When I moved here about two years ago, I worked with a realtor and looked at many areas in Ffx Cty. When I mentioned pimmit hills, he non verbally but strongly steered me away from it. It so close to tysons and 495, so what is undesirable about it?

Bounce House Wrote:
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> When I moved here about two years ago, I worked
> with a realtor and looked at many areas in Ffx
> Cty. When I mentioned pimmit hills, he non
> verbally but strongly steered me away from it. It
> so close to tysons and 495, so what is undesirable
> about it?


It's congested, that's for sure.

There's nothing wrong with Pimmit Hills. I lived there for a few years back in the 90s and still go thru there regularly. It's proximity to Tysons is convenient, and most of the houses have larger-than-average yards compared to other areas. McLean Commons and Tysons Station shopping centers are both adjacent to the neighborhood, which makes shopping easy- you don't have to drive on 7 or 123 to get groceries, etc.

Congested? Not really. The streets are somewhat narrow and can get crowded with cars if a neighbor is having a picnic, but there is never any problem at all with parking. It's also entirely single homes that aren't crowded right next to each other. Congestion is not a problem.

The only bad things I've heard about it aren't true. I think it used to be a big biker hang out back in the 70's, and some people still have a negative opinion of it because of that. But it's definitely not like that anymore. Just a regular NoVA neighborhood.

High rental area

10 years ago it was full of the dredge of society. Classless white trash and hispanics leaving trash (or tacky items that any other socioeconomic class would consider trash) in their front yard. Not sure about today, I noticed more younger people were moving in as rent was relatively cheap. But the houses themselves are just a few grades above a shanty.

LOL. Take this opinion with a [very large] grain of salt. When in lived there (late 90s), there wasn't a large element of "white trash" there- and I'd be sure to point it out if there was! The people who lived across from us were sorta like that, but mostly it was just normal people who took care of their yards. Some houses had a well-worn look to them, but there are actually alot of nice places too. I never saw people leaving trash or littering, that's a ridiculous comment. There also weren't very many hispanics living there either, although I do see Latino-looking folks walking around there nowadays. But, it's not a neighborhood where you have groups of them loitering about, it's not like that at all.

Thinking back, I really liked living there. It's a pleasant, albeit older, neighborhood that is very convenient to Tysons and the inside-the-beltway suburbs.

EDIT: MommaBear is correct, it does seem like there are alot of rentals there.


. Wrote:
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> 10 years ago it was full of the dredge of society.
> Classless white trash and hispanics leaving trash
> (or tacky items that any other socioeconomic class
> would consider trash) in their front yard. Not
> sure about today, I noticed more younger people
> were moving in as rent was relatively cheap. But
> the houses themselves are just a few grades above
> a shanty.



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The most hilarious bit about pimmet hills is how you can easily detect the original owners/non-renters. These poor fools got duped into expensive second-story additions where the end result of this almost 6-8 month construction project was an even uglier shanty (twice the size, twice the ugly!) There are quite a few of them around and are so pitiful looking; a feeble attempt by low class cleti (plural of Cletus) to make their shanty into a McMansion.

And to further prove TheMeeper's bald-faced LIE regarding the abundance of white trash, proceed to take a stroll on Pimmit Drive around Christmas time and report back in this thread.

Epic fail.

Yes, there are alot of people who turned their ramblers into 2 story McMansions, and yes, there are a few houses on Pimmit Drive that put up gigantic, cheesy Xmas displays (I like the house that puts Santa Claus in a helicopter on the roof). But I don't consider it 'white trash' like rural areas I lived in (where toothless adults spend their free time causing domestic disputes, laying rubber, shooting BB guns, and going mudding on their 4 wheelers.)

You won't see much of that, if any at all, in Pimmit Hills.

Pimmit has historically been a largely blue collar enclave, with a GREAT location. Most of the houses are typical post WWII housing stock, on large lots (as Meeper pointed out). Land was cheap when they built it, obviously.

Most of the owners have lived there forever; I didn't know about the rental percentages. The elitist comment about "white trash" is stupid.

