Why is McLean so prestigious?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean is not prestigious. Who actually respects or admires McLean?

McLean is not a city. McLean is a just a hodgepodge collection of wealthy neighborhoods in Fairfax County with a few unimpressive shopping plazas and office buildings that constitute a car-centric "downtown."

That is part of its appeal. McLean does not want more traffic and more shopping. It has a hometown feel without being commercialized. It's admired and respected for that. Tons of folks put McLean in a high status. Why do you think people are clamoring to move there?

For every high-income earner clamoring to live in McLean, there are at least 10 others looking elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So much resentment, which is the main way flattery manifests itself on this forum. Please keep it up.

Meanwhile, we'll continue to have:

* a great location between DC and Tysons, with easy access to MD as well

* the largest concentration of high-end single-family homes in the region

* proximity to the top shopping location in the DC area (Tysons)

* the top two neighborhood public high schools in VA, along with several privates

* famous residents, both historical and current

It’s not resentment. McLean boosters hyberbolize the heck out of the area and characterize it as the Shangri-La of NoVa. This causes others to laugh, shake their heads, and provide reality checks in response. But go ahead — please keep giving us something to chuckle at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean is not prestigious. Who actually respects or admires McLean?

McLean is not a city. McLean is a just a hodgepodge collection of wealthy neighborhoods in Fairfax County with a few unimpressive shopping plazas and office buildings that constitute a car-centric "downtown."

That is part of its appeal. McLean does not want more traffic and more shopping. It has a hometown feel without being commercialized. It's admired and respected for that. Tons of folks put McLean in a high status. Why do you think people are clamoring to move there?

For every high-income earner clamoring to live in McLean, there are at least 10 others looking elsewhere.

Any other made-up statistics to share this evening? It’s easy enough to confirm the concentration of expensive properties in McLean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much resentment, which is the main way flattery manifests itself on this forum. Please keep it up.

Meanwhile, we'll continue to have:

* a great location between DC and Tysons, with easy access to MD as well

* the largest concentration of high-end single-family homes in the region

* proximity to the top shopping location in the DC area (Tysons)

* the top two neighborhood public high schools in VA, along with several privates

* famous residents, both historical and current

It’s not resentment. McLean boosters hyberbolize the heck out of the area and characterize it as the Shangri-La of NoVa. This causes others to laugh, shake their heads, and provide reality checks in response. But go ahead — please keep giving us something to chuckle at.

Of course it is. And a few posters constantly start threads to bash the place and then pretend to get even more worked up when folks from McLean explain why it’s expensive and/or a nice place to live. But, again, thanks for all the attention.

[Anonymous]

This thread is peak DCUM self-medication.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am surprised to look at its Wikipedia page. I grew up in McLean and went to Langley. It was a quiet boring town with not very friendly neighbors. As for the wealth...most of the places in Fairfax county have wealth and there is no shortage of multimillion dollar homes in the area. Also most of its residents are elderly or empty nesters. I recall us being one of the few families with kids our age in our neighborhood.

I marvel mat this, because no matter how many decades my friends have lived in McLean - it seems it is ALWAYS old people. It that even possible?

Recently there are more families in the $2m+ homes. So odd.

[Anonymous]

McLean has friendly grocers, post office, banks, auto shop, etc. The Community Center is awesome and active. The location is safe and convenient to Downtown without paying for parking all the time. I will say hiring a teen to mow your lawn is better accomplished by Falls Church/Marshall than Langley. If you wfh you can get big places in rural areas for cheaper. If you want to live there, hang out there, and then do it if you are happy. $1300/mth lockoffs to the Mars family, all are welcome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much resentment, which is the main way flattery manifests itself on this forum. Please keep it up.

Meanwhile, we'll continue to have:

* a great location between DC and Tysons, with easy access to MD as well

* the largest concentration of high-end single-family homes in the region

* proximity to the top shopping location in the DC area (Tysons)

* the top two neighborhood public high schools in VA, along with several privates

* famous residents, both historical and current

It’s not resentment. McLean boosters hyberbolize the heck out of the area and characterize it as the Shangri-La of NoVa. This causes others to laugh, shake their heads, and provide reality checks in response. But go ahead — please keep giving us something to chuckle at.

+1

“McLean is prestigious because……it has a shopping mall”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am surprised to look at its Wikipedia page. I grew up in McLean and went to Langley. It was a quiet boring town with not very friendly neighbors. As for the wealth...most of the places in Fairfax county have wealth and there is no shortage of multimillion dollar homes in the area. Also most of its residents are elderly or empty nesters. I recall us being one of the few families with kids our age in our neighborhood.

I marvel mat this, because no matter how many decades my friends have lived in McLean - it seems it is ALWAYS old people. It that even possible?

Recently there are more families in the $2m+ homes. So odd.

It doesn’t seem odd that you’d find families living in $2M homes or that the people who can afford such houses may have waited until they were older to have children.

It would be odd if a single person in their 20s or parents who had kids in their teens bought a five-bedroom house in the suburbs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much resentment, which is the main way flattery manifests itself on this forum. Please keep it up.

Meanwhile, we'll continue to have:

* a great location between DC and Tysons, with easy access to MD as well

* the largest concentration of high-end single-family homes in the region

* proximity to the top shopping location in the DC area (Tysons)

* the top two neighborhood public high schools in VA, along with several privates

* famous residents, both historical and current

It’s not resentment. McLean boosters hyberbolize the heck out of the area and characterize it as the Shangri-La of NoVa. This causes others to laugh, shake their heads, and provide reality checks in response. But go ahead — please keep giving us something to chuckle at.

+1

“McLean is prestigious because……it has a shopping mall”

It’s not an accident that so many high-end retailers decided that’s where they wanted to have a physical presence.

[Anonymous]

This whole post is a joke. Also it is screened to keep certain opinions out.


Hahahahaha!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Because there are huge showy houses there. JFK started it.

That would be RFK. Jackie’s dad had a house there but JFK never did.

Hickory Hill was owned by JFK first. Then sold to RFK

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So much resentment, which is the main way flattery manifests itself on this forum. Please keep it up.

Meanwhile, we'll continue to have:

* a great location between DC and Tysons, with easy access to MD as well

* the largest concentration of high-end single-family homes in the region

* proximity to the top shopping location in the DC area (Tysons)

* the top two neighborhood public high schools in VA, along with several privates

* famous residents, both historical and current

It’s not resentment. McLean boosters hyberbolize the heck out of the area and characterize it as the Shangri-La of NoVa. This causes others to laugh, shake their heads, and provide reality checks in response. But go ahead — please keep giving us something to chuckle at.

+1

“McLean is prestigious because……it has a shopping mall”

And because Newt Gingrich, Duck Cheney, and Terry McAuliffe live there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am surprised to look at its Wikipedia page. I grew up in McLean and went to Langley. It was a quiet boring town with not very friendly neighbors. As for the wealth...most of the places in Fairfax county have wealth and there is no shortage of multimillion dollar homes in the area. Also most of its residents are elderly or empty nesters. I recall us being one of the few families with kids our age in our neighborhood.

I marvel mat this, because no matter how many decades my friends have lived in McLean - it seems it is ALWAYS old people.[b] It that even possible?

Recently there are more families in the $2m+ homes. So odd.

So true. I call the Giant the Geriatric Giant.

[Anonymous]

No one is forcing you to try to afford living in Mclean. But you sound ridiculous and ignorant in your remarks. Nothing on earth is better than Bethesda? A bit myopic?