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What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
NYC
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Date: October 26, 2014 04:37AM
In terms of wealth and sophistication, I think either Tysons Corner or Reston Town Center is the equivalent of Manhattan.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Sambo Jigaboo
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Date: October 26, 2014 07:40AM
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Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: October 26, 2014 08:25AM
None thank God. However if certain urban planners and developers get their way, Tyson's may soon resemble Manhattan.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Seriously???
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Date: October 26, 2014 01:13PM
Are urban planners the ones responsible for "wealth and sophistication"? Maybe understand the question before popping out some pop-tart answer.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
None
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Date: October 26, 2014 02:18PM
Seriously??? Wrote:
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> Are urban planners the ones responsible for
> "wealth and sophistication"? Maybe understand the
> question before popping out some pop-tart answer.
The answer still is none. There's nothing here comparable. Now if they'd said wealthy suburban areas surrounding Manhattan, then there might be a few to list.
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> Are urban planners the ones responsible for
> "wealth and sophistication"? Maybe understand the
> question before popping out some pop-tart answer.
The answer still is none. There's nothing here comparable. Now if they'd said wealthy suburban areas surrounding Manhattan, then there might be a few to list.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Lincoln Tunnel
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Date: October 26, 2014 06:05PM
The traffic on the city side of the Lincoln Tunnel is similar to the traffic in the new-and-improved Tysons Corner.
Which means the traffic on the 495 exits to Tysons, both express and traditional, will soon by like the NJ side of the Lincoln Tunnel.
The current Fairfax policies and programs on low-income housing might be better than those in Manhattan in the 1960s, but I'm not so sure of that.
Road rage per mile of road are about the same.
Train track deaths per mile of track are about the same.
Violent crimes per illegal immigrant are about the same.
NYC cleaned up Times Square. Nothing in Fairfax compares with that.
Which means the traffic on the 495 exits to Tysons, both express and traditional, will soon by like the NJ side of the Lincoln Tunnel.
The current Fairfax policies and programs on low-income housing might be better than those in Manhattan in the 1960s, but I'm not so sure of that.
Road rage per mile of road are about the same.
Train track deaths per mile of track are about the same.
Violent crimes per illegal immigrant are about the same.
NYC cleaned up Times Square. Nothing in Fairfax compares with that.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
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That reminds me...
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Date: October 26, 2014 06:57PM
We have way more ignorant goober assfucks than Manhattan. We need to work on that.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Libtards love homophobic ilegals
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Date: October 26, 2014 07:22PM
That reminds me... Wrote:
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> We have way more ignorant goober assfucks than
> Manhattan. We need to work on that.
Well you could always donate your time as an ESL teacher..
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> We have way more ignorant goober assfucks than
> Manhattan. We need to work on that.
Well you could always donate your time as an ESL teacher..
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
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That reminds me...
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Date: October 26, 2014 07:26PM
Libtards love homophobic ilegals Wrote:
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> Well you could always donate your time as an ESL teacher..
It's ESOL, moron. I could recommend a tutor, if you'd like. Otherwise, you need to move to New York to help even things out.
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> Well you could always donate your time as an ESL teacher..
It's ESOL, moron. I could recommend a tutor, if you'd like. Otherwise, you need to move to New York to help even things out.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Bill.N.
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Date: October 26, 2014 07:53PM
If we donated That Reminds Me to Manhattan, it might start to equalize out that pesky "goober" problem.
I do understand the question Seriously. You just didn't like the answer. Some see Manhattan as something to aspire to. Others see it as something to be avoided. I didn't like Manhattan when I visited as a student or when I was posted there early in my career. Subsequent visits indicate some things have improved while other things have gotten worse, so I am definitely in the latter camp.
The real point is if you really like Manhattan, then live in Manhattan. If you like LA then live there. Same with Miami, New Orleans, Dallas and Chicago. Don't try to turn the DC metro area into some poor imitation of the real thing. Let it develop its own personality.
