It is called progress. Alongside the same thicket, I made the 11 mile drive to Woodbridge often in 1982-1983. My girlfriend Barbie lived on Woodside Circle, her folks are still there. Once I passed Columbia Square, there was Club Car, one or two Mom and Pop stores, then nothing. Folks who bought property in that neck of the woods in those days may have a legitimate complaint about the progress today.
More recent comers have no such foundation to protest.
The harbinger of things to come was the construction of the Evans Government Complex in the mid 80's. If you didn't see then that commercial development was on its way, then you must be in need of serious business education. I have been told about one woman, who purchased her home in Chimney Hill within the last year, who was taken in the back entrance of the neighborhood when surveying property, and never told that this development plan was underway. Guess what folks, there are unscrupulous real estate agents out there who, heaven forbid, will not supply every ounce of pertinent information when trying to sell a piece of property. Let the buyer beware.