20 years ago, those houses were selling for $110K-ish...so owners had/have tons of equity to McMansion or put additions on. It used to look very cookie-cutterish; not so much anymore.

I always got a grin driving through at Xmas, with the one goofy owner on Pimmit Drive and all his inflatable Santas.

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I have had to change the addresses to my retaliatory blogs over half a dozen times.

Sounds a lot like the part of Vienna near the town hall and fire station. Lots of small post-WWII tract homes. I know it must be hard on the original owners as their property taxes skyrocketed with all the million dollar homes nearby, but the good thing is those old homes came with a decent amount of land, so if they ever sell, they could easily get over $700,000 for them.

Blessed are the murderous.

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WingNut Wrote:
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> Is Pimmitt a Yeonas development? I always thought
> it was.


Could be, but Yeonas in Vienna used a lot of brick---Pimmit doesnt have many brick homes. Dunno, though; good question.

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TheMeeper Wrote:
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> But I don't consider it 'white trash' like
> rural areas I lived in (where toothless adults
> spend their free time causing domestic disputes,
> laying rubber, shooting BB guns, and going mudding
> on their 4 wheelers.)
>
> You won't see much of that, if any at all, in
> Pimmit Hills.

Yep, not much of that goes on in Pimmit, especially the domestic disputes and whatnot............

Police Barricade Situation Comes to an End

McLean Police District – A police barricade that began on Tuesday, July 14 ended after a 24-hour stand-off. Officers responded to the 7700 block of Fisher Drive around 6:38 p.m. on July 14 for a noise violation. They located a 36-year-old woman lying outside with an apparent wound to the upper body. She was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital with life-threatening injuries.

An investigation determined the victim went to a home in the 7600 block of Lisle Avenue and an argument erupted over domestic issues. They were outside when the man allegedly shot the woman in the upper body and fled into his house. Officers and support units quickly established a perimeter.

Throughout the next several hours, officers from the Crisis Negotiations Team made contact with people inside the house and strived to have the occupants exit voluntarily. Some time in the early evening of Wednesday, July 15, communications ceased between the occupants of the house and police. This created concern for the welfare of everyone inside, so around 6:30 p.m., a team of SWAT officers forced entry into the house and located the suspect, a 44-year-old woman and an 8-year-old boy inside. The woman and child were unharmed; the suspect, John Valentini, 44, of 7633 Lisle Avenue, suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the upper body and was transported to Inova Fairfax Hospital. At 4:12 a.m. on Thursday, July 16, Valentini was pronounced dead. The shooting victim is still in the hospital; she is in grave condition.

The Fairfax County Police Department wants to thank every resident who was affected by the police presence in the community. It was a strenuous and demanding event for all of us and we truly appreciate your patience and understanding.

This is old news, chiefy... in fact, I started a thread about it. It doesn't prove anything, I never said domestic violence never happened there. It's just a fallacy of misleading vividness to use that one incident as the entire basis of your observation.


don't you hate it when recent news stories prove you wrong? Wrote:
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>
> Yep, not much of that goes on in Pimmit,
> especially the domestic disputes and
> whatnot............
>
> Police Barricade Situation Comes to an End
>
> McLean Police District – A police barricade that
> began on Tuesday, July 14 ended after a 24-hour
> stand-off. Officers responded to the 7700 block of
> Fisher Drive around 6:38 p.m. on July 14 for a
> noise violation. They located a 36-year-old woman
> lying outside with an apparent wound to the upper
> body. She was transported to Inova Fairfax
> Hospital with life-threatening injuries.
>
> An investigation determined the victim went to a
> home in the 7600 block of Lisle Avenue and an
> argument erupted over domestic issues. They were
> outside when the man allegedly shot the woman in
> the upper body and fled into his house. Officers
> and support units quickly established a perimeter.
>
>
> Throughout the next several hours, officers from
> the Crisis Negotiations Team made contact with
> people inside the house and strived to have the
> occupants exit voluntarily. Some time in the early
> evening of Wednesday, July 15, communications
> ceased between the occupants of the house and
> police. This created concern for the welfare of
> everyone inside, so around 6:30 p.m., a team of
> SWAT officers forced entry into the house and
> located the suspect, a 44-year-old woman and an
> 8-year-old boy inside. The woman and child were
> unharmed; the suspect, John Valentini, 44, of 7633
> Lisle Avenue, suffered a self-inflicted gunshot
> wound to the upper body and was transported to
> Inova Fairfax Hospital. At 4:12 a.m. on Thursday,
> July 16, Valentini was pronounced dead. The
> shooting victim is still in the hospital; she is
> in grave condition.
>
> The Fairfax County Police Department wants to
> thank every resident who was affected by the
> police presence in the community. It was a
> strenuous and demanding event for all of us and we
> truly appreciate your patience and understanding.

