Re: Full of white conservative..
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I had to move
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Date: August 21, 2011 08:21AM
We had to move from Centreville a few years back after living there for longer than 10 years. Seeing the large population of illegals was horrible - especially when the ghetto apartments were still occupied across from the library. You'd see illegals buying cases of Corona on the weekends and walking home to their apartments, where they'd drink and hang out the window.
In the early-90s, Centreville was a great place to live and raise a family. Then, it started to get diverse really quick. Please keep in mind, I'm not opposing diversity. But, the quality and low education of the people and students really put a burden on the school system in that area. Plus, neighborhoods really started to decline with all of the rental properties, which were owned by landlords and then occupied by many individuals or families.
And, yes, Centreville can be a bit superficial at times - much like the rest of Northern Virginia. However, in Centreville, this can be especially true of the citizens of Virginia Run. They've always carried themselves with their noses up in the air. To me, this was a bit hard to understand because VA Run is an "aged" community - the houses are now well over 20 years old and some of the initial appeal of the community should have rubbed off, but apparently, it hasn't.
Me? I just wanted to be my old humble self. I've always wanted to work hard for me and my family. It just felt that when I was living in Centreville, my quality of life was slowly being taken away from me. The populations of illegals and other immigrants meant that the children and students would have their certain click groups. It was hard for many children to make friends. Once I (we) moved, those issues really disappeared and we were able to experience a quality of life that we hadn't felt in many years.