The gorgeous view of Tyson’s corner, Virginia from the top floor of MITRE.

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Dead shopping malls and empty corporate offices encircled by a loop that is either doing 85 or 15 mph?

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Not sure how it is gorgeous!!!!

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Are concrete jungles with no spectacular architecture sprinkled with bits of greenery gorgeous now?

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Absolutely absurd how much that place has changed over the past decade. It's mostly unrecognizable, especially what Capital One has become.

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Miserable concrete jungle

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Clear sunny sky yeah. I'm looking at the brighter side (literally), but besides that no landscaped beauty to be adored

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Landscaped != Landscape

In the 70s my wife's grandfather was looking to invest in real estate and was entertaining two options: a new high rise development in Dallas, TX or some farmland outside Vienna, VA. Dallas was seeing a spike in growth and so he went that direction vs. buying massive tracks of land which eventually became Tysons Coener. Oh well! 🤷🏼‍♂️

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I live in the DC area and I absolutely hate Northern VA. If I wanted to live in soulless and moneyed suburbs I'd move back to the southeast and enjoy the lower cost of living. No problems with people in NOVA, and I'm from the southeast so I'm not some sort of ivory tower elitist, but I cannot believe how much money people pay to live there... It reminds me of every suburb everywhere. It's a great example of "this place wouldn't even be remotely desirable if people didn't have to live here because of jobs."

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Yeah, but what's $1mm in Nova you can get in Tennessee, or Georgia, or whatever for cheaper. It's absolutely more expensive than it was in the past, but if you don't have to live there for your job there's literally nothing distinguishing about it. America has been totally captivated by this "good schools" narrative that if you ask me doesn't mean shit. If you have money there's good schools everywhere.

I love how no matter what is posted on this app, the comments always critique it fervently. 😆🙄🙄🙄🙄

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Lol not true, you posted a picture of office buildings and cement, did you really think you were gonna get a lot of support?

It’s a gorgeous view but still Tyson’s.

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Nothing gorgeous

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