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Originally Posted by DC Oldtimer
It's difficult to comment without more specific information. But if I had to make a decision based solely on what you've told me, I would say that Merrifield is a better choice. The Little River/Backlick area is in the Annandale High School district. Although I always stress to people that all Fairfax County schools are good, this is not one of the more highly regarded ones. So home in a district that is more highly regarded is more likely to be a good investment.
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I would agree with you - but for different reasons.
Merrifield (around Inova) strikes me as a better investment because it's closer to Tysons - which is also an employment center - and the area around Gallows Road and Lee Highway has been getting nicer and is still being redeveloped. The Backlick/Wilburdale area inside the Beltway seems a bit older and I'm not aware of similar plans to spruce it up.
You mentioned that the Little River/Backlick area feeds into Annandale High. I'm not sure if the local high schools were a consideration for the OP - but the townhouses on Gallows Road near the hospital are part of the Falls Church High School district. There's really not a big difference in the reputations or test scores of the two schools. Annandale does have more students (around 2500 vs. 1400 at Falls Church), but there's a good chance the School Board will finally redistrict some Annandale students to Falls Church and/or Stuart - which should have happened years ago - within the next year or so.