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Originally posted by VaSteve
Columbia pike isn't great either. wludavid even those neighborhoods along the bike trail near 395 in alexandria have gang tags and such. (Near that Old Safeway that's now + $ Imports (or whatever it's called). )
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Select Auto Imports by the Van Dorn metro? No, that's not a great area on the whole, but there are some nice neighborhoods not too far away.
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I would find yourself a condo in the ballston/clarendon area rather than try and stick it out in an apt where you're looking. Or you could try renting a condo on Fairlington/Shirlington/Park Fairfax. Those areas are OK - though the bangers occasionally steal radios (mine!) or whole cars.
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The I-66 corridor has some nice places. Courthouse, Ballston, Clarendon, etc. I live in Fairlingon - it's a nice safe place, but no garages.
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I'd also stay away from the places along 395 as well like near Landmark Mall. Hell the gangs are out chopping off hands with Machetes in Landmark and even out in Fairfax. Then you have the shootings in the pool halls near GMU.  Even Manassas for ****'s sake! Funny thing though, Pimmit HIlls on ry 7 used you have motorcycle gangs in the 1970's - those a half million houses now (when they're not tear down property for a McMansion).
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Stop trying to panic this guy! You're not going to find someplace that totally free of crime. Ain't gonna happen. So you've just got to play the odds. Most of Alexandria (the city and the area of fairfax county with the mailing address "alexandria" are quiet and safe, with only the rt 1 corridor as the exception. However, when you get here and look at the rt 1 corridor, it won't be a surprise to you that they are low income high crime areas.
Oh and Steve, a half million dollar house out Rt 7? I think 500k buys you about 1000 sq ft. Maybe less.