I do understand the question Seriously. You just didn't like the answer. Some see Manhattan as something to aspire to. Others see it as something to be avoided. I didn't like Manhattan when I visited as a student or when I was posted there early in my career. Subsequent visits indicate some things have improved while other things have gotten worse, so I am definitely in the latter camp.
The real point is if you really like Manhattan, then live in Manhattan. If you like LA then live there. Same with Miami, New Orleans, Dallas and Chicago. Don't try to turn the DC metro area into some poor imitation of the real thing. Let it develop its own personality.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Greybeard
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Date: October 26, 2014 08:01PM
That reminds me... Wrote:
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> It's ESOL, moron.
FTR: It's an acronym, comes in various flavors. "There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio".
http://www.esltrail.com/2008/02/whats-difference-esl-efl-esol-ell-and.html
And now we're REALLY off-topic.
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> It's ESOL, moron.
FTR: It's an acronym, comes in various flavors. "There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio".
http://www.esltrail.com/2008/02/whats-difference-esl-efl-esol-ell-and.html
And now we're REALLY off-topic.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
LOL...
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Date: October 26, 2014 08:17PM
Bill.N. Wrote:
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> If we donated That Reminds Me to Manhattan, it
> might start to equalize out that pesky "goober"
> problem.
But then you wouldn't be able to steal his material any more. Worshipper!
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> If we donated That Reminds Me to Manhattan, it
> might start to equalize out that pesky "goober"
> problem.
But then you wouldn't be able to steal his material any more. Worshipper!
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Pooper Scooper
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Date: October 26, 2014 08:20PM
LOL... Wrote:
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> Bill.N. Wrote:
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> -----
> > If we donated That Reminds Me to Manhattan, it
> > might start to equalize out that pesky "goober"
> > problem.
>
> But then you wouldn't be able to steal his
> material any more. Worshipper!
Dog shit's easy to find.
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> Bill.N. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > If we donated That Reminds Me to Manhattan, it
> > might start to equalize out that pesky "goober"
> > problem.
>
> But then you wouldn't be able to steal his
> material any more. Worshipper!
Dog shit's easy to find.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
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That reminds me...
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Date: October 26, 2014 08:21PM
Greybeard Wrote:
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> And now we're REALLY off-topic.
No, we're still in Fairfax County, where it's ESOL. It's the rest of heaven and earth that are off-topic in that regard. I shouldn't have to explain all this.
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> And now we're REALLY off-topic.
No, we're still in Fairfax County, where it's ESOL. It's the rest of heaven and earth that are off-topic in that regard. I shouldn't have to explain all this.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
WingNut
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Date: October 27, 2014 09:46AM
I've heard the conversations before comparing DC to NYC....
"NW is like Manhattan, with Rock Creek Park/Central Park being the divider between the rich part and the hood"
"NE is kind of like Brooklyn, SE is like the Bronx, SW is like Staten Island because no one goes there LOL"
There is really no comparison. NYC is so much more densely populated, the buildings are so much older and so much higher, the blocks are so much shorter, etc. You cannot make a good compare between DC and NYC, if you try to compare NoVa it is even more retarded.
Maybe Tysons is like White Plains and maybe Flushing has a lot of Koreans like Annandale but it's really not similar. At all.
"NW is like Manhattan, with Rock Creek Park/Central Park being the divider between the rich part and the hood"
"NE is kind of like Brooklyn, SE is like the Bronx, SW is like Staten Island because no one goes there LOL"
There is really no comparison. NYC is so much more densely populated, the buildings are so much older and so much higher, the blocks are so much shorter, etc. You cannot make a good compare between DC and NYC, if you try to compare NoVa it is even more retarded.
Maybe Tysons is like White Plains and maybe Flushing has a lot of Koreans like Annandale but it's really not similar. At all.
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Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Smallie Bigs
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Date: October 27, 2014 04:27PM
What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?? Y'all are serious? The answer: NONE!!! Not one part is anything like the Big Apple. Good Lord.
