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Originally Posted by LA21st
I lived in Reston. Nobody considers or called Tysons or Rosslyn downtown. Hell, people in Fairfax think anything in DC is "downtown" because Fairfax county is so suburban.
Rosslyn is tiny btw. Why would anyone consider that downtown? Tysons as Fairfax County's downtown? Sure. But I don't know anyone who refers to it like that. It's still unwalkable, office park hell.
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Because it's the tallest neighborhood in a metro area best known for being an amorphous blob of non-descript low-rise buildings?
I doubt most Washingtonians could even name where Downtown is. Officially, it's the section between the White House and Capitol, but most people would just call that Chinatown/Penn Quarter/Federal Triangle. Some might even say Farragut Square, which is actually in Golden Triangle. I can't recall anyone ever even saying to me "let's go Downtown."
And there's really nothing to draw anyone to the area, unless your idea of a good time is getting screamed at by mentally ill Green Line homeless in Chinatown. Which is precisely why so much corporate growth is in Alexandria/Arlington/Tysons.
I do agree that Tysons is a hellscape and extremely hodgepodge as a business district, but it's also the fastest growing skyline in the metro area, with 4 metro stations now, and the tallest building in the metro area. It's essentially a Houston Uptown or Atlanta Midtown scenario.
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