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swampoodler t1_iwq8k2q wrote

You can literally ride it to the airport and fly somewhere more exciting.

That’s my plan!

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SuperBethesda t1_iwq8the wrote

It’s NoVa suburbs, so stations have nothing but parking lots.

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jaxs_sax t1_iwqawky wrote

I think there is a brewery next to one of the stations

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WaterBubbly t1_iwqbmvm wrote

Drinking from a bottle concealed in a paper bag

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kirkl3s t1_iwqdf1r wrote

It's all office parks, so I guess you could do stuff like innovate, collaborate, promote synergy and things like that.

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app_priori t1_iwqe8qr wrote

There are some restaurants near Ashburn's station.

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quesupo t1_iwqk1j0 wrote

The Udvar-Hazy Center is now just a short Uber or bus ride away from the Silver line.

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Adrenaline_Junkie_ t1_iwquwf9 wrote

Go to dulles airport and fly to the Bahamas and sing island boy

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iidesune t1_iwqwjyg wrote

If this counts, at Tysons there are a couple malls nearby. One of which is basically attached to the station.

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Hornerfan t1_iwqxdbu wrote

There are loads of breweries out that way (Solace, Ocelot, Old Ox, Crooked Run, Lost Rhino, Rocket Frog, Beltway, Aslin, Juicy) but most require a bus/bike/Uber to get to once you get off the train. Aslin and Juicy are by the Herndon station, the rest are out at Loudoun Gateway.

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iidesune t1_iwqy8ce wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#555,444)

Give it time. The areas near the Metro stations will develop. There are parts of DC that didn't really come alive until they built Metro stations. And that was within the city.

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-JG-77- t1_iwr93qt wrote

From innovation center you can catch a bus that takes you to the awesome Uvar Hazi branch of the air and space museum, featuring a Blackbird (fastest plane ever built), a Concorde, a real space shuttle, the Enola Gay (the plane which dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima), and much more.

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Cythrosi t1_iwr9u0q wrote

  • Reston Town Center has a shuttle bus to the main town center area, with more redevelopment coming closer to the station

  • Herndon is planning a big redevelopment of the offices north of the station to mixed use. If you're willing to walk about 15-20min along Herndon Parkway, there's a former industrial plaza turned commercial shops where you can find Weird Brothers Coffee and Wooboi Chicken, as well a few other spots.

  • Innovation Center on the south side has an Afghani restaurant as well as a Vietnamese restaurant and bar and few small shops near Icon apartments. There are 3 new mixed use developments under construction that will add more spots for bars and restaurants to that area as well

  • Dulles has planes

  • Loudoun Gateway is a park and ride/bus transfer stop surrounded by data centers and warehouses

  • Ashburn on the north side has an AMC theater, and mixed use spaces with a bunch of bars/restaurants and more development to come. Also more data centers nearby.

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Devastator1981 t1_iwrfg68 wrote

I’m just curious what is “Innovation center”?

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supercoffee1025 t1_iwrfsl9 wrote

I’m from Ashburn so I’d…visit my mom and dad 😅

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veloharris t1_iwrmxrh wrote

For cyclists it gets you to Loudon County and the glorious gravel roads.

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metrazol t1_iws7twh wrote

The Capital One office has a concert venue and a rooftop bar with bocce on top of their hotel... Wait wasn't that stop already... well...

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AmbientGravitas t1_iwsk4xx wrote

Reston Town Center station has a capital Bikeshare location, which makes it easier to get to downtown Herndon, which has a few things to do. Alas no Bikeshare station in Herndon itself, so your clock will be ticking until you get back to Reston. Hopefully Herndon will get a few Bikeshare stations…

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follybee t1_iwsxakb wrote

I’ve lived in Vienna and Reston and never found anything worth while out there, so always went closer to DC or Arlington for entertainment, where I live now.

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RoeRoeRoeYourVote t1_iwvkti3 wrote

Replying to Lightfreeflow (#567,059)

Yup. I'm hoping for some specific recs because I'm totally unfamiliar, but would like to give it a shot. I don't know which routes are going to be great or if I'm picking an area where some jerk in his emotional support truck is going to try to roll coal on me.

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