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Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Smallie Bigs
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Date: October 27, 2014 04:28PM
NYC Wrote:
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> In terms of wealth and sophistication, I think
> either Tysons Corner or Reston Town Center is the
> equivalent of Manhattan.
LMAO! Don't get out much do ya?
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> In terms of wealth and sophistication, I think
> either Tysons Corner or Reston Town Center is the
> equivalent of Manhattan.
LMAO! Don't get out much do ya?
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Arthur Treachers Fan
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Date: October 27, 2014 04:36PM
Fairfax Circle reminds me of Harlem
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Distinct Cultures
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Date: October 27, 2014 04:45PM
NYC Wrote:
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> In terms of wealth and sophistication, I think
> either Tysons Corner or Reston Town Center is the
> equivalent of Manhattan.
No where. Fairfax and Manhattan has almost nothing in common.
"Sophistication" is in the eye of the beholder. IMO just because you go to a lot of musicals and eat at overpriced restaurants doesn't make you sophisticated.
But in term of straight up wealth maybe Great Falls or Clifton. But then again a lot of people who live in those places would barely qualify as middle class in Manhattan. Those clowns will pay $4000/month for a 1 bedroom/1 bath apartment without blinking an eye.
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> In terms of wealth and sophistication, I think
> either Tysons Corner or Reston Town Center is the
> equivalent of Manhattan.
No where. Fairfax and Manhattan has almost nothing in common.
"Sophistication" is in the eye of the beholder. IMO just because you go to a lot of musicals and eat at overpriced restaurants doesn't make you sophisticated.
But in term of straight up wealth maybe Great Falls or Clifton. But then again a lot of people who live in those places would barely qualify as middle class in Manhattan. Those clowns will pay $4000/month for a 1 bedroom/1 bath apartment without blinking an eye.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Greybeard
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Date: October 27, 2014 07:13PM
That reminds me... Wrote:
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> No, we're still in Fairfax County, where it's
> ESOL. It's the rest of heaven and earth that are
> off-topic in that regard. I shouldn't have to
> explain all this.
Ah. Aren't we spe-shul. Srsly?
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> No, we're still in Fairfax County, where it's
> ESOL. It's the rest of heaven and earth that are
> off-topic in that regard. I shouldn't have to
> explain all this.
Ah. Aren't we spe-shul. Srsly?
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
Not Ed Koch
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Date: October 27, 2014 11:56PM
No part of Fairfax is anything like Manhattan.
Average population
Manhattan @ noon - 250,000 per square mile
Fairfax @ midnight -2,500 per square mile
The question is ignorant.
Average population
Manhattan @ noon - 250,000 per square mile
Fairfax @ midnight -2,500 per square mile
The question is ignorant.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
NooYawkTransplant
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Date: October 28, 2014 01:10PM
I'd say Vienna and Reston Town Center. In Vienna, Bazins is a Manhattan quality excellent restaurant, Pure Pasty is a Manhattan quality cheap eat, Vienna Music Exchange is a Manhattan quality record/cd store, and Silva's Patisserie is a Manhattan quality bakery. In Reston, Passion Fish is a Manhattan quality restaurant and Pitango is a Manhattan quality Gelato place. Also, in Reston, World of Beer has a huge selection of beers from all over the world, like the Peculier Pub in Greenwich Village. Unlike the Peculier Pub, which has an old fashioned decor, though, World of Beer has modern decor.
Re: What part of Fairfax is most like Manhattan?
Posted by:
wat
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Date: October 29, 2014 08:34PM
Vienna is like Mayberry, nothing redeeming about Vienna except for the Vienna inn
Reston is full of old white people, maybe comparable to upscale section of long island
Arlington is similar to Hoboken
Nothing around here is like NYC
Nova people don't dress like new Yorkers, nova people have zero sense of individual style
Reston is full of old white people, maybe comparable to upscale section of long island
Arlington is similar to Hoboken
Nothing around here is like NYC
Nova people don't dress like new Yorkers, nova people have zero sense of individual style