Anonymous wrote:It was great before covid, but many of the best stores have since closed.

+1
It was much better just a few years ago.

Anonymous wrote:There was a time when it was great. I still remember when it opened.

I haven't been there in years.

It's not the fancy mall anymore?

We have only gone there to go to the Children’s Science Center, but my kids are now 18 and 13, so we have aged out of that. If my kids want to wander around a shopping type place, they go to Reston Town Center. There is not really anything at Fair Oaks that would draw us there that we cannot get at Dulles Town Center (as bad as it is, it is closer to us than FO), Reston Town Center, or for most non-social-shopping, Amazon.

I’m glad to hear that it was crowded on Black Friday. It has been in decline for a long time and I would love to see it make a comeback.

Anonymous wrote:I think it is trending upwards. Was shocked by the crowds on Black Friday. Lines in the more popular stores felt just as bad as Tysons. The new dumpling place is packed constantly and people eat there and then go walk around the mall afterwards which has made the post dinner hour busier.

https://www.reddit.com/r/nova/comments/1p9gagk/for_the_fair_oaks_is_dead_doomers_probably_the/

I think it is trending upwards. Was shocked by the crowds on Black Friday. Lines in the more popular stores felt just as bad as Tysons. The new dumpling place is packed constantly and people eat there and then go walk around the mall afterwards which has made the post dinner hour busier.

I’m old enough to remember when Fair Oaks and Dulles were both relatively nice. Never as nice as Tyson’s but much more manageable. It’s sad to me. I don’t like Tyson’s much.

I feel like it's gotten a lot busier this year black Friday was a total zoo. Gen Z prefers to shop in person