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> This is old news, chiefy...

Chiefy? No need to make it racial. Not like I called you wetback or beaner. Besides, I am from India, I am not an American Indian.

> in fact, I started a thread about it.

You started a thread, shocking.

> It doesn't prove anything, I
> never said domestic violence never happened there.

Your quote: "You won't see much of that, if any at all, in Pimmit Hills." The "if any at all" part implies you think it may never happen there. You pwned yourself.

> It's just a fallacy of misleading vividness to
> use that one incident as the entire basis of your
> observation.

Something you are guilty of on a regular basis

Indian Wrote:
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> Your quote: "You won't see much of that, if any at all, in Pimmit Hills." The "if any at all" part implies you think it may never happen there. You pwned yourself.


Nope, sorry guy. I lived there for 3 years, and in that time never saw domestic violence happen. Therefore it is logically sound for me tell someone they might never see any at all.

And BTW, having an extreme interest in precision and obsessing over unambiguity are major signs that you're a nerd. It's what geeks do.

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> Indian Wrote:
> >
> > Your quote: "You won't see much of that, if any
> at all, in Pimmit Hills." The "if any at all" part
> implies you think it may never happen there. You
> pwned yourself.
>
>
> Nope, sorry guy. I lived there for 3 years, and
> in that time never saw domestic violence happen.
> Therefore it is logically sound for me tell
> someone they might never see any at all.
>
> And BTW, having an extreme interest in precision
> and obsessing over unambiguity are major signs
> that you're a nerd. It's what geeks do.

Oh no, you called me a nerd. Lets look for some more precision. Arrest records.

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/cgi-bin/arrestsearch.cgi?field1=&field2=&field3=&field4=&field5=&field6=fisher+&field7=&field8=falls+church&field9=&field10=&field11=&submit=search

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/cgi-bin/arrestsearch.cgi?field1=&field2=&field3=&field4=&field5=&field6=griffith&field7=&field8=falls+church&field9=&field10=&field11=&submit=search

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/cgi-bin/arrestsearch.cgi?field1=&field2=&field3=&field4=&field5=&field6=lisle&field7=&field8=falls+church&field9=&field10=&field11=&submit=search

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/cgi-bin/arrestsearch.cgi?field1=&field2=&field3=&field4=&field5=&field6=anderson&field7=&field8=falls+church&field9=&field10=&field11=&submit=search

There's quite a few domestic assualts scattered among the neighborhood, along with some other nice crimes. I didn't even inculde Pimmit Dr. Overall, I'd say the neighborhood is a cesspool inundated with trash of all color.

I may be a nerd, but you are wrong.

And BTW, I have a hot wife. Do you?

Indian Wrote:
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> I have a hot wife


LOL, yeah I'm sure she's a regular Indira Ghandi.

And no, I'm not married, not ready to retire yet.

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> Indian Wrote:
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> >
> > I have a hot wife
>
>
> LOL, yeah I'm sure she's a regular Indira Ghandi.

She isn't like you or me, she is white with blonde hair.

> And no, I'm not married, not ready to retire yet.

LOL. I am sure you are beating them off with a stick.

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> LOL. I am sure you are beating them off with a stick.


I usually just stop responding to their phone calls and emails or tell them to stop bothering me. Occassionally I'll take the passive/aggressive route and act like a jerk so that it garauntees they'll leave me alone.

