to art studios.[/quote]

The Workhouse Arts Center is awesome, for those hearing Prison and not understanding what this PP is talking about. They have tons of classes and events for all ages.

https://www.workhousearts.org/[/quote]

OP here. We wouldn't be near the prison at all, but I don't understand the big deal about being near it if it isn't a functioning prison and they're developing the land ? Like I said, I've lived in a part of New England where literally everything is in some proximity of an old jail, orphanage, or something like that. Like if you had a hang up about being 15 miles from that kind of stuff, you wouldn't be able to find a place to live.[/quote]

It’s seriously not a big deal at all. Yes there’s an old prison there but it’s used for community events (the section off 123) + townhomes and condos (the section off Silverbrook by the HS) now. Fairfax County old timers will insist that it makes all of the southernmost parts of the county undesirable, but this area turns over so often (Crosspointe and the single family section of Laurel Hill in Lorton are popular with military families) that no area retains a “reputation” all that long. The dump is even further away from there, on Furnace Road, so you’d never notice it in Crosspointe or South Run.

Yes, South County HS has a more economically and racial/ethnic diversity than Robinson or Lake Braddock. You’ll have families in 1 million+ homes and families in small condos and townhomes and everything in between. [/quote]

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