Originally Posted by
gnaget
A nice thing about Rosslyn is also that you can easily hop on the GW Parkway to go to McLean and there won't be any traffic during rush hour. On I-66 there is reverse commuter congestion.
But Court House is like less than a 15 min walk from Rosslyn.
One general comment about Rosslyn-Clarendon is that it was historically not an upscale area so there are still some very nasty legacy apartments. They won't be cheap necessarily. I think there is still a "welfare client" Motor Inn on Wilson or Clarendon.
The whole Rosslyn to Ballston stretch was historically not an upscale area, although Rosslyn's buildings used to have significantly higher rents than comparable buildings along the Courthouse-Ballston stretch until around ten years ago. Even 15 years ago, the better buildings in Rosslyn used to have higher rental prices per square foot than most of the comparable buildings on Mass Ave NW in DC or anywhere along the Courthouse-Ballston stretch.
Rosslyn is relatively deserted compared to Courthouse-Clarendon, but the area is still safe and has some very decent buildings. And the Rosslyn area has worked out better for me than Courthouse/Clarendon, especially if driving out "deeper into Virginia" during rush hour is involved.
I've not seen any "welfare client" motel on Wilson or Clarendon in Rosslyn in a long time, unless Hyatt and the Courtyard Marriott have suddenly been reclassified.
