Editing Annandale, Virginia (section)

==In popular culture==
In the video game ''[[Fallout 3]]'', the city is used as a location under the name of Andale. The city is inhabited by a group of inbred cannibals who proudly go by the title of the "Friendliest Town in the USA".

In 2016, a contentious video posted onto YouTube in 2014 about Annandale, Virginia resurfaced and reached over a million views<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/local/wp/2016/05/18/annandale-is-for-dregs-of-society-viral-video-claims/|title=Annandale is for 'dregs of society,' viral video claims|last=Moyer|first=Justin Wm|date=May 18, 2016|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=November 6, 2017|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> after the creator, named Angelo Mike, posted it onto Reddit himself.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/q-and-a/a45019/annandale-tourism-video/|title=A Conversation with the Mastermind Behind the Worst Suburban Tourism Video Ever|date=May 18, 2016|work=Esquire|access-date=November 6, 2017|language=en}}</ref> In the video, Mike claims that Annandale is a "funnel for the dregs of society"<ref name=":0" /> and points out its flaws with "striking images of filth, ruin, and a dead rat".<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/05/guy-whose-2014-video-about-how-annandale-sucks-went-viral-it-still-sucks.html|title=Guy Whose 2014 Video About How Annandale Sucks Went Viral: It Still Sucks|last=Singal|first=Jesse|work=Select All|access-date=November 6, 2017|language=en}}</ref> Although his intention was to create a lighthearted video in which Annandale residents could make fun of the city with him,<ref name=":1" /> he has received criticism for misrepresenting the Washington, D.C. suburb.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thea-blast.org/editorials/2016/06/06/video-slams-annandale/|title=Video slams Annandale|last=Saed|first=Aseal|work=The A-Blast|access-date=November 6, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2024, residents staged a [[Sit-in|Sit-In]] in Kendale Woods Park to stop [[Fairfax County Park Authority]] from renovating the courts to no longer have it be suitable for [[pickleball]], after multiple residents complained about noise. Pickleball players have used chalk to draw lines allowing them to play again. Additionally, the Fairfax County Park Authority stated that residents are welcome to use the 16 other courts in the 5 mile radius of Kendale Woods Park, in a statement sent to the ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Chu |first=Hau |date=2024-07-07 |title=Pickleballers were losing their court to tennis. So they staged a sit-in. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/07/07/annandale-pickleball-courts-tennis-residents-protest/ |access-date=2024-08-08 |work=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>