If you could live anywhere in the DC area...

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I never said it's "more important than anything else". But yes, it would be the reason for me to prefer Arlington above McLean or other car-centric areas. It's not about HAVING TO walk -- it's about being about to walk to Whole Foods and restaurants.

My neighborhood in McLean has a Walk Score in the 60s. It's definitely walkable, should one wish, to Balducci's, quite a few restaurants, Starbucks, Dolley Madison Library, and McLean Community Center/Park. And it's not the only neighborhood in McLean where that's the case. Many parts of Arlington are more car-dependent.

My neighborhood has a walk score in the 90s

In that case we can both walk to restaurants.

My house has a walk score of 95. I have a shitload more than Balduccis to walk to...

Is this the part where the wonderful Cheesecake Factory in Clarendon gets a shout-out?

Seriously, stop trying so hard. Real 24/7 walkability is Manhattan, not some place in Arlington near the Orange Line. Anyway, aren't you supposed to be over on the schools forum arguing with Toots over whether Jamestown is really the most desirable schools in Arlington?

Shitload is correct

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Anonymous wrote:Is this the part where the wonderful Cheesecake Factory in Clarendon gets a shout-out?

Seriously, stop trying so hard. Real 24/7 walkability is Manhattan, not some place in Arlington near the Orange Line. Anyway, aren't you supposed to be over on the schools forum arguing with Toots over whether Jamestown is really the most desirable schools in Arlington?

No, that's me. My walk score is only a 91. Sucks, huh?

Toots is going to have to wait. I am plotting ways to get a Saudi prince or two to move into our neighborhood. Because that's really important, right?

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Anonymous wrote:cleveland park, between cT and the park.

That's actually Forest Hills. Still very nice.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this the part where the wonderful Cheesecake Factory in Clarendon gets a shout-out?

Seriously, stop trying so hard. Real 24/7 walkability is Manhattan, not some place in Arlington near the Orange Line. Anyway, aren't you supposed to be over on the schools forum arguing with Toots over whether Jamestown is really the most desirable schools in Arlington?

No, that's me. My walk score is only a 91. Sucks, huh?

Toots is going to have to wait. I am plotting ways to get a Saudi prince or two to move into our neighborhood. Because that's really important, right?

You won't have any problems with that, there's like 10,000 of them

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to agree that Arlington is like purgatory. It's trying to be like dc and McLean at the same time without the benefit of being in the city and without the larger lots. The only benefit is being close to DC but if you are rich and have your pick to "live anywhere you could" you won't commute and don't really care about proximity to DC.

This is exactly correct. Was there yesterday and found it way too 'cluttered' for my tastes.

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to agree that Arlington is like purgatory. It's trying to be like dc and McLean at the same time without the benefit of being in the city and without the larger lots. The only benefit is being close to DC but if you are rich and have your pick to "live anywhere you could" you won't commute and don't really care about proximity to DC.

Totally disagree. If I was rich I would buy a bigger house in Lyon Village but never move out to the car-centric suburbs. To be able to walk to everything -- that's wealth.

Depends on how closed your world is.

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Anonymous wrote:Strangely enough, I recently moved from Bethesda to Potomac. I can not believe how much more down to earth people are out here. I expected the opposite, but people actually are more laid back and less interested in advancing themselves socially. There are "good" people everywhere. If you are a good person, you'll attract others like you no matter where you live and how much the houses cost or don't cost.

This is VERY true on the VA side of the pond. I feel more comfortable in McLean/Great Falls then I have felt anywhere else in the 30+ years I've lived around here.

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to agree that Arlington is like purgatory. It's trying to be like dc and McLean at the same time without the benefit of being in the city and without the larger lots. The only benefit is being close to DC but if you are rich and have your pick to "live anywhere you could" you won't commute and don't really care about proximity to DC.

This is exactly correct. Was there yesterday and found it way too 'cluttered' for my tastes.

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I don't know if they are great places to live or anything, but I adore historic areas like Alexandria or Leesburg.

