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We lived in Fairfax for 5 years and moved to California, I missed Fairfax a lot! It’s so cozy and beautiful small town, and yet very modern with lots of places for shopping and not getting bored.
Lived there most of my life.....some things he HASN'T told you....you need to be making at least $100 thousand a year to live comfortably and own a home. Also, there are no "short trips". All trips to shopping etc, plan on an all day drive. Traffic is HORRIBLE and crime is getting close to that level, although its not as bad as some other areas of Fairfax County.
This video is so informative, I love it man keep the great content, I am trying to move from Florida to Fairfax and I am very concerned about the weather, do you remember how hard was it to adjust from the tropical weather of Florida to the mountain weather of Virginia?
Hi Jose Miguel, I lived in Jacksonville when I was in Florida and it got pretty cold there during the winter. So it was an easy adjustment. But if your coming from South Florida or Central Florida It will be a harder adjustment. Why are you trying to move to Virginia?
I used to live in Old town Fairfax. It’s expensive and you’ll get what you are paying for. Also, GMU isn’t all that anymore because they started to accepted just anyone who wants to attend there even they have poor GPA from HS. Admission office has changed for the last two years and school curriculum is not what it used to be.
No one should be that happy. Everything he said is spot on, however he left out one major item. Traffic. D.C. Metro/N. Virginia is in the top 5 most congested areas in the United States. If your coming from the mid west, or small rural areas of the country, you really have no idea what this means. No, seriously, you don't have a clue. Driving in the Tysons corner area in Fairfax, or the Springfield area in Fairfax, prepare to sit for hours getting to your destination. This is not an exaggeration. Winter snows, or just rain can and will crush your soul harder then Satan himself. It's a wonderful (and expensive) place to live, but there is a price.
Any reviews on prince William county? I like Loudoun but might be out of my budget and noticed prince William is a little more affordable...moving from Southern California
Moving from SOCAL, thats Awsome! No prince william videos as of yet but I have some planned for the future. Email me your moving goals and I can help you out with some more info on Prince William County. davemass2@gmail.com
Thanks for watching my channel. I did a video on housing cost in Fairfax >>> th-cam.com/video/g6Wpe-KZsBY/w-d-xo.html I dont talk about rental prices because there all over the place. A great resource to look up rentals is Zillow.com and hotpads.com
Thank you for all these videos. I've lived all over the DMV but Leesburg is my home, even though I moved out in 92 when I was a kid. I visit every once in awhile and would love to move back but the wife wouldn't (she's a Cali girl). When I lived in Leesburg, I lived across from the Tally Ho in downtown (I believe it's a Remax office now). I just wanted to say thank you. I miss my old stomping grounds and it's good to see it.
I agree. I was looking at new construction townhomes in Fairfax a couple of years ago and it was in the $500-600k for small 2-3br. Now it seems like they have jumped to $800k+.
If people really repped Fairfax as the independent country it is and stop trying to make them towns like McLean and Tyson as independent cities which it's not cause VA counties are basically independent cities so to the fast no independent cities belong to any county Fairfax would be known more world wide is bigger than va Beach with 1.2 million makes it a major city honestly bigger than DC and bmore Fairfax deserves way more respect as far as being a large jurisdiction it's a independent county like Arlington which they'll call a city but keep breaking Fairfax down like the cities are different zones or jurisdictions which they're not and Fairfax is huge and should be called Fairfax county and just that and stop breaking it down all the world can know all them unknown areas are all apart of a huge very known area and watch how much Fairfax really explode with popularity and more fame as a area
I can recommend living in Fairfax County but I would not recommend living in Fairfax City. I grew up there. I have 35 years of experience living there. It is a small snobbish town that is stringently regulated. The people that run this city don't like low or even middle income people. They want only wealthy high income residents. Also, nobody in the surrounding areas goes to Fairfax City when they wanna go out and have fun. If you wanna go out to a fun place to eat and have a few drinks Fairfax City is not the place to go. Options in the city are too limited. Its boring. There is a large elderly population in Fairfax City. Their idea of having fun and mine are not the same thing. The city also has these parking enforcement people that drive around and walk around neighborhoods slapping tickets on vehicles for anything they can find. It feels creepy having these people stalk you. Sometimes someone will have their tags or inspection stickers expire because something came up and they were delayed maybe a week before they could take care of it. As soon as one of those things expire a police officer or parking enforcement will be there to slap a ticket on your windshield. Im talking ONE DAY after something expires. 4:40
Please make a video on school ratings . What is the rating of fairfax high school and kathrine middle school which was before know as Lanier middle school .
