Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 19:47     Subject: Reston incorporation bill

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bottom line is that most people do not like any change.

If Reston already were a town, most people would want to keep it that way. Since Reston is not yet a town, most will not want to make it a town.

Various words will be spoken about this pro or con, but the unspoken reality will be that people do not like change.


People opt for change if there's a good reason for change.


Maybe sometimes, but not very often. There have been actual psychology studies about this. More than 50% of people really do not like any change, without regard to whether it is beneficial. The people in those studies come up with myriad rationalizations for their decision, but the bottom line is most people really do not like change.
Anonymous
Post 07/15/2025 12:13     Subject: Reston incorporation bill

Anonymous wrote:Bottom line is that most people do not like any change.

If Reston already were a town, most people would want to keep it that way. Since Reston is not yet a town, most will not want to make it a town.

Various words will be spoken about this pro or con, but the unspoken reality will be that people do not like change.


People opt for change if there's a good reason for change. The issue here is that there is no compelling reason to incorporate Reston as a town.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 08:13     Subject: Reston incorporation bill

Bottom line is that most people do not like any change.

If Reston already were a town, most people would want to keep it that way. Since Reston is not yet a town, most will not want to make it a town.

Various words will be spoken about this pro or con, but the unspoken reality will be that people do not like change.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 08:10     Subject: Reston incorporation bill

Anonymous wrote:Would this help or hinder development on top of the golf course?

Would it include Reston town center? All the areas of the PUD? All the areas not in the PUD but part of Reston Association?


It would mean local control of zoning by people who actually live in Reston. So questions such as the golf course zoning would be decided by the people most affected by that decision — Reston residents.

One needs to read the draft bill to learn precisely where the proposed boundaries would be. It is unlikely the legislature would define the boundaries in a way that created an exclave.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 07:33     Subject: Reston incorporation bill

I’m another long-time resident of Reston and see no reason to incorporate as a town.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2025 22:33     Subject: Reston incorporation bill

Will this bring camp charge down? I hate that Reston charges literally double for people who don't live in their stupid fake city.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2025 19:45     Subject: Reston incorporation bill

Anonymous wrote:Would this help or hinder development on top of the golf course?

Would it include Reston town center? All the areas of the PUD? All the areas not in the PUD but part of Reston Association?


I don't live in Reston, but that was my first thought.
Anonymous
Post 07/12/2025 18:30     Subject: Reston incorporation bill

Anonymous wrote:Hate it. I've contacted Faust and my congressman (Bayer) to get this stopped.


His district doesn't even enter Fairfax