I lived in Pimmit Hills for the most of my life. I think you're incorrectly classifying "redneck" as "white trash". There's a difference. Is there a high redneck quotient? Absolutely. However, with the McMansions, I think there's a stronger yuppie presence than there ever was before as well. Like all sections of Fairfax County, Virginia, the country as a whole, etc, things are evolving. Pimmit Hills unfortunately got a bad rap years ago (it might have been the 70s biker gang thing... I'll have to ask my mom if she remembers something like that) that will probably stick regardless of who lives there. Any time I used to mention where I was from to someone not from there, I'd get a pitying look. And aside from the one time where someone found a box of weed plants in Pimmit View Park, and the time my neighbor took his family hostage in 1996 or so, it was generally quiet. And that guy was fucked up out of his head, and was also rumored to be the owner of the box of pot plants.

My neighbor (who still lives there I think) is a secretary or something with the CIA, and because of it, there's a guy that comes out to talk to the neighbors every few years. The last time this guy came out while my parents were still there, my mom mentioned to him that she was concerned about a house on the corner that seemed to have a whole lot of traffic from cars with out of state plates. Dude said he'd check into it, and within a month the house was for sale and the occupants were gone.

Also: there's no way you sell a Pimmit House for $700K these days. My folks left in 2007, and they got about $450K for theirs, which was lower than the highest they'd have gotten for it, around $650, in 2003-2005 or so. I'd say their house was middle of the pack, it was no McMansion, but it was in no way a typical Pimmit house. In fact, with Isabel, when they had to remodel after a tree demolished most of the original house, there wasn't a lot of typical Pimmit house left to it.

For my money, if you're looking to buy something now, Pimmit would not be a bad way to go. Property values are likely to skyrocket with the Metro going right through there.

Please do tell us the difference between "redneck" and "white trash", I imagine it is profound...

Once you tell us, I will know which type of man I prefer - redneck or trash. I do like my men a bit on the trashy side.

White Trash is an all encompassing term for any kind of shitty person with light pigment in the united states.

So in other words; not all white trash are rednecks, but all rednecks are white trash.

White trash also include guido subhumans from Jersey/Long Island, micks from new england, those extra-chromosomed yodelers in north-flyover country, and all russians living stateside.

. Wrote:
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> Once you tell us, I will know which type of man I
> prefer - redneck or trash. I do like my men a bit
> on the trashy side.


This about sums it up:

""How much d'ya need?"

Rednecks will do everything they can to help those in need and like making their community a better place. Many rednecks are members of the local volunteer fire department or rescue squad. They are friendly, hospitable people and will give what they can to anyone in need. They know what it's like to be poor and will happily share what they have with anyone who asks.

White trash would just as soon spit in your eye as give something away or do anything that doesn't directly benefit them. They are rarely active in their community, other than keeping the local police department at bay."

In my experience, this holds true 95 times out of 100.

FWIW: If you need someone on a message board populated by arrogant nerds and heroin-addled teenagers from Chantilly to enlighten you about which type of man you prefer, perhaps you should just ask, or take a poll.

Besides, rednecks have better banks:

http://www.redneckbank.com/

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. Wrote:
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> Please do tell us the difference between "redneck"
> and "white trash", I imagine it is profound...


Rednecks generally tend to have jobs. White Trash are the folks you'll see on Cops.

They may have the same political views, and talk the same way, but the difference is that Rednecks are usually upstanding citizens with blue collar jobs.

White trash are usually the white version of this:




Or just see Britney Spears and K Fed and those types. Paris Hilton could also probably be considered white trash, heiress status notwithstanding.

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> Nothing wrong with Pimmit Hills. Snobs from McLean
> used to call it Primitive Hills back in the day, I
> haven't heard that in years.
>

I went to Kilmer in the early 80's and about half the students were from Pimmit Hills, the other half were from Vienna. I had a few friends who lived in Pimmit Hills, and they were pretty cool kids, but their parents were doing more manual labor type work, and didn't have as much money as the families of friends I had from Vienna. My father was in the army, and even being an Officer, we didn't have the kind of money a lot of other families in Vienna had.

