Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 21:02     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Anonymous wrote:Ive worked in Merrifield for the past 10 years and have watched the area grow. Its too discombobulated right now. You have apartments mixed in with warehouses and a waste transfer station behind the Home Depot; you're at the intersection of major roadways with lots of traffic; the schools seem kind of sketchy; there are still alot of run down strip shopping centers. The area doesn't yet have a distinct "personality".....



Maybe you worked there 10 years a go , moron
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 20:47     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
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Anonymous wrote:Pretty sure I wouldn't pay $850,000 to live near retail anchored by ... Target.


Kind of like saying I wouldn't pay $900,000 to live in Arlington because there's a ginormous Cheesecake Factory on Clarendon Blvd.

There's a lot else in Mosaic - a Mom's Organic Market and the Angelika Film Center. Love Four Sisters, Taylor Gourmet and CAVA Grill, too.




No, it's not saying anything like that at all. I paid $950,000 to living Country Club Hills -- no Cheesecake factory to be found.

But Target? As we all know, Target is the store for poors.


No fair. There's nothing in Country Club Hills except old people. It's hard to complain about whether the local retail is low-brow when the most exciting thing in the neighborhood is a Peapod truck.


Huh. 7 families with kids on my street, and 16 in the intersection (34th and Albermarle). You should have seen the block party for the 4th.


Yeah, sure. Give it a rest. We all know the "kids" in Country Club Hills only are recognized as adults around the time they get their AARP cards.

If there were really kids in CCH who still need diapers, strollers, Justin Bieber posters or a year's supply of Axe, you and your s
neighbors would welcome a Target with open arms.


NP in CCH with a diaper-wearing toddler.

But I love Target, so there's that.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 20:40     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Anonymous wrote:Ive worked in Merrifield for the past 10 years and have watched the area grow. Its too discombobulated right now. You have apartments mixed in with warehouses and a waste transfer station behind the Home Depot; you're at the intersection of major roadways with lots of traffic; the schools seem kind of sketchy; there are still alot of run down strip shopping centers. The area doesn't yet have a distinct "personality".....


If you think the local schools are sketchy, you are an idiot. Even the weakest school in the area, Falls Church HS, is rated highly by US News.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 19:51     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Ive worked in Merrifield for the past 10 years and have watched the area grow. Its too discombobulated right now. You have apartments mixed in with warehouses and a waste transfer station behind the Home Depot; you're at the intersection of major roadways with lots of traffic; the schools seem kind of sketchy; there are still alot of run down strip shopping centers. The area doesn't yet have a distinct "personality".....
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 19:20     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Anonymous wrote:Why do people insist on calling Merrifiield "the mosaic DISTRICT"? Merrifiield had been around for 40+ years.

Why the attempted rebranding? Is this the virginia suburban answer to "north Potomac" (Gaithersburg), "north Georgetown" (burleith & glover park) and my favorite, "Everythng Shall Now Be Called Logan Circle" ?



People don't refer to Merrifield as the Mosaic District, people refer to the Mosaic District as the Mosaic District. OP is looking at town houses that are a part of that specific development, hence the terminology.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 19:16     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Why do people insist on calling Merrifiield "the mosaic DISTRICT"? Merrifiield had been around for 40+ years.

Why the attempted rebranding? Is this the virginia suburban answer to "north Potomac" (Gaithersburg), "north Georgetown" (burleith & glover park) and my favorite, "Everythng Shall Now Be Called Logan Circle" ?

Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 19:13     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
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Anonymous wrote:What the hell is country club hills?


The most desirable neighborhood in Arlington County.


Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 19:06     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What the hell is country club hills?


The most desirable neighborhood in Arlington County.


Is this the place where the Country Club Hills and Lyon Village posters square off over which is the best neighborhood in Arlington (which, admittedly, is not saying much, but still seems to arouse passions).

Getting the popcorn now.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 18:59     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Anonymous wrote:There are cheaper, but older, TH down the road on Lee Hwy. The mature trees, tot lots, quieter, and more of a neighborhood feel is the trade off for not being able to walk out the door to go downstairs to 4 Sisters, but we could still walk to Safeway, Starbucks, and everything else in the PanAm shopping ctr very easily.

Given that, however, we moved when child #3 came along and we outgrew our TH. Plus, the school pyramid sucked, but we loved living there when it was just us and the dog.


Fairhill, Jackison and Falls Church are superior to anything in South Arlington.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 18:52     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Anonymous wrote:For $850k, I'd get a bit older townhouse in either the Courthouse or Ballston sections of Arlington.
I like the mosaic district, but everything around it is a dump. I went to a shopping center within blocks of there last weekend, and my DH and I were commenting how it's a different world out there. People were flooding to the Unique thrift store, and there were police cars stationed out in front.
Not the environment I'd want for $850k.


+1

Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 17:26     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What the hell is country club hills?


The most desirable neighborhood in Arlington County.


Yep, drive through and you will see why.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 17:11     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Anonymous wrote:What the hell is country club hills?


The most desirable neighborhood in Arlington County.
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 17:10     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
What the hell is country club hills?
Anonymous
Post 08/06/2013 16:57     Subject: Re:Mosaic District townhomes
Ah, here comes the jealousy over country club hills. OP, I would buy a single family house in Arlington that you can fix up over time. You could probably get a decent one for $850k. I could never justify paying that for a townhouse in the Mosaic district.
kkhanna
Post 08/06/2013 16:57     Subject: Mosaic District townhomes
Thanks all. I really liked this house but looks like we will need to reconsider . We were not able to find a similar house (newly built, good school district - Elem and Middle) in Arlington but we will continue to shop around.