(06-26-2019, 11:10 PM)HAULN-SS Wrote: I don't guess I'll weigh in one way or the other, but I think all of these people commenting either haven't lived in the Ashburn area, or haven't for a long time. There are a couple of distinct "town center" areas that are now in that suburbia that haven't been there long, but are now chock full of restaurants, bars, etc.
That you still have to drive to. And then drive to everywhere else. And so forth. A wegmans and a rack of mediocre chain restaurants are predictable and convenient, but those are literally your only choices. Hell, Herndon would be better if you want cheaper & metro accessible, and easy outdoors accessible things. But if the outdoorsy things are where you're at, you'll figure out out no matter where you live - plenty of stuff around inside the beltway - W&OD, Custis, 4 Mile run trails, dog parks, frisbee golf at bluemont, easy access to PHT, etc - when I was down there it made riding out through DC and out to montgomery county roads really easy which was nice. Or out this way you've got great falls/riverbend/seneca parks, lake fairfax, etc, and its a little easier to get out towards shenandoah/fort valley/loudon county riding.