Reston, Virginia... a town created by Robert E. Simon (thus RES-ton). A large planned community of single family homes, townhouse clusters, apartments, condos, schools, churches, and businesses, and lots and lots of natural areas. Reston was the third town/city in the U.S. to become certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a Backyard Habitat.
Reston... a very expensive, but nice place to live... nice, that is, if you can live with all the rules and regulations the Association throws at you... but Reston has a stain on it's pristine reputation... Anyone ever hear of the book,
"The Hot Zone" ? Yep, Reston is where the monkey house was where Ebola broke out... Oh, but don't worry, that building is long gone and the last scattered bricks were removed in 2000 so that the children at the daycare center that is now there wouldn't trip over them...
Heidi