Sonick, i believe you described exactly what i went thru the first time i went to IOTA. They said take Wilson BLVD off Washington BLVD. I never found it and after taking 500 different roads i finally found it. I now know to take the GW Parkway and just get off in Roslynn now, its much easier that way…..or is it RT 110? Oh well i know how to get there even if i dont know the road.
How I Feel About Northern Virginia
Originally posted by El Tee:an ugly coat of paint. And yes, i was so happy to be in DC that i didnt even mind rumbling over the monstrocity that they call M st. (what are they DOING to that road!?)
Originally posted by sonickteam2:Just a different coat of paint, my friend… ;)
everyONE looks the same and everyones car is shiny.
Once you left and saw the bright lights of the city, the familiar haze hanging over the sky, and smelled the potent Potomac, I assume you breathed a sweet sigh of relief?
thank you very much! or I might still be driving around VA!!!
Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:EXACTLY!!!! hahahaha. you are a true NoVan
Oh well i know how to get there even if i dont know the road.
they know where everything is, but cant tell ANYONE how to get to any of it. its like a secret code or something that only they know.
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:I think of Arlington as Nova….But I can understand wanting to live closer into the city and more options to walk about…I live in VA and I feel your pain sonick…man alive – it is perplexing that one cannot get onto 66 (east) from the exit right next to Tyson's. I've known this for years, alas, I had to be reminded of it again. I practically went to DC and back just to get to Arlington.
i live on seminary road.
but i think you got some bum directions. personally, i don't think of arlington as NoVa, but whatever. it is confusing sometimes.
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:not everyone wants a single family home you know. I am content with a nice condo overlooking Zurich. :)
You must either be rich, or content to live the rest of your life in an apartment.
getting to arlington from maryland is a royal pain in the arse… there are many ways none of them very direct. it always seems that key roads don't connect where they should.
of course it dosen't help that getting from 295 south to 395 in DC involves making a pact with the devil… talking about a screwed set of roads and "freeways".
when i got to clarendon yesterday it was people walking in the street when there was a perfectly good sidewalk. cars double parked or cutting across two lanes to park. it was an obstacle course. i blame the fresh fields for ruining the area around iota and galaxy hut.
of course it dosen't help that getting from 295 south to 395 in DC involves making a pact with the devil… talking about a screwed set of roads and "freeways".
when i got to clarendon yesterday it was people walking in the street when there was a perfectly good sidewalk. cars double parked or cutting across two lanes to park. it was an obstacle course. i blame the fresh fields for ruining the area around iota and galaxy hut.
Not sure when you bought, but a quick perusal of single family homes in Arlington on realtor.com shows that over 80% of the homes for sale in Arlington cost over 400K, and over 50% of them cost over 500K.
Even a modest 3 BR single family home in "far out" suburbs such as Burke, Centreville, or Springfield will run you 450K-400K these days.
I would guess that most people who are moving to the places you look down on aren't moving there because they just happen to want to live in a far flung suburb; they're moving there because that's somewhere they can afford.
Even a modest 3 BR single family home in "far out" suburbs such as Burke, Centreville, or Springfield will run you 450K-400K these days.
I would guess that most people who are moving to the places you look down on aren't moving there because they just happen to want to live in a far flung suburb; they're moving there because that's somewhere they can afford.
Originally posted by chaz:
[QB] So what's your problem anyway? My house cost much less than 600k, in fact, signifigantly less than half that…but why should I even have to tell you this.
Originally posted by Rob_Gee_a.k.a _Guiny:actually, it is easier to get to iota from washington blvd. . .it's the exit right past the pentagon on 395. nevertheless, i just take 66 to the wilson blvd exit and go straight up wilson.
Sonick, i believe you described exactly what i went thru the first time i went to IOTA. They said take Wilson BLVD off Washington BLVD. I never found it and after taking 500 different roads i finally found it. I now know to take the GW Parkway and just get off in Roslynn now, its much easier that way…..or is it RT 110? Oh well i know how to get there even if i dont know the road.
btw, whoever told you to take rt. 1 was wrong, i believe rt 1 crosses into dc via the 14th street bridge.
Originally posted by mark e smith:and that's why i don't think of it as nova. northern virginia is where you go when you get married and want to raise kids. you know, places where you can almost afford to buy a house. arlington seems great for apartment living, though. one of my favorite places in the area, despite being confusing.
Errrrrmmm, Arlington seems like an alright place to live. Plenty of bars and restaurants and the two live music venues.
Read my post. I own a townhouse not a single family.