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Capital hill row house and private schools. Dare to dream...sigh.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd have difficulty choosing between the following locations: North Arlington, Georgetown, or Foggy Bottom.

Remove North Arlington it is not really that desirable compared to McLean or Great Falls

What is so desirable about 22101 or 22102? Last time I checked the average home price was fairly Low. And indeed McLean has a lot of wannabes living in low rent apartments and falls church style ranches ...

And great falls has all the electricity of Fairfax station or Olney

live in Olney area

At least the schools aren't falling to pieces here and the prices of homes are remaining stable.

I'd rather raise my kids in a friendly environment than suffer just to "look good."

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to agree that Arlington is like purgatory. It's trying to be like dc and McLean at the same time without the benefit of being in the city and without the larger lots. The only benefit is being close to DC but if you are rich and have your pick to "live anywhere you could" you won't commute and don't really care about proximity to DC.

This is exactly correct. Was there yesterday and found it way too 'cluttered' for my tastes.

So you think people who don't care about commutes live in McLean because it is such a great community? Based on your asinine posts, I can only surmise (and because you speak in certainties - "exactly correct", "not debatable" about opinions, it's fairly obvious you are the same poster again and again) that you actually don't have money, but like to pretend to on an anonymous forum; you live in an apartment on Old Dominion Drive but tell people you're from McLean (oooooh!), you are ignorant of home prices anywhere else (including the county of Arlington, which you much malign but of which you'd actually approve if you were familiar with the clusters of multi-million dollar homes there, since that appears to be your only criteria for "acceptability"; and that you are a complete moron. That, sir, is not debatable, and is exactly correct.

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to agree that Arlington is like purgatory. It's trying to be like dc and McLean at the same time without the benefit of being in the city and without the larger lots. The only benefit is being close to DC but if you are rich and have your pick to "live anywhere you could" you won't commute and don't really care about proximity to DC.

This is exactly correct. Was there yesterday and found it way too 'cluttered' for my tastes.

So you think people who don't care about commutes live in McLean because it is such a great community? Based on your asinine posts, I can only surmise (and because you speak in certainties - "exactly correct", "not debatable" about opinions, it's fairly obvious you are the same poster again and again) that you actually don't have money, but like to pretend to on an anonymous forum; you live in an apartment on Old Dominion Drive but tell people you're from McLean (oooooh!), you are ignorant of home prices anywhere else (including the county of Arlington, which you much malign but of which you'd actually approve if you were familiar with the clusters of multi-million dollar homes there, since that appears to be your only criteria for "acceptability"; and that you are a complete moron. That, sir, is not debatable, and is exactly correct.

You bagged on the poster who was boosting McLean in contrast to the negatives of Arlington. Good JOB!

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Anonymous wrote:I tend to agree that Arlington is like purgatory. It's trying to be like dc and McLean at the same time without the benefit of being in the city and without the larger lots. The only benefit is being close to DC but if you are rich and have your pick to "live anywhere you could" you won't commute and don't really care about proximity to DC.

This is exactly correct. Was there yesterday and found it way too 'cluttered' for my tastes.

So you think people who don't care about commutes live in McLean because it is such a great community? Based on your asinine posts, I can only surmise (and because you speak in certainties - "exactly correct", "not debatable" about opinions, it's fairly obvious you are the same poster again and again) that you actually don't have money, but like to pretend to on an anonymous forum; you live in an apartment on Old Dominion Drive but tell people you're from McLean (oooooh!), you are ignorant of home prices anywhere else (including the county of Arlington, which you much malign but of which you'd actually approve if you were familiar with the clusters of multi-million dollar homes there, since that appears to be your only criteria for "acceptability"; and that you are a complete moron. That, sir, is not debatable, and is exactly correct.

I'm a different poster and really don't like Arlington, for basically the reasons discussed above. The downsides of DC and McLean with none of the upsides of either.

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The only people who walk are the poors. I'll never understand why you would walk when it's faster to drive. Unless the parking sucks - which describes half of Arlington.

Does this mentality still exist? By "the poors" do you mean Georgetowners for example? Walking is a joy.