I've begun my first Nextdoor argument over an apartment complex right next to the Silver Line Metro station in Reston, VA, where most people seem to think there shouldn't be anything?
@ad_mastro Even the initial ads for Reston promised 75,000 residents, vs the 61,000 who live there today. Its founder understood: fairfaxtimes.com/articles/bob-s…
@amandakhurley @paytonchung Several people said "would Bob Simon approve of this?" Uh, the first thing they built was a brutalist tower! Do you really think he'd oppose density around a major transit hub?
@h_thoreson @ad_mastro @amandakhurley @paytonchung Yikes, that is weird. I have lived in #Reston for 25 years and love walking trails all the time. Have not encountered any window/broom bashers. Was it at Lake Anne? I do not walk as much around there. 🤣
@CharlesMcCool @h_thoreson @amandakhurley @paytonchung It's funny because the anti-apartment people somehow seem to also like Lake Anne, whose centerpiece is a brutalist tower that was put up in what was originally the middle of nowhere
@h_thoreson @ad_mastro @amandakhurley @paytonchung It has livened up much. @lakeannebrew is one highlight.