Chantilly Question

[Candicem]

we are in Leesburg now. I love it here! Just moved out here in January.

[hilsmom]

Oh, I love Leesburg! If it made any sense for us, we'd move there in a heartbeat. I have a thing for historic towns.

Sadly, where we are currently no longer really makes sense (my husband now works in stafford county), but we also don't want to move. We are happy with the amenities we have near us now and that we can walk so many places from our house. And we prefer Fairfax to Stafford overall.

Glad you're happier where you are now.

[qtbrye]

Hi Greenbriar neighbor

Are you sure that the police choppers are looking for criminals? I do know that down West Ox Rd. across from the Costco is an active heli-pad and choppers take off and land there ALL the time (night and day).

Originally Posted by hilsmom

it depends what area of Fairfax Chantilly. I think Candicem is referring to the apartments and townhouses near that shopping center? I don't know about crime stats in the brookfield single family home neighborhood itself that surrounds it, but I do have friends that live there and are happy.

There are many nice neighborhoods in fairfax chantilly. I also live in Greenbriar - we occasionally have the police chopper over our hood (always seems to be people running from the shopping center or dumb kids trying to outrun the cops by running into the park that runs through the center of our hood), but I've really only heard of very small things happening in the neighborhood itself. There were a couple break-ins that turned out to be stupid teens going through open garage windows. Close windows and lock your doors - it's common sense, you know? And then we had a couple of those pellet gun incidents (car windows getting shot out) that were happening here and in centreville.

Most of the single family home communities are pretty nice.

[hilsmom]

Originally Posted by qtbrye

Hi Greenbriar neighbor

Are you sure that the police choppers are looking for criminals? I do know that down West Ox Rd. across from the Costco is an active heli-pad and choppers take off and land there ALL the time (night and day).

they aren't always. There is also the hospital nearby.

There are times though when they circle overhead for quite a while. A few of our neighbors have police scanners and report on the neighborhood Facebook page when we all start to wonder about the circling choppers.

[FCNova]

Originally Posted by Candicem

hilsmom, yes, we used to live in the brookleigh townhomes behind the staples. We were right next to the larger single family homes that are back there. One of my neighbors there had just gotten out of jail twice and the cops were there weekly. Another neighbor had a safe house. I'm glad to be out of there!

The apartments and townhouses directly around that shopping center do look a little rough. I grew up in a SFH nearby though in Brookfield and my neighborhood was great. Pretty much all the surrounding neighborhoods were. I used to ride my bike to the shopping center with friends and never had issues. It was 20 years ago so maybe I wouldn't let my kids ride their bikes that far alone anymore but I really did like growing up in Chantilly. I'd move back out there in a heartbeat if I could actually find a job where it wouldn't be a brutal commute.