What are DC's equivalents to NYC suburbs?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:McLean/CCMD= Greenwich

No, not nearly monied enough. Potomac, maybe.

The median HHI in McLean is higher than in Potomac, and the median HHI in each of McLean, Potomac and Chevy Chase is higher than in Greenwich. Of course, there are more hedge fund gazillionaires in Greenwich, but they are a small subset of the total population in Greenwich.

A lot of Greenwich is old money/passive wealth. You can't look at income alone as it hides true wealth.
A guy who paid off the main house in Greenwich, inherited the Shelter Island summer home, and has trusts to pay for his grandkids' education ends up living on "only" the $120K of income his trust doles out to him each year.

I'd say a lot more people are hustling and actually working in Potomac than in Greenwich, hence the higher HHI.

[Anonymous]

I grew up on Long Island and lived in Manhattan before moving to the DC area.

I think Mclean is like Manhasset/Great Neck. Potomac may be Greenwich. Arlington may be Brooklyn except with good public schools. I know recently Brooklyn has gotten very expensive and desirable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I grew up on Long Island and lived in Manhattan before moving to the DC area.

I think Mclean is like Manhasset/Great Neck. Potomac may be Greenwich. Arlington may be Brooklyn except with good public schools. I know recently Brooklyn has gotten very expensive and desirable.

Recently? Haha.

[Anonymous]

It is hard to compare. There are dozens of suburbs, both small and large, of NYC. There really are only 12-15 main suburbs of DC.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:McLean/CCMD= Greenwich

No, not nearly monied enough. Potomac, maybe.

Chevy Chase is wealthier than Potomac.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McLean/CCMD= Greenwich

No, not nearly monied enough. Potomac, maybe.

Chevy Chase is wealthier than Potomac.

+1. And much older money.

[Anonymous]

There are no Italians in DC/MD/VA, so that rules out of NY/NJ suburbs to make comparisons with.

There are no early 20th century railroad suburbs like those of southern Westchester, Philadelphia's Maine Line or Chicago's North Shore.

DC suburbs are also newer and almost California-like compared to NYC and Philadelphia for example. MD and VA are far more diverse than even NYC suburbs.

[Anonymous]

Interesting question op. I grew up in a close in suburb in westchester county. I think the palisades gives me the closest architectural and layout vibes to where I grew up and I chose to live in glover park because of how much it feels like the small town where I grew up (main difference being palisades style architecture). I also could drive to midtown in 20 min or be at Grand central station in a 23 minute ride so that's comparable to getting to the sights, etc in dc. Could not bear the thought of the VA suburbs (where I actually work) although I think the Maryland side seems more like small towns, which I like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting question op. I grew up in a close in suburb in westchester county. I think the palisades gives me the closest architectural and layout vibes to where I grew up and I chose to live in glover park because of how much it feels like the small town where I grew up (main difference being palisades style architecture). I also could drive to midtown in 20 min or be at Grand central station in a 23 minute ride so that's comparable to getting to the sights, etc in dc. Could not bear the thought of the VA suburbs (where I actually work) although I think the Maryland side seems more like small towns, which I like.

Yeah, Rockville Pike is so charming.

These threads are stupid.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting question op. I grew up in a close in suburb in westchester county. I think the palisades gives me the closest architectural and layout vibes to where I grew up and I chose to live in glover park because of how much it feels like the small town where I grew up (main difference being palisades style architecture). I also could drive to midtown in 20 min or be at Grand central station in a 23 minute ride so that's comparable to getting to the sights, etc in dc. Could not bear the thought of the VA suburbs (where I actually work) although I think the Maryland side seems more like small towns, which I like.

Yeah, Rockville Pike is so charming.

These threads are stupid.

Did they mention Rockville Pike?

[Anonymous]

The problem, and I know Virginians aren't going to like this, is that Virginia suburbs are simply too new to be anything like New York suburbs. Virginians pride themselves on their new builds and McMansions- but the New York suburbs are characterized by old houses and neighborhoods planned in the early 1900s. I would say the closest part of the DC area would be Chevy Chase.

Middleburg also comes close, but it's so far away and barely anyone who lives there commutes in. So it's a very different feel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting question op. I grew up in a close in suburb in westchester county. I think the palisades gives me the closest architectural and layout vibes to where I grew up and I chose to live in glover park because of how much it feels like the small town where I grew up (main difference being palisades style architecture). I also could drive to midtown in 20 min or be at Grand central station in a 23 minute ride so that's comparable to getting to the sights, etc in dc. Could not bear the thought of the VA suburbs (where I actually work) although I think the Maryland side seems more like small towns, which I like.

Yeah, Rockville Pike is so charming.

These threads are stupid.

Did they mention Rockville Pike?

Yeah that was a really strange response to my post. I will caveat by saying that I have very little experience with the Maryland suburbs. Maybe it's all Rockville pikeish. Please strike from the record my uninformed opinion re. the state of Maryland. I stand the the dc comparisons though. The biggest similarity that I see is how we interact with our neighbors. Growing up, I would open a window and yellow my best friend "hey Amy, ya wanna play?" Here in GP, because we are in attached houses, we have to go outside to address our neighbors, but that's an aspect I wants to recreate for my kids. And I'm happy to have done it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem, and I know Virginians aren't going to like this, is that Virginia suburbs are simply too new to be anything like New York suburbs. Virginians pride themselves on their new builds and McMansions- but the New York suburbs are characterized by old houses and neighborhoods planned in the early 1900s. I would say the closest part of the DC area would be Chevy Chase.

Middleburg also comes close, but it's so far away and barely anyone who lives there commutes in. So it's a very different feel.

+1

Plus the old houses in this are are undesirable crap, for the most part. Old houses in the NYC areas - no comparison.

In fact, no comparison at all, on any level, people included.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting question op. I grew up in a close in suburb in westchester county. I think the palisades gives me the closest architectural and layout vibes to where I grew up and I chose to live in glover park because of how much it feels like the small town where I grew up (main difference being palisades style architecture). I also could drive to midtown in 20 min or be at Grand central station in a 23 minute ride so that's comparable to getting to the sights, etc in dc. Could not bear the thought of the VA suburbs (where I actually work) although I think the Maryland side seems more like small towns, which I like.

Yeah, Rockville Pike is so charming.

These threads are stupid.

Did they mention Rockville Pike?

Yeah that was a really strange response to my post. I will caveat by saying that I have very little experience with the Maryland suburbs. Maybe it's all Rockville pikeish. Please strike from the record my uninformed opinion re. the state of Maryland. I stand the the dc comparisons though. The biggest similarity that I see is how we interact with our neighbors. Growing up, I would open a window and yellow my best friend "hey Amy, ya wanna play?" Here in GP, because we are in attached houses, we have to go outside to address our neighbors, but that's an aspect I wants to recreate for my kids. And I'm happy to have done it!

It's not. I'm guessing it's someone who lives in Virginia who took offense. Rockville Pike is probably the worst part of the Maryland suburbs- it's kind of a strawman argument, because the presence of Rockville Pike does not negate the presence of Bethesda, Potomac, and Chevy Chase- which, I agree, seem much more like Westchester than VA. NW DC does as well.

Btw, what part of Westchester are you from? My mom grew up in Bronxville.

[Anonymous]

So glad there is nothing here that compares to Long Island. People here aren't as materialistic.