But back then, there were the typical "white trash" families interspersed in the neighborhood, which probably gave it the reputation it still has. Alcoholic mother, barely working father, 5 brats who staged "WWF" bouts in the backyard, or drove around in circles for 6 hours a day on a little dirt bike. The few kids who would show up at Kilmer carrying knives and brass knuckles (which never caused a "lockdown" or "code freak-the-fuck-out-and-call-CNN")



> It was always blue collar, there were more than
> your average share of Harleys and PCP there in the
> 70's and 80's, but there were always a lot more
> good working families who kept up their yards and
> homes well. There are a lot of original and second
> owners in the neighborhood.

I'm not sure if that is true anymore. There are probably a few really old people who still live there, but at the moment, it is going through a "hispanic influx" and a lot of people moved out when they were able to sell at the peak of the bubble.

But a lot of professionals did move in during that time, and assuming they didn't become upside down on their mortgages, they will probably be the ones that remain after the shake out.

>
> It is a prime location, I regret not getting one
> of the little 2BR homes in the 90's when they were
> really cheapo. In 10 to 20 years, I bet every
> house there will be built up and added on to and
> it will look absolutely nothing like it was.


No shit. Cross the beltway and you are at Tyson's Corner Mall. That neighborhood is going to be million dollar homes at some point. It might take another decade or two, but it's gonna happen.

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Where did the name come from? Whats a Pimmet and are there hills there?

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> Where did the name come from? Whats a Pimmet and
> are there hills there?


They named it after a stream that runs through the neighborhood on its way to the Potomac. As far as the 'Hills' part, there are a few hills in the neighborhood (close to route 7).

The steepest hill is probably the one along Lisle Ave, and some of those side street like Nordlie Place. Also the streets near the 7-11. The rest is more gently sloped.

496 Wrote:
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> Where did the name come from? Whats a Pimmet and
> are there hills there?


What I hate is Kingstowne and all its pretentious sounding "villages." Devonshire, Eastbourne, Queens Court, Yorkshire, etc. This isn't fucking England, adding an "e" or a "shire" to a name doesn't make the neighborhood any better.

Blessed are the murderous.

Is this the area across from Marshall HS?

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> Is this the area across from Marshall HS?


Yes. The neighborhood bounded by Route 7 and the Toll Road, between Pimmit Drive and Magarity Road.

TheMeeper Wrote:
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> There's nothing wrong with Pimmit Hills. I lived
> there for a few years back in the 90s and still go
> thru there regularly. It's proximity to Tysons is
> convenient, and most of the houses have
> larger-than-average yards compared to other areas.
> McLean Commons and Tysons Station shopping
> centers are both adjacent to the neighborhood,
> which makes shopping easy- you don't have to drive
> on 7 or 123 to get groceries, etc.
>
> Congested? Not really. The streets are somewhat
> narrow and can get crowded with cars if a neighbor
> is having a picnic, but there is never any problem
> at all with parking. It's also entirely single
> homes that aren't crowded right next to each
> other. Congestion is not a problem.
>
> The only bad things I've heard about it aren't
> true. I think it used to be a big biker hang out
> back in the 70's, and some people still have a
> negative opinion of it because of that. But it's
> definitely not like that anymore. Just a regular
> NoVA neighborhood.


I simply meant that the area was really congested due to it's Proximity to I-495, Rte. 7, Tysons and Falls Church. I've only been in the neighborhoods around the High School though. It looked like a typical Falls Church neighborhood to me.

Lot's of rednecks, old pick-up trucks, neglected houses...you get the picture?

ThePackLeader Wrote:
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> I simply meant that the area was really congested due to it's Proximity to I-495, Rte. 7, Tysons and Falls Church.


Yeah, if you live around here you quickly learn to avoid 7 and 123 around weekday rush hour. It's a mess.

Luckily for Pimmit Hills, you can use side streets to go to a nice Safeway, Whole Foods, or Trader Joe's for groceries, and a few gas stations and restaurants, without ever having to deal with the "Tysons traffic" problem. Residents can actually walk to those stores depending on what part of Pimmit they live in. And they have easy street access to downtown McLean if they feel the need for Giant or the other stuff there.

