McLean / Great Falls / Potomac are the ugliest places

[Anonymous]

They are immigrant dream homes. Yes, they are tacky and garish. But at least they are someone’s dream. They feel very American to me and I love them. I love Gil Schafer houses too, and I love Bunny Williams. We don’t all have to be the same.

Plus, is there anything more tiring than people with impeccable taste?

[Anonymous]

Wait until you see Bethesda. About half of it needs to be torn down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wait until you see Bethesda. About half of it needs to be torn down.

Bethesda is lovely. I know you're the Nova troll that can't just endlessly bashes Maryland on this board, but please try to enjoy your new McLean neighborhood and leave us alone in Bethesda. We're glad you're gone.

[Anonymous]

There’s some really nice homes in McLean and Great Falls. And, phenomenal schools.

[Anonymous]

I live in GF (in a small house). I don’t like the giant gaudy homes that OP is speaking of, but there are plenty of beautiful homes in GF. What I love most about GF is the relative seclusion, beautiful trees, and solitude. I remember first moving here and watching the stars and hearing owls hoot at night. New Canaan is beautiful, too, but I bet we cna cherry pick homes there, too.

[Anonymous]

Taste is subjective. There are undoubtedly many who'd consider the OP's taste to be, well, tasteless.

[Anonymous]

I’m in DC so don’t go out to these burbs a lot. But a good friend lives in Potomac and her area and neighborhood is lovely, with nice large homes, unique homes with large lots.

I do remember passing 1 or 2 large gaudy homes on the way to her neighborhood.

What is lacking though is any quaint downtown area. My friend in Potomac also says the food and restaurant scene is terrible. She always comes to DC for good restaurants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in GF (in a small house). I don’t like the giant gaudy homes that OP is speaking of, but there are plenty of beautiful homes in GF. What I love most about GF is the relative seclusion, beautiful trees, and solitude. I remember first moving here and watching the stars and hearing owls hoot at night. New Canaan is beautiful, too, but I bet we cna cherry pick homes there, too.

I grew up in a very modest home in GF--loved it then and still love it now. It was pastoral, had horses at the end of my court. We could see the stars and hear owls at night. We knew all our neighbors, could walk to the town center, and enjoyed the quiet calm nature of it (esp GF Park), while also being relatively close to the city (where parents worked). My parents' neighborhood remains much the same now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We purposely made them ugly to keep New Yorkers out.

+1. Please tell your friends how ugly and undesirable they are.

hehehe. We had 30 very good years in McLean. We overlooked the five Saudi houses. OP doesn't get it. Best publics in the nation. Got my kids into our great VA college system.

How provincial. You do realize there is a world outside of NoVA?

It's comical that you are bragging about McLean, when places like New Canaan make McLean look like SE DC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We purposely made them ugly to keep New Yorkers out.

+1. Please tell your friends how ugly and undesirable they are.

hehehe. We had 30 very good years in McLean. We overlooked the five Saudi houses. OP doesn't get it. Best publics in the nation. Got my kids into our great VA college system.

How provincial. You do realize there is a world outside of NoVA?

It's comical that you are bragging about McLean, when places like New Canaan make McLean look like SE DC.

Wait, someone from a town of 20k people in Connecticut is calling someone else provincial?

[Anonymous]

Money can't buy good taste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Money can't buy good taste.

Tends to be necessary but not sufficient.

[Anonymous]

For me, just being able to say “I live in Potomac” is a huge deal. And I don’t live in super rich Potomac. But when I say that, people know a) I live in a house worth at least ~$1.2M (lower end) and b) my children attend elite public schools

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We purposely made them ugly to keep New Yorkers out.

+1. Please tell your friends how ugly and undesirable they are.

hehehe. We had 30 very good years in McLean. We overlooked the five Saudi houses. OP doesn't get it. Best publics in the nation. Got my kids into our great VA college system.

How provincial. You do realize there is a world outside of NoVA?

It's comical that you are bragging about McLean, when places like New Canaan make McLean look like SE DC.

Wait, someone from a town of 20k people in Connecticut is calling someone else provincial?

Do you not understand how exclusivity works? Obviously not, since you think an unincorporated area like McLean is the pinnacle of luxury. How dreadful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We purposely made them ugly to keep New Yorkers out.

+1. Please tell your friends how ugly and undesirable they are.

hehehe. We had 30 very good years in McLean. We overlooked the five Saudi houses. OP doesn't get it. Best publics in the nation. Got my kids into our great VA college system.

How provincial. You do realize there is a world outside of NoVA?

It's comical that you are bragging about McLean, when places like New Canaan make McLean look like SE DC.

Wait, someone from a town of 20k people in Connecticut is calling someone else provincial?

Do you not understand how exclusivity works? Obviously not, since you think an unincorporated area like McLean is the pinnacle of luxury. How dreadful.

We don’t. We leave that up to the new cannaan folks experiencing the pinnacle of luxury. Feel free to go now.