South Alexandria, Landmark/Edsall Rd, Bailey's Crossroads/Culmore, or Arlandria? (Hybla Valley: apartments, townhomes)

[Alanboy395]

Okay Northern Virginians, i have a little poll for you. Basically the four options are neighborhoods that we have told people to avoid if possible. But what if, like me, you had really no choice but to live in one of these areas? Which one would give you the least worries to move into? Before you vote i'll clarify the total area i'm talking about.

South Alexandria- No more than one mile east or west of Rt.1 south of the Beltway or North of Ft. Belvoir.

Landmark/Edsall Rd.- A box bordered by Edsall Rd to the South, Duke St to the North, 395 to the west, and Van Dorn St to the east.

Bailey's Crossroads- Along or close to Rt 7 beginning at S 28th St in Alexandria until the Rt7/Rt 50/Wilson Blvd intersection.

Arlandria- Along Mt Vernon Ave between S Glebe and W Glebe Rd.

So how about it the lesser of 4 evils and why?

As for me i currently live in the Landmark/Edsall Rd area and i choose it because you have more professionals mixed in along with the lower income people, it has great metro connections and very close to 395 AND 495, and looks somewhat nicer than the other three areas.

[pcity]

1. Landmark/Edsall
2. South Alexandria (Huntington or Belle View preferably)
3. Bailey's Crossroads (closer to 395 preferably)
4. Arlandria

I also live in the Landmark area and agree that Landmark/Edsall has a broader mix of people. Honestly, I don't think it even belongs on the list with the other 3 options which, from what I know, have a much seedier reputation than Landmark. Landmark is the only option of the four in which I would live almost anywhere within that area.

As for South Alexandria, I would have no problem living on Rt. 1 in Huntington but if I had to live further South right on Route 1 (like Hybla Valley area), this would probably be near the bottom of my list. Also, some of the neighborhoods that are justwithin 1.5 miles of Route 1 are really nice, like Belle View. If you dropped it to just a 1 mile radius, I'd have a more negative opinion of the area.

Similar for Bailey's Crossroads- I wouldn't have a problem living in, say, Skyline, but I wouldn't want to live off of Columbia Pike in that area.

Arlandria is the only one of the four that I would not want to live in, period. However, this is kind of unfair because it is the smallest of the 4 areas, so of course there will be the least variation in that area. I would not have a problem living in the surrounding areas to Arlandria (Del Ray, Parkfairfax, etc.) but would not want to live in Arlandria itself.

[Flamingo13]

I don't have time to devote to this at the moment, but I agree: Arlandria is OUT, we live in West End so not sure if you are considering that in the Landmark area? I/we feel perfectly safe here but we aren't quite as far as Edsall area so maybe it changes a bit?

[Alanboy395]

Originally Posted by Flamingo13

I don't have time to devote to this at the moment, but I agree: Arlandria is OUT, we live in West End so not sure if you are considering that in the Landmark area? I/we feel perfectly safe here but we aren't quite as far as Edsall area so maybe it changes a bit?

I think your residence is exempt. You say you live in a SFH in 22304 (from your posts) and the ones i see in the West End are a outside the area i mentioned. Landmark is mainly apartments and Townhomes same thing with Edsall Rd.

Arlandria is somwhere i think everyone can agree on is just avoidable, period.

[01va571]

Culmore is a dump. I would have to say that’s the worst, hands down.