Comments on Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Flashback Monday: Right Idea, Wrong Order

I think it was built too quickly - I think the inf...

2009-12-17T12:14:20.116-05:00

I think it was built too quickly - I think the infrastructure could not keep up with the pace of sales and as a result the design standards were lowered to attract a larger market. Also forced the management to transfer to several developers who watered down the original vision. Typical contemporary real estate development as opposed to town planning.

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Actually Reston's Dear Leader says it was neve...

2009-12-16T13:49:59.073-05:00

Actually Reston's Dear Leader says it was never built to its full potential and should've been bigger. His original plan called for a population of 80,000, which is still 20K short of where Reston is now. Metro will change that though.

Interesting, I did not know all those homes were b...

2009-12-14T11:48:35.270-05:00

Interesting, I did not know all those homes were built in the 60's. Great idea but Reston overbuilt way to quickly.