Talk:South Riding, Virginia

If South Riding is in Chantilly, and Chantilly is in Fairfax County, how is South Riding in Loudon County? I also don't understand why South Riding has its own zip code, 20152, when Chantilly's zip code is 20151. I guess SR is something unique, because most communities don't have their own zip codes. Does this mean SR will eventually become a city (or town, or whatever the technical term is) like Chantilly? I think the answers to these questions would benefit the article. If someone knows the answers, I'd like to know them too. Stiles 02:14, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

• South Riding is in Chantilly because 20152 is in Chantilly. SR will probably eventually receive a permanent mailing address soon though, because most people in the 20152 zip code live in South Riding. So, 20152 may soon be South Riding, Virginia by default by the Postal Service rather than Chantilly. Similar things have happened with Reston and McLean in the past, so South Riding should too.20176 18:16, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

20152 is Chantilly, VA that part of Chantilly that is located in Loudoun County, not all of Chantilly if located in Fairfax. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.18.107.154 (talk) 05:58, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

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use of advertisement as source

The demographic figures cited in the advertisement are not close to the US Census figures (looking in quickfacts). TEDickey (talk) 09:49, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

I don't believe the Loudoun Times-Mirror page in question is an advertisement, but it is clearly not an article. It reads like boosterism, but the LTM frequently publishes such pieces in its special sections. It cites its sources - below the tables in fine print I see "Data source: Policymap.com with Claritas. Data are for census/town/district/city/zipcode boundaries for which demographic information is typically available. Data may include areas outside the recognized community boundaries; for example, the data for a community could include the entire zipcode if that is the smallest area available from which to draw data." Which suggests that the data may not jive with the Census. Personally, I assume the Census to be correct, as the authoritative primary source from which almost all other sources draw their raw data. But South Riding is not a legally-defined piece of land with fixed boundaries like an incorporated town - it's just an area that has grown up around a subdivision. So who's including and who isn't isn't crystal clear. RossPatterson (talk) 12:01, 17 January 2013 (UTC)