tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post6214019996771625944..comments2024-02-29T14:00:40.184-05:00Comments on Restonian: News blog from Reston, Virginia, the mauve-colored New Town (tm): Breaking: Leighton, Collins and Knueven Elected to RA BoardRestonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15519884797760354007noreply@blogger.comBlogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-54007771585780952062010-04-15T22:15:03.722-04:002010-04-15T22:15:03.722-04:00BiCo, though I don't share your personal senti...BiCo, though I don't share your personal sentiments about the negatives, it was refreshing to hear your positives. You should incorporate these things into a compliment sandwich (lol), otherwise it just sounds like a bunch of whining that I hate hate HATE.Stevehttp://www.stevenreston.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-86002674264660718552010-04-15T13:19:32.206-04:002010-04-15T13:19:32.206-04:00Great summary BiCO, wish more would share...Great summary BiCO, wish more would share...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-56408231632159556652010-04-15T08:05:22.904-04:002010-04-15T08:05:22.904-04:00What else do I LOVE about Reston?
-Foliage. The ...What else do I LOVE about Reston?<br /><br /><br />-Foliage. The only thing in my eyes that sets Reston apart from generic and sterile suburbia is its very dense canopy of trees. When the blizzards knocked so many of them down I felt like crying because walking beneath them to get to Lake Anne on a pleasant Saturday makes me feel so inspired inside. After my suicide attempt earlier this year recently seeing the trees come back into bloom (including one very nice row of blossoming trees along North Shore Drive near Charter Oak) has made me feel much happier. I would hate to live in a nearly tree-less place like Eastern Loudoun County. <br />-Convenience. Although traffic here is very congested I can get to work in Tysons Corner in 20 minutes via Route 7 with my flexible scheduling. We're also close to Fairfax, Great Falls, and Dulles Airport. My favorite drive to destress is to take Route 50 West through the Hunt Country and Middleburg, jut up Millbrook Road just past Upperville, take 340 through Boyce, and then hook onto Route 7 in Berryville, cutting down Business Route 7 through Round Hill, Purcellville, Hamilton, and Leesburg before coming back to Reston. I appreciate having a bus here that takes us to the West Falls Church Metrorail station. I also appreciate that despite the fact that most Restonians are NIMBYs we ARE getting the Silver Line. You CAN get "there" from "here."<br />-Low crime. I feel safer living in this community of 65,000 than I did in my former community of 3,450. When I first moved here I had a police helicopter hovering over my apartment and received a notice shoved in my door jamb about a vehicular break-in spree, but property crime isn't a big deal to me. As long as I don't have to fear getting shot in a gang initiation just trying to get to Lake Anne I'm a happy camper. <br />-Potential. Overall I'm not very content with Reston right now, but I chose it over Arlington because I foresee great things on our horizon. I truly see this place becoming the "ultimate" place to live in NoVA in the coming years, and I think I'd like to be a part of that and help make it happen, even if it means making a bid MYSELF for RA in a few years when I've matured a bit more and can better understand what makes the typical Restonian "tick!" :-)Broke in Charter Oak (BiCO): Soon-to-Be "Amongst the 'Hoods in Colvin Woods"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-43308714998309460312010-04-15T08:04:05.885-04:002010-04-15T08:04:05.885-04:00What do I LOVE about Reston?