The lies told in this video. The food is overpriced garbage. The Ruth’s Chris is god awful they can’t even cook a steak properly. You ask for medium, you get raw, purple, still moving.
Very expensive and overpriced place to live. A single person should at least make 3,000$(net) a month to make the ends meet. One bedroom appartment/condo starts at 1500$(utility is not included.) Then, majority of rental properties have very high annual income requirements, like 60,000$. So, even if you can afford to pay rent, you might not be accepted. The rental agreemens are drafted in the absolute favor of landlords. Theoretically there are number of housing programs in Fairfax county. Yet, practically it is very hard to impossible to get reasonable assistance. I spent days on figuring out how the rental or housing aid works. All I learnt there are long waiting lists or no even wating lists since no units are available. There are jobs in the are. Don't be naive falks! There is high competition on a job market. I love Fairfax county. But, I am very frustrated as an everage working person even with education and experience can easily get to the point of bare surviving. And that is not fair.
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We lived in Fairfax for 5 years and moved to California, I missed Fairfax a lot! It’s so cozy and beautiful small town, and yet very modern with lots of places for shopping and not getting bored.
Great insight of Fairfax. I like that your going into new areas In Northern Virginia
I lived in this beautiful fairfax city 2016 and have sweet memories .....truly awesome place..
Very nice! I lived in FairFax City by George Mason for many years in the 2000s
Lived there most of my life.....some things he HASN'T told you....you need to be making at least $100 thousand a year to live comfortably and own a home. Also, there are no "short trips". All trips to shopping etc, plan on an all day drive. Traffic is HORRIBLE and crime is getting close to that level, although its not as bad as some other areas of Fairfax County.
not to mention the police here are major dickwads who will not lose any sleep after fucking your life over
Said nobody
Hi David, thank you for this great video, it is very well explained !
Thanks for watching! Fairfax is a great area.
This video is so informative, I love it man keep the great content, I am trying to move from Florida to Fairfax and I am very concerned about the weather, do you remember how hard was it to adjust from the tropical weather of Florida to the mountain weather of Virginia?
Hi Jose Miguel, I lived in Jacksonville when I was in Florida and it got pretty cold there during the winter. So it was an easy adjustment. But if your coming from South Florida or Central Florida It will be a harder adjustment. Why are you trying to move to Virginia?
One of my favorite things about NoVA in general is that we have a Microcenter. If we didn’t I’d have to go to Best Buy for my PC parts lol
Love your videos! So informative.
Thanks so much!
I used to live in Old town Fairfax. It’s expensive and you’ll get what you are paying for. Also, GMU isn’t all that anymore because they started to accepted just anyone who wants to attend there even they have poor GPA from HS. Admission office has changed for the last two years and school curriculum is not what it used to be.
I got an admit from it. Should I prefer it? or not?
@@villurignanesh8458 Nah, go to NOVA Annandale, aka Turnpike Tech. "Home of the Fighting Matriculators"
GMU was NEVER "all that", c'mon, we used to call it Robinson Secondary Part 2
No one should be that happy. Everything he said is spot on, however he left out one major item. Traffic. D.C. Metro/N. Virginia is in the top 5 most congested areas in the United States. If your coming from the mid west, or small rural areas of the country, you really have no idea what this means. No, seriously, you don't have a clue. Driving in the Tysons corner area in Fairfax, or the Springfield area in Fairfax, prepare to sit for hours getting to your destination. This is not an exaggeration. Winter snows, or just rain can and will crush your soul harder then Satan himself. It's a wonderful (and expensive) place to live, but there is a price.
Great video !!! ...
I appreciate that!
Any reviews on prince William county? I like Loudoun but might be out of my budget and noticed prince William is a little more affordable...moving from Southern California
Moving from SOCAL, thats Awsome! No prince william videos as of yet but I have some planned for the future. Email me your moving goals and I can help you out with some more info on Prince William County. davemass2@gmail.com
@@LivinginNorthernVirginia will do thank you so much !
@Arturo, check out Potomac Shores in Dumfries. I lived in Irvine, CA up until a year ago myself.
From SUDAN 🇸🇩 (Africa).
soon I'll be in Fairfax VA.
