Anonymous
05/22/2020 08:09
Subject: Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Yeah, NOVA has 3 major employment centers in it; Tyson's, the Arlington Rosslyn-Ballston-Crystal City hub, and the Dulles Tech Corridor. The spreading out of these jobs is partly why real estate is so expensive across NOVA
Anonymous
05/22/2020 06:10
Subject: Re:Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Anonymous wrote:
Vienna is three zip codes: 22180 (28K pop), 22182 (15K pop), 22182 (29K). That's about 72,000 people in total. Those who actually walk to things in Vienna consist of a few thousand people in 22180 who live close to the main drag, Maple Avenue, which is the name for busy Route 123 in Vienna (it's Ox Road in Fairfax, Chain Bridge Road in Fairfax, and Dolley Madison Blvd in McLean). These people are over-represented on DCUM; they exaggerate how much they walk to feel better about living 20 miles from DC; and their experiences are in no way representative of most Vienna residents. And even then they are mostly walking to stores in strip malls that have cars pulling in and out of Maple to park.
Clarendon has something closer to an urban grid, and Old Town Alexandria absolutely has an urban grid. Del Ray also is more walkable because Mt. Vernon Avenue doesn't have anywhere near the same volume of cars as Route 123.
Generally agree with this but being 20 miles away from DC is not too bad if one doesn’t need to commute to DC for work. I guess many here work in NOVA
Anonymous
05/21/2020 12:41
Subject: Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Del Ray is the neighborhood that you are looking for.
Anonymous
05/21/2020 12:34
Subject: Re:Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Go to walk score website.
My SFH in Clarendon scores a “96”. Bikeable “87”. It’s true we are almost never in a car.
You can punch in addresses.
But you live in a soulless place with a bunch of soon to be bankrupt gyms.
We all do. This is DC Urban Moms and Dads. DC is the most soulless city in North America.
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Pick your strip mall.
Anonymous
05/21/2020 12:30
Subject: Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
I drive around Vienna every day (handicapped). Lots and lots of people walking everywhere. But it’s just not walkable!
Anonymous
05/21/2020 12:11
Subject: Re:Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:To be extremely walkable a place needs more than a string of retail heavily concentrated along one strip. Vienna fails that test, even with a few things on Church or Park. Old Town passes. Clarendon is somewhere in the middle because it has retail concentrated along several streets (Wilson, Clarendon).
It’s true that Vienna does not make the grade for extremely walkable. But Clarendon DOES make the grade for extremely expensive. Vienna has walkable areas, great schools, metro, green space, friendly people lots of families. But DC is pretty far away. There is so much to do with families that hiking off to DC seems less important.
Alexandria seems to have a lot of problems however much people love it.
Trade offs.
Vienna is three zip codes: 22180 (28K pop), 22182 (15K pop), 22182 (29K). That's about 72,000 people in total. Those who actually walk to things in Vienna consist of a few thousand people in 22180 who live close to the main drag, Maple Avenue, which is the name for busy Route 123 in Vienna (it's Ox Road in Fairfax, Chain Bridge Road in Fairfax, and Dolley Madison Blvd in McLean). These people are over-represented on DCUM; they exaggerate how much they walk to feel better about living 20 miles from DC; and their experiences are in no way representative of most Vienna residents. And even then they are mostly walking to stores in strip malls that have cars pulling in and out of Maple to park.
Clarendon has something closer to an urban grid, and Old Town Alexandria absolutely has an urban grid. Del Ray also is more walkable because Mt. Vernon Avenue doesn't have anywhere near the same volume of cars as Route 123.
Anonymous
05/21/2020 11:58
Subject: Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vienna
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-1. Vienna is not walkable at all.
Hmmm ... then why do I walk to the library, to restaurants, to the Town Green and my kids walk to the Community Center to play pick up basketball with their friends? Vienna is extremely walkable and I walk it all the time.
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Vienna actually has sidewalks, and worthwhile destinations, unlike most of Northern VA.
Please. All the moms hang out at Caffe Amouri and they drive to get there. Apart from that it is typical suburbia full of chains along a heavily trafficked commuter road that is not pedestrian friendly.
Well, at least there aren't any chains in the city.
Anonymous
05/21/2020 09:36
Subject: Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
We could walk to cafe Amouri, the grocery, the bank, the park, the metro, the gym, church street. But why? There’s plenty of parking.
Anonymous
05/21/2020 09:34
Subject: Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Maybe OP should try Bethesda?
Anonymous
05/21/2020 09:30
Subject: Re:Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Anonymous wrote:To be extremely walkable a place needs more than a string of retail heavily concentrated along one strip. Vienna fails that test, even with a few things on Church or Park. Old Town passes. Clarendon is somewhere in the middle because it has retail concentrated along several streets (Wilson, Clarendon).
It’s true that Vienna does not make the grade for extremely walkable. But Clarendon DOES make the grade for extremely expensive. Vienna has walkable areas, great schools, metro, green space, friendly people lots of families. But DC is pretty far away. There is so much to do with families that hiking off to DC seems less important.
Alexandria seems to have a lot of problems however much people love it.
Trade offs.
Anonymous
05/21/2020 09:22
Subject: Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vienna
+1
-1. Vienna is not walkable at all.
Hmmm ... then why do I walk to the library, to restaurants, to the Town Green and my kids walk to the Community Center to play pick up basketball with their friends? Vienna is extremely walkable and I walk it all the time.
+1
Vienna actually has sidewalks, and worthwhile destinations, unlike most of Northern VA.
Please. All the moms hang out at Caffe Amouri and they drive to get there. Apart from that it is typical suburbia full of chains along a heavily trafficked commuter road that is not pedestrian friendly.
Anonymous
05/21/2020 09:13
Subject: Re:Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Westover in North Arlington and the neighborhoods west of it toward rt29. Some are walkable to Westover and the Harrison Street shops.
Lee-Harrison shops are “a little strip mall.”
And Westover is just a little strip.
Anonymous
05/21/2020 09:13
Subject: Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Vienna
+1
-1. Vienna is not walkable at all.
Hmmm ... then why do I walk to the library, to restaurants, to the Town Green and my kids walk to the Community Center to play pick up basketball with their friends? Vienna is extremely walkable and I walk it all the time.
+1
Vienna actually has sidewalks, and worthwhile destinations, unlike most of Northern VA.
Anonymous
05/21/2020 09:12
Subject: Re:Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Go to walk score website.
My SFH in Clarendon scores a “96”. Bikeable “87”. It’s true we are almost never in a car.
You can punch in addresses.
But you live in a soulless place with a bunch of soon to be bankrupt gyms.
We all do. This is DC Urban Moms and Dads. DC is the most soulless city in North America.
+1
Anonymous
05/21/2020 09:08
Subject: Re:Most walkable neighborhoods in VA?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Go to walk score website.
My SFH in Clarendon scores a “96”. Bikeable “87”. It’s true we are almost never in a car.
You can punch in addresses.
But you live in a soulless place with a bunch of soon to be bankrupt gyms.
We all do. This is DC Urban Moms and Dads. DC is the most soulless city in North America.