S/O - Where do the new money families live in DC?

[Anonymous]

McLean, right?

[Anonymous]

McMansion's in Potomac

[Anonymous]

McMansions in Potomac

[Anonymous]

what kind of money?

[Anonymous]

Any of the zip codes bandied about here as THE neighborhood to live in. Where *don't* the new money families live?

[Anonymous]

Ooh, I know! I just saw the new state-of-the-art habitat for new money types. It's under construction, along Foxhall Road near the Field School. Anyone know what I'm talking about? The most ridiculous stone-veneered three-car-garaged nothing-but-lawn McMansions imaginable, right where you'd expect to see stately century-old homes with beautiful mature landscaping. It's the weirdest moment of cognitive dissonance. "Wait... did I take a wrong turn and end up in Reston??"

[Anonymous]

Potomac agreed.

[Anonymous]

Potomac is almost respectable, y'all. Ashburn, Leesburg, Darnestown.

[Anonymous]

14:16 That neighborhood is called Philips Park. There are some very pretty houses there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ooh, I know! I just saw the new state-of-the-art habitat for new money types. It's under construction, along Foxhall Road near the Field School. Anyone know what I'm talking about? The most ridiculous stone-veneered three-car-garaged nothing-but-lawn McMansions imaginable, right where you'd expect to see stately century-old homes with beautiful mature landscaping. It's the weirdest moment of cognitive dissonance. "Wait... did I take a wrong turn and end up in Reston??"

Reston has some hardcore HOAs...you couldn't build that in Reston...

[Anonymous]

Definitely Mclean. You can tell by the big bad attitudes that they have. They think that money = class. Also a lot of tech Paki Palaces along the Dulles corridor. You'll see grandma in her sari walking the toddlers every day like a free live in nanny.

[Anonymous]

Got the 2 most talented redskin players in my neighborhood in Leesburg.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely Mclean. You can tell by the big bad attitudes that they have. They think that money = class. Also a lot of tech Paki Palaces along the Dulles corridor. You'll see grandma in her sari walking the toddlers every day like a free live in nanny.

Woa woa. What does a grandma helping out have anything to do with new or old money? Or class? In a lot of cultures, it's not even thought of as helping out. She's part of the family - raised her children, and now they choose to support her. And way to throw a racial slur in there too. Goodness. Not to mention, to my knowledge, there are many more Indian ppl with tech money than Pakistanis. Or maybe I don't know the 'correct' usage of that term.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:14:16 That neighborhood is called Philips Park. There are some very pretty houses there.

On plots of land that are way, way to small for them. This is an essential part of the definition McMansion.

[Anonymous]

Well, folks, looks like this thread has "jumped the shark"