Next video please try to review the cost of housing (rent or owning)
Thanks for watching my channel. I did a video on housing cost in Fairfax >>> th-cam.com/video/g6Wpe-KZsBY/w-d-xo.html I dont talk about rental prices because there all over the place. A great resource to look up rentals is Zillow.com and hotpads.com
Thank you for recommendations
Thank you for all these videos. I've lived all over the DMV but Leesburg is my home, even though I moved out in 92 when I was a kid. I visit every once in awhile and would love to move back but the wife wouldn't (she's a Cali girl). When I lived in Leesburg, I lived across from the Tally Ho in downtown (I believe it's a Remax office now). I just wanted to say thank you. I miss my old stomping grounds and it's good to see it.
Hi Benjamin, I appreciate you watching my videos. Who knows maybe one day you will move back:)
Here's to hoping. If I do I'll give you a holler.
Over priced homes. Townhomes are about 500k.
Homes here cost as much as in Cali.
I agree. I was looking at new construction townhomes in Fairfax a couple of years ago and it was in the $500-600k for small 2-3br. Now it seems like they have jumped to $800k+.
If people really repped Fairfax as the independent country it is and stop trying to make them towns like McLean and Tyson as independent cities which it's not cause VA counties are basically independent cities so to the fast no independent cities belong to any county Fairfax would be known more world wide is bigger than va Beach with 1.2 million makes it a major city honestly bigger than DC and bmore Fairfax deserves way more respect as far as being a large jurisdiction it's a independent county like Arlington which they'll call a city but keep breaking Fairfax down like the cities are different zones or jurisdictions which they're not and Fairfax is huge and should be called Fairfax county and just that and stop breaking it down all the world can know all them unknown areas are all apart of a huge very known area and watch how much Fairfax really explode with popularity and more fame as a area
I live inside Fairfax corner in the apartments, it's pretty nice being in walking distance to a lot of things
Fairfax Corner is awesome. I used to go there a lot for happy hour and dinner when I lived in Fairfax.
Imagine paying $500k for a rambler….yes that is Fairfax in a nutshell
I can recommend living in Fairfax County but I would not recommend living in Fairfax City. I grew up there. I have 35 years of experience living there. It is a small snobbish town that is stringently regulated. The people that run this city don't like low or even middle income people. They want only wealthy high income residents. Also, nobody in the surrounding areas goes to Fairfax City when they wanna go out and have fun. If you wanna go out to a fun place to eat and have a few drinks Fairfax City is not the place to go. Options in the city are too limited. Its boring. There is a large elderly population in Fairfax City. Their idea of having fun and mine are not the same thing. The city also has these parking enforcement people that drive around and walk around neighborhoods slapping tickets on vehicles for anything they can find. It feels creepy having these people stalk you.
Sometimes someone will have their tags or inspection stickers expire because something came up and they were delayed maybe a week before they could take care of it. As soon as one of those things expire a police officer or parking enforcement will be there to slap a ticket on your windshield. Im talking ONE DAY after something expires. 4:40
Please make a video on school ratings . What is the rating of fairfax high school and kathrine middle school which was before know as Lanier middle school .
Also HIGHER TAXES 😩
he make it seem like fairfax is just the small town of fairfax no fairfax is a large big county fairfax county virginia is almost all of NOVA lol
Where BMW’s have been replaced with Teslas in the contest of “biggest douches with no turn signals.”
The lies told in this video. The food is overpriced garbage. The Ruth’s Chris is god awful they can’t even cook a steak properly. You ask for medium, you get raw, purple, still moving.
And Arties burned down. This d-bag is a meatwhistle, probably a GAR implant
Very expensive and overpriced place to live. A single person should at least make 3,000$(net) a month to make the ends meet. One bedroom appartment/condo starts at 1500$(utility is not included.) Then, majority of rental properties have very high annual income requirements, like 60,000$. So, even if you can afford to pay rent, you might not be accepted. The rental agreemens are drafted in the absolute favor of landlords. Theoretically there are number of housing programs in Fairfax county. Yet, practically it is very hard to impossible to get reasonable assistance. I spent days on figuring out how the rental or housing aid works. All I learnt there are long waiting lists or no even wating lists since no units are available. There are jobs in the are. Don't be naive falks! There is high competition on a job market. I love Fairfax county. But, I am very frustrated as an everage working person even with education and experience can easily get to the point of bare surviving. And that is not fair.
5:45 - Looks like one zero is missing ...
Good eye. I need to start wearing my glasses when I edit my videos lol.
thats where I live 😀
Awesome. I lived in Fairfax for 10+ years
This guy is not representing the truth. He is 'embellishing'. Especially with that background bozo music..
How long have you lived on Fairfax for?
@@LivinginNorthernVirginia Since long before you were born.
Music TOO loud
Your right. Ill make sure moving forward its not that loud. Thanks for watching