It's a good place to live if you want to be inside the beltway and near Tysons. It's easy to avoid the congestion if you live there.

WingNut Wrote:
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> Another neighborhood that has really changed is on
> the other side of 7 from Pimmit Hills, Idylwood,
> Electric Ave and Cedar Lane east of Gallows used
> to be a motley assortment of little low rent homes
> with a few real good ones mixed in. I think those
> kids used to go to Marshall with Pimmit Hills, but
> it all kind of ran together. I used to go to some
> parties around there in the 80's, it was a
> familiar crowd.

There are some really expensive townhouses now right now Pimmit Hills, and you're right that most of the neighborhoods east of Gallows near Idylwood, Electric and Cedar Lane are now quite upscale.

As for Pimmit Hills itself, have to agree with the others who note that its location is a strong point. Some of the add-ons to the older houses are fugly, but same is true for plenty of houses in McLean too.

This is an older thread, but I wanted to write in. I moved to Pimmit last Fall and so far I love it. It is an eclectic neighborhood, I'll give you that, but not at all unsafe or unkempt. People in the neighborhood keep clean and pretty houses and yards. My neighbors include older couples, a few families with younger kids, a few Hispanics, college kids sharing rental houses, and a lot of younger couples without kids (the smaller, original houses are ideal for that). There are quite a few Harleys around, but they're not the majority or vehicles or anything. Pimmit is a bit more blue collar, but not at all in a bad way.

What I'm seeing happen is a lot of the smaller original houses are being taken down and houses of all sizes and shapes popping up. There's no real neighborhood association, so there's no rules on house size or appearance for new construction. Which is good and bad, IMO. Good, because less restriction is good for owners and adds variety, bad because some of the new houses are monstrosities (big, hulking, windowless, compounds). But, most new ones are quite nice, and I like to see the variety, rather than having a neighborhood where all the houses are exactly the same and 10 feet apart.

I believe that in 10 years, this neighborhood will be mostly nice, new houses, and, for better or worse, will have a lot more middle class white collar types. Pimmit Hills will be like the Columbia Heights of Falls Church. Once looked down on, but now way nicer, and worth a lot more money.

Thurston Moore Wrote:

> No shit. Cross the beltway and you are at Tyson's
> Corner Mall. That neighborhood is going to be
> million dollar homes at some point. It might take
> another decade or two, but it's gonna happen.


It has already started. There are already a bunch of nice, new custom homes scattered throughout the neighborhood. It's sort of weird having a new million+ dollar home surrounded by post WW-II bungalows, but it's there. There's also quite a few 'in-between' houses, meaning bigger and nicer than the tiny 1-story units from 1950, but not like the new gorgeous ones.

I think the area would have turned over faster (meaning more demolitions of the original structures with nice homes taking their place) if it weren't for the housing meltdown of the past couple years. But yes, for no other reason than location, I bet most of those houses get rebuilt in the next decade or two.

I definitely see Pimmit Hills going that way, all build ups, there won't be a singel original house there eventually. I saw this happen to a neighborhood on Staten Island that was almost identical to the Yeonas/Levittowm look of PH. Literally everything is built up and out.

Pimmit Hills is a great location and it's stupid to have 2BR/1BA SFH's there on such large lots.

Sarah Wrote:
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> I believe that in 10 years, this neighborhood will
> be mostly nice, new houses, and, for better or
> worse, will have a lot more middle class white
> collar types. Pimmit Hills will be like the
> Columbia Heights of Falls Church. Once looked down
> on, but now way nicer, and worth a lot more money.

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I suspect the OP was steered away since the Realtor knew he/she would get a lower commission. Also if the OP was concerned about "crime," "good schools," etc., I can see a Realtor steering folks away from middling (by Fairfax standards) areas like that.

I'd have no problem w/ living there. Part of me wonders what I could've gotten in 2008, but I bought in Vienna and I'm ok.