-Diversity. Reston is...What do I LOVE about Reston?<br />-Diversity. Reston is a huge melting pot of people from all over the nation and world. In my immediate apartment sub-unit I have neighbors from Oregon, California, Kentucky, Pennsylvania (myself), and I believe New Jersey. We're all college-educated professional types, but in adjoining sub-units there are working-class blue-collars, recent immigrants, and people from all other sorts of backgrounds. Most suburbs are predominantly filled with white-collar Caucasian yuppies (i.e. Ashburn). Reston is different, and I cherish that. I truly do.<br />-Liberal population. Not one person thus far has given me a hard time about my sexual orientation. I'm on the "butch" side, but I still have it public on my Facebook and will not lie to others about being of an "alternative" orientation. I don't flaunt myself and harbor a disdain for public displays of affection, but I still frequently had people back in PA who made me feel terribly for being different. In Reston it's been different. I appreciate that people here are willing to judge someone based upon more than whom they happen to love.<br />-Great worship options. My church along the Northpoint Reston and Herndon border has been a true "Welcome Wagon." I'm pretty much the only early-twenty-something single who regularly attends worship, so a lot of the middle-aged family types tend to view me as a distant adopted son of sorts. When I moved here I was invited over for dinner. I was invited to a meet-and-greet brunch. I've reciprocated by trying to reach out more to help volunteer my time and efforts. The strong church community at Good Shepherd is one of the PRIMARY motivating factors in my decision to give Reston a second chance when I was nearly ready to sign a new lease in Arlington. Joining that "flock" has taught me that not everyone in Reston is out for themselves. <br />-Great library. I volunteered my time and efforts last year to help with a volunteer book sale on behalf of the library, and I plan to also help out with the sale next week. I've never seen a community so dedicated to its library, and it has been very refreshing for me. The library itself could probably use some expansion, but it is still a very vital and very efficient part of the community.Broke in Charter Oak (BiCO): Soon-to-Be "Amongst the 'Hoods in Colvin Woods"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-63947075519495357322010-04-15T07:45:32.929-04:002010-04-15T07:45:32.929-04:00To those telling me to, more or less, "shut u...To those telling me to, more or less, "shut up or move", bear in mind that I see something in Reston called "long-term potential" that I didn't want to be entirely dismissive of. Yes, there's an apartment in Cherrydale within walking distance of the Ballston Metrorail station beckoning to me, but I DID choose Colvin Woods in the end. Why, pray tell? I'm not downright "miserable" here, and for all of the complaining I do trying to provoke thought and rile people up to question things I truly don't think this is such a terrible place in which to reside. <br /><br />What do I dislike here?<br />-The fact that people think trails are a perfect alternative to sidewalks. No. They're not. Arlington has both. Why can't we? <br />-The lack of streetlights. Aim them DOWN to mitigate light pollution and make them blend in with the foliage to mitigate the ugliness. It sucks having to use my high beams all the time to avoid the risk of hitting jaywalking deer or elderly people running amok during my pre-dawn commutes.<br />-The "poseur" scene that has been perpetuated by RTC. I want to stick my foot out and trip every spoiled 24-year-old douche from Ashburn who sits at Jackson's on a Friday night, still dressed in his Armani suit from work, bragging to chicks about his vacations to Aspen or Prague as he checks for new "apps" to buy for his iPhone and jingles the keys to the Porsche his parents bought him (but nobody is supposed to know that). LAME!<br />-The dearth of good, quality, down-to-earth, cozy, "hole-in-the-wall" joints (i.e. Jimmy's in Herndon, Auld Shebeen in Fairfax, Carpool in Ballston, etc.) for a community of 65,000. Not everyone is a Starbuck's or Cosi poseur. Even Arlington, with 71% of its residents being single (and most of them being affluent) has more variety. <br />-The traffic congestion and the fact that people think the only option to mitigate that is to widen the roads (WRONG!) L.A. has the widest roads around and STILL has the worst traffic. It's called sprawl, folks, and like it or not that's what much of our area is. I try to walk to as much as I can here and have even walked to the Northpoint Giant for groceries, but saying Reston is as walkable as Arlington is a fallacy.<br />-The dirty politics. This recent RA election has brought out the worst in people. We now have practically a half-dozen little "fiefdom" groups comprised of people pounding their chests proclaiming THEY know what's "best" for Reston and calling each other names instead of working collaboratively to move the community forward through compromise.