NoVa area prestige ranking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Del Ray used to be cool and arty and then it sold out. Now it is a wanna-be old town and as boring as a suburb but with poorer schools.

Always thought Delray is so ugly. It has the good location and close to old town going for it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Homes in Del Ray and Old Town run about half a million dollars more than the crap in Burke and Fairfax. Is that because they are less desirable? Some of you need to swallow your pride and ego. You're just not good enough for the better areas.

Half $1 million is really not that much difference. Burke and Fairfax are just more suburban and less dense and further out. Different lifestyles for sure as I do prefer old town.

[Anonymous]

What is this ranking based on? Home prices, schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is this ranking based on? Home prices, schools?

Prestige, which is influenced by home prices and schools, as well as average incomes.

[Anonymous]

South Arlington is getting extremely expensive. Maybe in the 90s it would've been tier 4 or 3 but nowadays it's tier 1 or 2. Certainly higher price/sq foot than Vienna or Oakton.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the most accurate list from a NoVa expert (a literal NoVa God -- I don't make the rules, I was born this way)

1. McLean / Great Falls

2. N Arlington / Old Town / *waterfront houses in MtVernon (must be waterfront)

3. Middleburg / Delaplane / The Plains / *waterfront houses in Mason Neck (must be waterfront)

4. Vienna/Del Ray/Rosemont/Belle Haven/FCC

5. Oakton / Fort Hunt

6. Fairfax Station / Clifton / Fairfax City / Reston / South Arlington

7. Burke / West Springfield / Lorton / Leesburg / By the water but not waterfront Mount Vernon

8. Ashburn / Chantilly / Centreville / Franconia-Kingstowne

Almost sh*t tier: Springfield/Sterling/Herndon/Annandale/Mount Vernon North of Richmond hwy/Groveton
Sh*t tier: Woodbridge / Dumfries / Manassas

Least diverse to most diverse. Got it.

McLean: 66% white
Great Falls: 66% white
Alexandria: 60% white
Arlington: 58% white

Ashburn: 60% white
Burke: 59% white

It's more about income than race. Fewer minorities in the boonies. Keep trying to push your false narrative, though.

The rankings on this list are definitely factoring in race. They are singling out neighborhoods versus actual cities. People have single out Springfield to make it clear it’s only West Springfield. They’ve singled out Alexandria to be only Old town or Del ray, they’ve singled out falls church as well. It’s racist. It’s not about income at all. This is the white version of the list. I am a high earner and would never live in McLean or Great Falls or even Vienna. I wish you guys would stop sugar coating and just say you like these areas because they are whiter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:South Arlington is getting extremely expensive. Maybe in the 90s it would've been tier 4 or 3 but nowadays it's tier 1 or 2. Certainly higher price/sq foot than Vienna or Oakton.

It’s a mish mash - some parts are super nice (Aurora Hills, Arlington Heights, etc) and others are still not super nice. But agreed prices are still very high regardless and don’t reflect that. I remember someone on Reddit saying they paid $1.5M for a SFH in Green Valley and were hearing gunshots regularly

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington police department is staffed at 60% because it whack liberal. They cannot hire or retain cops.

Wait until crime gets worse.

Didn't Arlington also get rid of its gang unit so that it didn't have to cooperate with ICE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Homes in Del Ray and Old Town run about half a million dollars more than the crap in Burke and Fairfax. Is that because they are less desirable? Some of you need to swallow your pride and ego. You're just not good enough for the better areas.

NP. Do you actually talk like this in real life? If so, it provides a glimpse into why people wouldn’t want to live in Del Ray or Old Town and have you as a neighbor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Western Loudoun and Northern Fauquier aren’t part of Northern Virginia socially, only geographically. Keep us off your lists. It’s a hellscape here and no one should ever visit, let alone live here. Stay far away.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington police department is staffed at 60% because it whack liberal. They cannot hire or retain cops.

Wait until crime gets worse.

Didn't Arlington also get rid of its gang unit so that it didn't have to cooperate with ICE.

Yes. Arlington only cooperated with ICE for their MS13 problems.
So naturally they got rid of that.

They also do not enforce property crimes.
They will arrest people caught, but do not prosecute.
You wonder why all the cops quit.

Upside is there is little to no traffic enforcement either.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is the most accurate list from a NoVa expert (a literal NoVa God -- I don't make the rules, I was born this way)

1. McLean / Great Falls

2. N Arlington / Old Town / *waterfront houses in MtVernon (must be waterfront)

3. Middleburg / Delaplane / The Plains / *waterfront houses in Mason Neck (must be waterfront)

4. Vienna/Del Ray/Rosemont/Belle Haven/FCC

5. Oakton / Fort Hunt

6. Fairfax Station / Clifton / Fairfax City / Reston / South Arlington

7. Burke / West Springfield / Lorton / Leesburg / By the water but not waterfront Mount Vernon

8. Ashburn / Chantilly / Centreville / Franconia-Kingstowne

Almost sh*t tier: Springfield/Sterling/Herndon/Annandale/Mount Vernon North of Richmond hwy/Groveton
Sh*t tier: Woodbridge / Dumfries / Manassas

Least diverse to most diverse. Got it.

McLean: 66% white
Great Falls: 66% white
Alexandria: 60% white
Arlington: 58% white

Ashburn: 60% white
Burke: 59% white

It's more about income than race. Fewer minorities in the boonies. Keep trying to push your false narrative, though.

The rankings on this list are definitely factoring in race. They are singling out neighborhoods versus actual cities. People have single out Springfield to make it clear it’s only West Springfield. They’ve singled out Alexandria to be only Old town or Del ray, they’ve singled out falls church as well. It’s racist. It’s not about income at all. This is the white version of the list. I am a high earner and would never live in McLean or Great Falls or even Vienna. I wish you guys would stop sugar coating and just say you like these areas because they are whiter.

Agree, if prestige is based on home value and schools, then Ashburn should be tier 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Homes in Del Ray and Old Town run about half a million dollars more than the crap in Burke and Fairfax. Is that because they are less desirable? Some of you need to swallow your pride and ego. You're just not good enough for the better areas.

NP. Do you actually talk like this in real life? If so, it provides a glimpse into why people wouldn’t want to live in Del Ray or Old Town and have you as a neighbor.

I am not a fan of del ray. Old town is fine but you are looking at 30 minutes to get into dc on any workday.
Trapped by route 1 and gw parkway. Total hell. Plus parking sucks.

The rest of Alexandria really should be leveled and start over. Like landmark mall but the whole county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Western Loudoun and Northern Fauquier aren’t part of Northern Virginia socially, only geographically. Keep us off your lists. It’s a hellscape here and no one should ever visit, let alone live here. Stay far away.

+1

You don't have to warn us to keep clear from uneducated racists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Homes in Del Ray and Old Town run about half a million dollars more than the crap in Burke and Fairfax. Is that because they are less desirable? Some of you need to swallow your pride and ego. You're just not good enough for the better areas.

Half $1 million is really not that much difference. Burke and Fairfax are just more suburban and less dense and further out. Different lifestyles for sure as I do prefer old town.

Are you stating that there is no appreciable difference between a $600,000 house and a $1.1 million dollar house?