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"The Silver Diner's not that good," quipped another.
The new Metro stops will include four pedestrian bridges over routes 7 and 123, making it safer to cross the multilane highways, said Gerald E. Connolly (D), chairman of the Board of Supervisors.
In Tysons, many of the major corporations have their own cafeterias, and smaller buildings have little sandwich shops in the lobbies. But life requires variety, even if that variety is only Olive Garden or McDonald's.
"Habits will change out of necessity," said William D. Lecos, president of the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce. "Tysons people are not predisposed to walking or taking mass transit."
But, he said, the future Tysons must deemphasize the automobile. And the next five years of near-constant construction will be painful to those who are used to driving across the street for a bite to eat.
"In the meantime," Lecos said, "human nature and hunger will figure a way."
Staff researcher Meg Smith contributed to this report.