Pimmit Hills is a fine neighborhood! We bought our house in 2007 and have had zero problems -- except that current prices are $150k less than we paid, but that should change in a few years. *Knock on wood*

Sarah's right about the lack of homeowners' association: you (and your neighbors) can do pretty much whatever you want -- but IMHO, gaudy self-expression is preferable to rigid uniformity... I'd rather drive by a Statue of Liberty display and a Red-White-and-Blue VW Beetle than pass row after row of Stepford Wives-like cookie-cutter buildings.

Also, snowdenscold's comment about "in between" houses is spot-on. There are basically three types of houses: 1) gentrified McMansions where they tore down the original post-war house and built a new two-story building, 2) run-down shacks that will probably BE torn down to make room for larger houses, and 3) lots of "perfectly decent" homes where the owners have added an addition -- either in back or along the side. Very few of the original foundations/basements were built to support a second story, though, which is why most of the additions build OUT instead of UP.

You can easily tell a true Pimmit Hills House by its two bedrooms and bay window along the front wall; it's disorienting to walk into a neighbor's house where the floor-plan is reversed, but it's neat to see what they've done with it.

As always, though, the top three things about Pimmit Hills are Location, Location, Location! Minutes from the Beltway, I-66, and the Toll Road, you can drive pretty much anywhere quickly; Tyson's Corner is (almost) within walking distance (minus the fact that there's no sidewalk over/under 495); the W&OD trail is just up the hill in case you want to bike to DC or Vienna/Reston; you can choose to shop at the newly remodeled Safeway, Trader Joe's, and/or Whole Foods (and Giant isn't far, either); it's right between West Falls Church and the forthcoming Tysons East Metro stations; and if you want to sound snobby, you say you live, quote, "Near McLean". ;)

Pimmit Hills is definitely undergoing a slow but steady process of renewal. On pretty much any block you can see places where the old, dilapidated houses have been removed and newer, more expensive buildings are taking their place. If/when this housing market ever turns the corner, I expect that Pimmit Hills will continue to become a thriving, upper-middle class neighborhood, free of violent crime and vandalism. *Crossing fingers*

I went to Kilmer middle school in the early 70s and some of the kids from Pimmit Hills were either high or drunk at 7:30am. There was some black guy who looked about 20 who was pounding on some poor white kid (including me) who allegedly had an older brother in the Pegans motorcycle gang.

These days I hear Kilmer is a great school. I'm not sure about Marshal HS. The location never made sense for it to remain what it looked like 50 some years ago.

On the subject of Pimmit Hills, does anyone know what this building & property is?

It's along Cherri Drive between Lisle and Magarity.

http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.915713,-77.207022&spn=0,0.044246&z=15&layer=c&cbll=38.915219,-77.206594&panoid=piemrV_2dhzU4-ntbaF3mA&cbp=12,66.31,,0,3.6

I have been driving past this thing for more than a decade and have always wondered what the heck it is.

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Yeah, I figured it was a barn from the days before the area was developed. I was wondering what it's used for nowadays. It's very out-of-place for a neighborhood near Tysons, and it sits on a pretty big (and valuable) piece of ground. No signs near it, either.

Dabe Wrote:
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> If/when this housing market ever turns the corner,
> I expect that Pimmit Hills will continue to become
> a thriving, upper-middle class neighborhood, free
> of violent crime and vandalism. *Crossing fingers*

People have been saying that about Pimmit Hills for at least twenty-five years, to my personal knowledge. Has yet to happen.

I'm not saying it won't ever come true. I'm merely suggesting that the large lots and great location are probably better reasons to buy than an expectation that the neighborhood will go upscale anytime soon.

Pimmit hills got a bad name in the 80's lot of bikers and drugs. I lived there in the late 90's was quiet . The poeple ther are nice mid class folks. the rumor is that it will be turned into a townhouse community after the metro gets built. I really liked living in pimmit hills.

Everything you wanted to know and lots more:
http://www.pimmithills.org/10.html

To TheMeeper based on your earlier posts if you live in Pimmit Hills or the surrounding area and have a family you will come to know it fondly. The barn is in fact just that. "The Barn" It is where the equipment is stored for Mclean Youth Athletics. Each season you will be there with your son or daughter picking up equipment uniforms.

