Re: Why Does Vienna Suck?
Posted by:
Warhawk2
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Date: March 25, 2009 04:24PM
Lighten up Francis - Vienna does still have some of the same qualities you remember from your childhood. The sports programs (VYI) are pretty decent if not stellar, as are the parks, the town events and parades are plentiful and loads of fun for kids. You will regularly run into neighbors and friends in town, have access to bikes paths, major transport routes or systems like metro, 66, 50 and 495, low crime, good schools, plenty of shopping (for things other than mattresses, too) and job opportunities nearby, which begs the question - what more do you want from a town?
You might have some "noveau riche," but Vienna is far from upscale with a good mix of young and old, rich and middle class, US and foreign born. Vienna is anything but trendy (can you say Vienna Inn?) and if anything, that "small town" stuff has kept it in a time warp and inhibited its growth or redevelopment. Show me a town around DC or in the Southeast U.S. for that matter that has all of the qualities mentioned above - you'll be hard pressed to do so.
Traffic is a nightmare throughout the DC metro area and Vienna is no exception, yet I find that by taking backroads and the metro, I can still get around relatively easily. 30 mins to the metro? c'mon - it's 5-10 at most if you take the right roads. I always get to the FFX Circle Home Depot without a hitch. Guess I'm a Vienna defender who actually still thinks it rocks!