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RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: gabydamage ()
Date: August 07, 2008 01:17PM

Just wondering if you all have thoughts about living in Springfield; I am thinking of purchasing a house there (I currently live in Fairfax). Any thoughts would be helpful, i.e. good things vs. bad things about Springfield. Ok, thanks. I have done searches for specific streets on the "Arrest/Ticket Search", but would still like to hear from people who actually live there.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/07/2008 01:19PM by gabydamage.

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Living in Springfield...
Posted by: jhey ()
Date: August 07, 2008 02:13PM

♫ Springfield, Springfield: it's a hell of a town! ♫


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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: gabydamage ()
Date: August 07, 2008 02:20PM

LOL....thanks for the laugh! But, seriously.....any input would be helpful...

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: ps ()
Date: August 07, 2008 02:56PM

Go by the top 10 schools in Fairfax County. There are several schools in the Springfield area. Lake Braddock and West Sprinfield are good.

If you google the top schools in the US. US News has an annual report of the top 1400 schools in the US.

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: gabydamage ()
Date: August 07, 2008 05:09PM

Well, I don't have kids, but good to know when that time rolls around.....i've read a bunch of horrible crap regarding the "Thugfield" Mall....thugs, illegals, etc. Anything else?

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: spartan ()
Date: August 14, 2008 06:39AM

22152 and 22153 are West Springfield which does not necessarily mean WSHS. If you want a home in WSHS district, roughly easternmost street is Greeley and OKM, most southern is FFXCO Pkwy, westernmost Orange Hunt neighborhood, and northern would be Cardinal Forest.

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: gabydamage ()
Date: August 16, 2008 11:18AM

Thanks for the info, but I'm trying to live within a 2 mile walk to the Franconia/Springfield Metro. The area seems nice....lot of new construction and shops/restaraunts. The zip code I'm looking at is mainly 22150...suppose it's East Springfield??



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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: gabydamage ()
Date: August 21, 2008 02:28PM

WEll, hopefully I will find a house in Springfield within the next few months. It's gotta be better than fairfax....in terms of the pretentious people...and gonna live within walking distance to the metro so i can go to dc anytime i want.

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: Wrinkle ()
Date: August 21, 2008 06:21PM

Go careful in the area immediately adjacent to the metro -- it really isn't particularly good. We almost bought a house there and we're glad we didn't. You have to be very much location-specific in Springfield. As spartan said, go a little ways up the parkway to 22152/22153 (Cardinal Forest, Rolling Forest, Daventry, etc). Very good neighborhoods and only a few mins drive/cycle to metro. Of course, you'll pay a little extra but there are some great bargains available at the mo.

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: Bernadette ()
Date: August 29, 2008 10:58AM

Daventry neighborhood is really pretty BUT it is in the Lee High School boundary instead of West Springfield. People move out when their kids approach 9th grade.

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: 1958jat ()
Date: September 19, 2008 03:09PM

RUN - run as fast as you can!!!!!! in the opposite direction!!!!!

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: TJ ()
Date: October 21, 2008 08:36AM

the area you're talking about is considered Kingstowne. while part of springfield...it borders Alexandria anzd is called Franconia as well.

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: Ay yo ()
Date: November 24, 2008 12:09AM

DO NOT COME TO FAIRFAX COUNTY

YOU WILL FIND YOUR LIFE EMPTY

CONSUMERS CONSUMING

PEOPLE COMPARING themselves to eachother
CONSTANTLY

Take his advice, and run!

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: dutch claiborne ()
Date: March 20, 2010 12:38PM

Bernadette Wrote:
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> Daventry neighborhood is really pretty BUT it is
> in the Lee High School boundary instead of West
> Springfield. People move out when their kids
> approach 9th grade.


and we cal those people stuck up white douchebags who think their kid is better than everyone else when in fact they did not get into TJ

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: Piggy ()
Date: March 21, 2010 10:56AM

I am still trying to find where the Simpson's live and Moe's Tavern.

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: smokey ()
Date: March 23, 2010 10:45PM

Steer clear of the tire fire.

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Re: RE: Living in Springfield...
Posted by: cartographer ()
Date: March 23, 2010 10:48PM

Piggy Wrote:
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> I am still trying to find where the Simpson's live
> and Moe's Tavern.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://adn.blam.be/springfield/img/springfield_anim2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://adn.blam.be/springfield/&usg=__vpXFvAyBJA9sW-kCWtRt_i5xquw=&h=384&w=512&sz=58&hl=en&start=5&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=w-dHc1Dx01MGNM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=131&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmap%2Bof%2Bspringfield%2Bsimpsons%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26tbs%3Disch:1

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