In NoVa, you can pick two: good schools, good commute, pretty neighborhood.

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Anonymous wrote:Alexandria is the only aesthetic place in the NoVa area. I’m not exaggerating. Arlington, McLean, and rest of Fairfax is a horrible mix of colonials, Sears split-levels, and McCraftsman/McFarmhouse where people (understandably, yet regrettably) are increasingly maximizing usable sq ft.

Alexandria and Georgetown are reminders of what this nation could have looked like if we had not let the automobile win over out physical space.

Definitely Alexandria. Old Town hands down. But also other residential areas.

The prettiest neighborhoods IMO have expensive homes but are in bad school districts. Alexandria fits this description and so does much of DC. Everyone who buys an expensive house there goes private, and typically they have plenty of cash to spend on upkeep. The worst are the huge houses in Bethesda and Arlington where buyers stretch their budget to get into the neighborhood and then realize they don’t have money to spend on landscaping, hardscaping, lights, maintenance like annual cleaning of siding or roof, etc. The houses are big but the neighborhood looks relatively crappy.

Spot on. We didn’t want to sign up for private school tuition for K-12 so we passed on Alexandria. We’ve found those who do tend to move to Alexandria in our circle have family $ that covers tuition or they are more religious (or very Republican) so they weren’t ever planning to send their kids to public anyways.

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Anonymous wrote:Maywood, Arlington
Mansion Drive in Alexandria

Maywood, only if you are deaf or don’t mind very loud airplane noise all day from Natl Airport.

Well, the question was about aesthetics, not the most bestest place in NoVa to live with no flaws.

Someone should start for DC and MD.

Anonymous wrote:Maywood, Arlington
Mansion Drive in Alexandria

Maywood, only if you are deaf or don’t mind very loud airplane noise all day from Natl Airport.

Anonymous wrote:Franklin Park in Mclean

Only if you don’t mind having no sidewalks, zero walkability. Also crazy blind turn onto Old Dominion Dr.

Anonymous wrote:Alexandria is the only aesthetic place in the NoVa area. I’m not exaggerating. Arlington, McLean, and rest of Fairfax is a horrible mix of colonials, Sears split-levels, and McCraftsman/McFarmhouse where people (understandably, yet regrettably) are increasingly maximizing usable sq ft.

Alexandria and Georgetown are reminders of what this nation could have looked like if we had not let the automobile win over out physical space.

Definitely Alexandria. Old Town hands down. But also other residential areas.

The prettiest neighborhoods IMO have expensive homes but are in bad school districts. Alexandria fits this description and so does much of DC. Everyone who buys an expensive house there goes private, and typically they have plenty of cash to spend on upkeep. The worst are the huge houses in Bethesda and Arlington where buyers stretch their budget to get into the neighborhood and then realize they don’t have money to spend on landscaping, hardscaping, lights, maintenance like annual cleaning of siding or roof, etc. The houses are big but the neighborhood looks relatively crappy.

Anonymous wrote:Wow the sheer amount of sock puppeting on this thread is next level.

+1,000

Alexandria is the only aesthetic place in the NoVa area. I’m not exaggerating. Arlington, McLean, and rest of Fairfax is a horrible mix of colonials, Sears split-levels, and McCraftsman/McFarmhouse where people (understandably, yet regrettably) are increasingly maximizing usable sq ft.

Alexandria and Georgetown are reminders of what this nation could have looked like if we had not let the automobile win over out physical space.

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Anonymous wrote:For mid century modern, people love Hollin Hills. As for my super snarky self, Pimmit Hills.

For mid century modern the Lake Bancroft has some beautiful homes

But the whole neighborhood is nothing like Hollin Hills, which is like 1/3 park area.

Never heard of Hollin Hills in my life.. Is this even in NOVA?

Near Belle Haven. Super cool neighborhood of well-preserved MCM houses. Unfortunately, tons of bamboo.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For mid century modern, people love Hollin Hills. As for my super snarky self, Pimmit Hills.

For mid century modern the Lake Bancroft has some beautiful homes

But the whole neighborhood is nothing like Hollin Hills, which is like 1/3 park area.

Never heard of Hollin Hills in my life.. Is this even in NOVA?

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Anonymous wrote:Wow the sheer amount of sock puppeting on this thread is next level.

There's sock puppeting on this thread? I don't think so.

DP. PP probably assumes sock puppeting because this thread has yet to devolve into petty bickering.

Anonymous wrote:Wow the sheer amount of sock puppeting on this thread is next level.

There's sock puppeting on this thread? I don't think so.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For mid century modern, people love Hollin Hills. As for my super snarky self, Pimmit Hills.

For mid century modern the Lake Bancroft has some beautiful homes

But the whole neighborhood is nothing like Hollin Hills, which is like 1/3 park area.

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Anonymous wrote:For mid century modern, people love Hollin Hills. As for my super snarky self, Pimmit Hills.

Pimmit hills is a nice hilly area, there is attractive nature there, and it's super central. But unfortunately a lot of housing stock is so fugly (up to this day) that it's hard to find streets that would be uniformly beautiful.

I assumed they were joking, lol. Pimmit Hills is the land of crumbling 1k sq ft homes surrounded by rusting chain link fence.