<br />-The lack of "community." My own upstairs neighbor moved out in a rush recently without saying good-bye. I had my window rolled down as I drove slowly past another neighbor, said "How ya doin?" with a smile, and she walked right past me. For both of these people I really reached out to help them during the blizzards. Just two months later I don't exist. I try to smile and nod politely at people as I run, but most just turn away. Restonians are like self-centered zombies. Friendly to an urban New Yorker? Perhaps. Friendly to a rural Pennsylvanian? Not a shot in hell! A lot of them look at a person and think "what's in it for ME?" before agreeing to friendship. Terrible.Broke in Charter Oak (BiCO): Soon-to-Be "Amongst the 'Hoods in Colvin Woods"noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-38072825637595216822010-04-15T05:48:22.230-04:002010-04-15T05:48:22.230-04:00I don't understand, Pij. Considering the popu...I don't understand, Pij. Considering the popularity of the show here in the States, we must have a very large expat community from the isle of Lesbos. I guess it must be a source of some kind of regional pride for that neck of the Mediterranean.<br /><br />BTW, Clownie is laughing. It has accomplished its goal as a Troll. It has managed to derail the thread, managed to get people worked up with its stupidities, kept people focused on its agenda no matter how ludicrous its arguments and managed to do so without really revealing too much information about itself. Is "NIMBYism is people hating is xenophbia" really a cogent argument?The Convict in the Gulaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02530536432165645618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-10724071196069332132010-04-15T01:20:04.392-04:002010-04-15T01:20:04.392-04:009:41: You've got Koozmin's Disease: The mo...9:41: You've got Koozmin's Disease: The more you talk, the more you sabotage yourself. I say trade in your political correctness for some humanity. Learn how to laugh to heal your wounds, wounds that are only salted and deepened by your adherence to rules made by inferior minds. Laughter, as many know, is by far the best medicine, and everything can and should be laughed at. Our hero, Restonian, prepares and provides for you an original, high-grounded path towards levity. To go against that grain in the manner you've been choosing is futile, and hastens your self-destruction, by natural law.<br /><br />Laugh, goddammit, laugh, you stupid troll.Le Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160205266478196242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-14903038626317639802010-04-14T21:41:00.130-04:002010-04-14T21:41:00.130-04:00HCKD
Of course that "development" is be...HCKD<br /><br />Of course that "development" is being constructed for cows, right?<br /><br />Could you be any more intentionally obtuse.<br /><br />NIMBYism is people hating is xenophbia.<br /><br />What a maroon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-10907779437211874942010-04-14T20:20:47.998-04:002010-04-14T20:20:47.998-04:00Great news that Leighton and Kneuven were elected....Great news that Leighton and Kneuven were elected. Disappointed that Greenberg did not win, and by such a close call. I was really pulling for him from over here in Lake Anne.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-46282432299106917692010-04-14T20:18:59.086-04:002010-04-14T20:18:59.086-04:00Convict, you're being anonymist, clownist, Flo...Convict, you're being anonymist, clownist, Floridist and sociologist. Don't hate.<br /><br />But I can understand why you're a Xenaphobe. Everybody knows only lesbians like that show.Le Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160205266478196242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-82811928483598511742010-04-14T20:07:21.971-04:002010-04-14T20:07:21.971-04:00Hey, Duster, doesn't Ringling Bros run an Ass ...Hey, Duster, doesn't Ringling Bros run an Ass Clown College in Florida? I wonder whether that's where the anonymous one got its English and Sociology degrees.The Convict in the Gulaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02530536432165645618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-40111197989097000892010-04-14T18:37:47.750-04:002010-04-14T18:37:47.750-04:00Clown of the Ass:
English lesson:
Xenophobia: D...Clown of the Ass:<br /><br />English lesson: <br /><br />Xenophobia: Definition:<br /> <br />fear of foreigners: an intense fear or dislike of foreign people, their customs and culture, or foreign things.<br /><br />That is not a fear of development, or antipathy for development, or dislike of development.<br /><br />And those developments aggregated together would be massive in relation to the existing infrastructure of Reston.<br /><br />Reasonable people can disagree as to whether there should be more development. However, disagreeing with additional development especially with regard to the level of existing infrastructure and capacity of Reston is not by any stretch of the word xenophobic.HCKDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-6102223623662849082010-04-14T18:25:39.108-04:002010-04-14T18:25:39.108-04:00From my own point of view, the woods that were the...From my own point of view, the woods that were there before RTC were far more attractive than our own faux town center.<br /><br />I'm disagreeing with your understanding and your meaning of these terms. By your own lax standards, anybody who doesn't want more people living around them is a xenophobe. Anyone who is critical of homosexuals and homosexuality in any of its manifestations is a homophobe. Anybody who might joke about ethnicity or race is a bigot. Maybe in your world, Clownie, but not in mine.<br /><br />I've got a question for you. What about a person who looks at a 17 year old in their bathing suit while they're at the pool and thinks to theirself, "Gosh, if only I were 10 (or however many) years younger." Does that make them a pedophile as well, Clownie? By your lax standards, I'm guessing that would probably qualify.The Convict in the Gulaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02530536432165645618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-22553941417618216682010-04-14T17:55:14.791-04:002010-04-14T17:55:14.791-04:00HCKD
