Good & Cheap Apartments in Fairfax-ish?

[D_Eclipse9916]

I don't mind a bit longer commute. I think Fairfax is sort of splitting the difference... Arlington (from what I've seen so far) is too expensive for our budgets. I used to live in Herndon and much of the area there is just a dump. If anyone knows Alabama Drive you know what I mean. Reston has potential, haven't searched there yet.

The problem with Fairfax is you're going to have to deal with Route 50, which is a bitch. You're better off trying to stay around 267, so you can quickly get east/west. Reston, Wolf Trap, Vienna and maybe even Tysons are likely better commutes than Fairfax.

Have to agree, going from tysons to reston took me 15 minutes cause it was counter-commute everyday. Fairfax is a nightmare either way. For where your working and your needs, id keep it around the Reston and Centreville areas. Any apartment within walking distance of the metro is going to be VERY expensive and most likely a bitch with parking. (as people like to try to find cheap parking to park instead of at the metro which is $4.50 a day.