Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 16:59     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Most people in this thread have no idea what an exurb is.

exurb
ĕk′sûrb″
noun
A semirural region lying just beyond the suburbs of a city.


Places like Fairfax, Leesburg, Ashburn, Frederick exurbs is just ridiculous. There’s hardly any rural land in any of these places. Those are the definition of suburb. Even Woodbridge is a suburb not exurb.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 16:51     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous[b wrote:]Best: Fairfax, Leesburg, Severna Park, Reston, Ashburn.[/b]

Worst: Columbia, Woodbridge, Calvert, Stafford.

these are not exurbs, maybe leesburg.


Severna Park is considered a suburb of Baltimore, not an exurb. Columbia is technically a suburb of Baltimore as well although it is in-between DC and Baltimore. But not an exurb.

Mt. Airy is not great.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 16:46     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Anonymous[b wrote:]Best: Fairfax, Leesburg, Severna Park, Reston, Ashburn.[/b]

Worst: Columbia, Woodbridge, Calvert, Stafford.

these are not exurbs, maybe leesburg.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 16:46     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Anonymous wrote:Best: Fairfax, Leesburg, Severna Park, Reston, Ashburn.

Worst: Columbia, Woodbridge, Calvert, Stafford.


Calling Fairfax an exburb is just silly. Come on now.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 16:46     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Anonymous wrote:Elliott City, MD.

I find downtown Ellicott City depressing. I don't understand why people like it. Frederick is much better.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 16:44     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Best: Fairfax, Leesburg, Severna Park, Reston, Ashburn.

Worst: Columbia, Woodbridge, Calvert, Stafford.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 16:40     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Purcellville, Shepardstown and Leesburg are nice

I dislike Manassas
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 16:36     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Elliott City, MD.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 16:33     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Anonymous wrote:Ashburn or Leesburg? Ashburn now has the metro and downtown Leesburg is super cute!


Ashburn is a hellscape of ugly data centers
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 16:15     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Ashburn or Leesburg? Ashburn now has the metro and downtown Leesburg is super cute!
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 15:58     Subject: Re:What are the best and worst exurbs?
Yes Frederick is a good example. Basically, an exurb where a good-sized town already existed and got sort of enveloped into the metro area is a good exurb. A bad exurb is where someone built a bunch of houses in a cornfield right off a highway exit.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 15:58     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
I’ve never so much as been there but Poolesville MD seems to have a lot of boosters?
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 15:56     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
Anonymous wrote:A lot of people like Frederick, MD since it has its own nice charming downtown and historic areas.

+1 I like Frederick downtown - old world charm, some quirky stores, nice waterfront.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 15:55     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
A lot of people like Frederick, MD since it has its own nice charming downtown and historic areas.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2023 15:32     Subject: What are the best and worst exurbs?
I see some chatter here about various exurbs in Maryland or Virginia and debate over what is or is not an exurb. I'm just curious what are the more promising exurbs and ones people should avoid entirely and why? I'm curious about which places are worth exploring. Hopefully if there any replies this can help others as well. Thankful for any knowledge provided!