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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I lived in a townhome right by annandale hs for almost 10 years.  I got the hell out as soon as I was financially able.

My neighborhood was littered with construction material/waste. My neighbors regularly drank beer outside (no issue with that) and then threw their glass beer bottles on the ground. I couldn't walk my dog without picking him up every few feet to avoid broken glass. The community mailbox was constantly tagged with MS13 symbols. Fights and robberies took place regularly. Mattresses and bulk trash were dumped at the corner.

The problem with annandale...at least the annandale inside the beltway...is there is no pride of ownership or pride In the community.  Few people try to care for their property or maintain the area. Drive around the area and look at the garbage that is tossed everywhere. If there is a wooded area, I guarantee it will be full of construction trash. A community clean up event occurred a few weeks ago and 9 tons of trash was collected just off of Americana drive-9 tons from just one street!  Another example: the local 24 hour post office on John Marr was just closed because the homeless population spread poop all over the counter at night.

I get that there are a lot of poor people and new immigrants who live in annandale. That's fine.   What I don't get is why the residents think they have the right to literally trash the community, to start fights in schools, and certainly throw glass bottles all over the sidewalks.

Annandale won't change until the mindset of the residents changes.

All that said, Penny Gross was an awful supervisor and her presence certainly didn't help the community.  I never understood why she was re elected so many times. I'm glad she's retiring. [/quote]

You lived in probably the worst part of Annandale.  If you lived in Columbia Pines or Sleepy Hollow Woods or Wynnwood or Tall Oaks (other neighborhoods in Annandale inside the Beltway) you would not have had these issues.  [/quote]

The Annandale PP has been telling everyone not to comment about Annandale if they have no personal experience. Here, the prior PP lived in Annandale for many years and shared his personal experience. PP told him to pipe down. lol

For what it's worth, I also lived in Annandale for many years (a townhome) and it was very much as described above. The difference between where we live now and our prior neighborhood is night and day. We left because of schools and would never move back. Some people may like Annandale, and that's great, but the buyers have really spoken on this one. [/quote]

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