Then read my other post. I don't 'look down' on these places. They're just not for me.
Then read my other post. I don't 'look down' on these places. They're just not for me.
Originally posted by Rutherford J. Balls:
Not sure when you bought, but a quick perusal of single family homes in Arlington on realtor.com shows that over 80% of the homes for sale in Arlington cost over 400K, and over 50% of them cost over 500K.
Even a modest 3 BR single family home in "far out" suburbs such as Burke, Centreville, or Springfield will run you 450K-400K these days.
I would guess that most people who are moving to the places you look down on aren't moving there because they just happen to want to live in a far flung suburb; they're moving there because that's somewhere they can afford.
Originally posted by chaz:
[QB] So what's your problem anyway? My house cost much less than 600k, in fact, signifigantly less than half that…but why should I even have to tell you this.
I used to whine about driving in the DC area when I lived in Baltimore, but once you've been here for awhile it gets pretty easy.
Originally posted by sonickteam2:I've felt that too! Frustrated, but relieved to be in familiar DC, I didn't mind the potholes & 20 minutes it took me to drive one block on M Street! I dunno what they are doing there. They "fix" one corner and move to the next each summer, adding massive congestion. When I worked there in '98/'99 the darn potholes were blowing up all over the place.
Originally posted by El Tee:And yes, i was so happy to be in DC that i didnt even mind rumbling over the monstrocity that they call M st. (what are they DOING to that road!?)
Originally posted by sonickteam2:Just a different coat of paint, my friend… ;)
everyONE looks the same and everyones car is shiny.
Once you left and saw the bright lights of the city, the familiar haze hanging over the sky, and smelled the potent Potomac, I assume you breathed a sweet sigh of relief?
Originally posted by mark e smith:I thought virginia would be an ok place to live as well, then I lived in Alexandria for a year and Crystal City for a year, no offense to those that live there, but never again for me.
Errrrrmmm, Arlington seems like an alright place to live. Plenty of bars and restaurants and the two live music venues.
If you want to see depressing you should check out the strip mall about two miles away from College Park.
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:My directions were just fine thank you.
but i think you got some bum directions.
Originally posted by El Tee:http://www.thegeorgetownproject.org/
the darn potholes were blowing up all over the place.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:Ditto! I wondered if sonick was going to be sick when he saw the mammoth Pottery Barn & others stores facing him when he left.
i blame the fresh fields for ruining the area around iota and galaxy hut.
Originally posted by pollard:I guess I just meant the area right around iota/Clarendon Metro. I cant imagine there were many bars or venues within walking distance of your locations?
[qbI thought virginia would be an ok place to live as well, then I lived in Alexandria for a year and Crystal City for a year, no offense to those that live there, but never again for me. [/QB]
It's cool to live within close walking distance of a bank, a safeway, julias empenadas and a bit longer walk to four music venues….
Originally posted by El Tee:Sonick HATES suburbia. I have a massive loathing for it. and i cant really tell you why. It makes me want to cry.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:Ditto! I wondered if sonick was going to be sick when he saw the mammoth Pottery Barn & others stores facing him when he left.
i blame the fresh fields for ruining the area around iota and galaxy hut.
I lived in suburbia for a year or two….no good.
Originally posted by El Tee:Here's another N. Va Classic.
Originally posted by kosmo vinyl:Ditto! I wondered if sonick was going to be sick when he saw the mammoth Pottery Barn & others stores facing him when he left.
i blame the fresh fields for ruining the area around iota and galaxy hut.
They just opened the new Wegmans store out here in Dulles so we have about 500million more SUV's going up and down Commercial Drive off 28 every day…..they also just closed off the left turn lane going from Commercial back to Rte. 28 this week so now everyone has to go up to the light, wait for the lights then turn left! Aye yaye yaye! How stoooopid to you have to be to work for N. VA?
BTW. The Wegmans is something to see, worth a trip out but bring you patience and packed lunch for while you're sat in traffic waiting to get in the car park.
Originally posted by mark e smith:there are a ton of bars and eateries in crystal city, they are just mostly crap, but no venues, there were two malls and many grocery stores and chain stores all within walking distance and an actual branch of my bank open at odd hours, and all those "conveniences" were still not worth it for me
I guess I just meant the area right around iota/Clarendon Metro. I cant imagine there were many bars or venues within walking distance of your locations?
It's cool to live within close walking distance of a bank, a safeway, julias empenadas and a bit longer walk to four music venues….
there was nothing in alexandria, although I was in walking distance of the birchmere