I grew up in pimmit hills in the 70's and our street was very nice on Hillside dr I never saw any bikers I don't even know what people are talking about. Some people worked in the military, Government very nice neighbors I only recently heard of this when I told someone where I grew up at she said it was the wrong side of the tracks some people just have to put others down to make themselves feel better. We walked to school we went to the park by ourselves never an issue only when we moved to Vienna our house was broken into

Bounce House Wrote:
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> When I moved here about two years ago, I worked
> with a realtor and looked at many areas in Ffx
> Cty. When I mentioned pimmit hills, he non
> verbally but strongly steered me away from it. It
> so close to tysons and 495, so what is undesirable
> about it?


You got f'ed by your realtor. If you had bought back then you would be laughing right now. Pimmit hills properties are selling for stupid money now. Remodel or teardown.

bearer of bad news Wrote:
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> Bounce House Wrote:
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> > When I moved here about two years ago, I worked
> > with a realtor and looked at many areas in Ffx
> > Cty. When I mentioned pimmit hills, he non
> > verbally but strongly steered me away from it.
> It
> > so close to tysons and 495, so what is
> undesirable
> > about it?
>
>
> You got f'ed by your realtor. If you had bought
> back then you would be laughing right now. Pimmit
> hills properties are selling for stupid money now.
> Remodel or teardown.

Yeah but he'd have been living in a still trashy neighborhood for the better part of a decade. Who wants that?

eesh Wrote:
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> > Where did the name come from? Whats a Pimmet
> and
> > are there hills there?
>
>
> What I hate is Kingstowne and all its pretentious
> sounding "villages." Devonshire, Eastbourne,
> Queens Court, Yorkshire, etc. This isn't fucking
> England, adding an "e" or a "shire" to a name
> doesn't make the neighborhood any better.


What the fuck is an "eesh"?

avoid pimmit hills ... i know several people there who are pimps. we used to call it primitive hills when i worked a delivery job in that area of tysons. one night on delivery a few years back person opened door and was partially covered in blood. claimed she fell in the driveway. then her pimp told her to stop talking to the delivery boy and shut the door. bitch ... next time i delivered there same dude different bitch. went on like that for a while till i told my voss id never go back. send me to fucking wolf trap instead

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>
> What the fuck is an "eesh"?


Anyone who needs a GoFundMe for more than $1 million.

I live in Pimmit Hills. I never see any pimps...just normal people. You mentioned pimps. how many other pimps did you come across?. Can't wait to hear this fake story...You are ridiculous.

Pimmit Hills is where all the Pagans biker gang members used to live. Now it's all MS-13.

That's all you got? Rednecks? LOL the critics must be from PG county or basement dwellers. Houses are being torn down by the month and re-built with custom houses. The petty crime is minimal. If you think it is redneck then you haven't been exposed much to white people besides your county jail which you were probably frisked by a person of color. Pick-up trucks cost money unlike your ATVs and tricked out low-riders while you are on gov assistance and don't pay child support. I respect people who work hard. Mostly, when there is crime it's because some criminal stole tools from one of those work vehicles. Get off your peg ass leg and get a real job. Stop stealing internet then shitting on it. PG and Hoodbridge trash.

The real reason you were steered away from Pimmit is that the houses there are older and very cheap compared with the houses available elsewhere in NOVA. The real estate folks don't want to touch them when they can make a really nice fat commission off selling the 600 grand plus mcmansions being built all over nOVA nowadays.

Next time you find such a neighborhood, check out a list of all the homes for sale there by driving through it and looking at the signs, write down the RE companies handling the sales and ask them for a tour of the ones you are interested in. Do the homework first and target your searches.

Can you buy a knockdown in Pimmitt for 600K? That sounds low.

Merion Homes has the right idea of building new homes in the Pimmit Hills area. It's such a great location not to ignore.

Pimmit has a lot going for it. School pyramid is a good one. Walking distance to nice neighborhood parks. The Tysons-Pimmit Library will soon reopen following a complete renovation. Very convenient to Rt. 7, 66, Beltway, Tysons. Nearby communities include Falls Church, McLean, Vienna.