> Oh I didn't live there, I just worked there. I lived in > Frederick County, Maryland, which was quite a bit better of a > place to live than in Reston. I agree, those laws are quite > a bit uptight -- no place should have obnoxious zoning like > that. But the area is pretty clean, seems to not have much > of a crime rate, and has decent roads and places to eat. A > good place to work, but I'd live in Frederick, MD any day over Reston.
But the commute from Frederick to Reston is horrendous! Reston Town Center is a nice environment once you get there. The problem is that the place is traffic-strangled. The local roads cannot handle the traffic problem already, and more and more giagantic buildings are constantly being built. As for the laws quoted above (painting houses, etc), *lots* of developments have homeowner associations that impose these kinds of regulations. These associations are quasi-governments (you *must* belong, you *must* pay the fee) that don't operate like governments (membership - and votes - go to owners, not residents, and are sometimes weighted by size or cost of property owned). Lots of people get *extremely* angry at them, but you usually lose a fight against them. -- Tim Slattery [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
