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Places like Gadsby's Tavern and Virtue Feed & Grain can make you one of the best places to live in the country. Livability.com ranks Alexandria #3 on its Top 10 Downtowns for 2012, and says restaurants are a big part of the neighborhood's charm. The writeup seems to think Cheesetique and the Dairy Godmother are in Old Town rather than Del Ray, but hey. [Livability.com, via Old Town Patch]