Combined those 3 don't total the square ...HCKD<br /><br />Combined those 3 don't total the square footage two blocks of RTC. Talk about histrionics. Pot meet kettle.<br /><br />You're not really questioning my understanding of the meaning of the word. You're disagreeing with my usage. <br /><br />And you'd be wrong. <br /><br />Glad you weren't around when RTC was going through the planning and zoning process. It would never have happened.<br /><br />SheeshAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-68328898720425925922010-04-14T17:41:11.495-04:002010-04-14T17:41:11.495-04:00Assclown:
The Comstock proposal, the Fairway deve...Assclown:<br /><br />The Comstock proposal, the Fairway development, the Spectrum center development aggregate together int massive development of Reston.<br /><br />And your understanding of what xenophobia means is flawed. Using it in this context is quite histrionic.<br /><br />Yes I did mean alter, Nice typo spotting there Mr. Clown.<br /><br />-HCKDHCKDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-22444426223132218602010-04-14T17:23:35.930-04:002010-04-14T17:23:35.930-04:00Steve
If you own your home, your ballot is coded ...Steve<br /><br />If you own your home, your ballot is coded to count as two votes. If you rent, the tenant get a vote and the landlord gets a vote.<br /><br />Thus you saw only one box on your ballot but it counted as two in the vote counting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-26927450817825971192010-04-14T17:20:21.614-04:002010-04-14T17:20:21.614-04:00Anon 3:26
An intense irrational fear of the "...Anon 3:26<br /><br />An intense irrational fear of the "foreigner" is an appropriate description for the NIMBYism evidenced in some of the postings in opposition to the Metro stops. In that usage, the "foreigner" is anyone who doesn't already live here. Totally appropriate usage of "xenophobia."<br /><br />HCKD<br /><br />"Massive" development? You're kidding right? How do these proposals compare to what's already authorized or built in the RTC. You meant "alter," right? You do know that Reston is already a city in every sense but political, right? Assclown that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-41300381889058799272010-04-14T17:16:46.936-04:002010-04-14T17:16:46.936-04:00Come on, people. The Restonian is viewed by many R...Come on, people. The Restonian is viewed by many Restonians now. Let us keep it civil. It takes a lot to run in an election. I think we should be thankful that we had so many running. And I am with Broke in Charter Oak, more should have voted!! And I am not anonymous. jnorton720JoAnne Nortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704231639523197827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-40090850793893925752010-04-14T15:34:42.766-04:002010-04-14T15:34:42.766-04:001:58 Ask not for whom the troll trolls because the...1:58 Ask not for whom the troll trolls because the troll is thee.<br /><br />Zero growth = xenophobia? <br />Bullshit on you. One does not have to hate/fear people of differing cultures and races to not want thier community to become changed from massive developments which altar the character of the "town".<br /><br />Ha that rhymes with ass-clown which is what you are.<br /><br />Trollish ass clown.HCKDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-75360253282046865582010-04-14T15:26:30.713-04:002010-04-14T15:26:30.713-04:001:46, Do you know what the word "xenophobia&q...1:46, Do you know what the word "xenophobia" even means?? Totally inappropriate word choice here. Makes no sense at all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-76421919418598026912010-04-14T15:09:22.799-04:002010-04-14T15:09:22.799-04:00Each household gets two votes? We only got one.Each household gets two votes? We only got one.Stevehttp://www.stevenreston.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-58750742875161316502010-04-14T14:03:43.646-04:002010-04-14T14:03:43.646-04:00SBC was two votes (one household) away from a swee...SBC was two votes (one household) away from a sweep.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-64157207973106996002010-04-14T13:58:45.994-04:002010-04-14T13:58:45.994-04:00Lepigeon
are you trolling; are you trying to make...Lepigeon<br /><br />are you trolling; are you trying to make a point;or are you, like your namesake, (snark) a rat with wings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-16798421680992776702010-04-14T13:54:30.841-04:002010-04-14T13:54:30.841-04:00Now you're stretching, 1:46. And I don't m...Now you're stretching, 1:46. And I don't mean that in the fatphobic sense.Le Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14160205266478196242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6412900754136064810.post-10246753789772317342010-04-14T13:46:09.990-04:002010-04-14T13:46:09.990-04:00Convict
bigotry takes many forms. Homophobia is b...Convict<br /><br />bigotry takes many forms. Homophobia is bigotry.<br /><br />No growthers are xenophobesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com