NoVa area prestige ranking

[Anonymous]

The real NoVA prestige ranking from real NoVA insiders

T1
- Tysons (convenient, booming development, concentrated wealth, Cap1)
- Del Ray (proximity to DC, local charm, JD Vance + other celebrity residents)

T2
- Great Falls (old money, estates)
- Old Town, Rosemont, Beverly Hills (cultured, pedigreed owners)
- Arlington - Clarendon-Ballston Corridor (Walkable, up and coming, food, proximity to DC)

T3
- McLa(m)e (chopped up, pastiche of 60s-80s homes well past their prime, traffic)
- Arlington - everywhere else (disconnected, patchy, some nice places)
- Fairfax (Vienna, Oakton, etc. - hardcore suburbs)
- Centreville (good food but too far)

T4
- Loudon county (data centers as neighbors)
- Manassas (peaceful but civil war ghosts)
- Burke (nice lake, too far)

Dumpster
- Route 1 alexandria
- Everywhere else

[Anonymous]

JD Vance, celebrity resident. Ha!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real NoVA prestige ranking from real NoVA insiders

T1
- Tysons (convenient, booming development, concentrated wealth, Cap1)
- Del Ray (proximity to DC, local charm, JD Vance + other celebrity residents)

T2
- Great Falls (old money, estates)
- Old Town, Rosemont, Beverly Hills (cultured, pedigreed owners)
- Arlington - Clarendon-Ballston Corridor (Walkable, up and coming, food, proximity to DC)

T3
- McLa(m)e (chopped up, pastiche of 60s-80s homes well past their prime, traffic)
- Arlington - everywhere else (disconnected, patchy, some nice places)
- Fairfax (Vienna, Oakton, etc. - hardcore suburbs)
- Centreville (good food but too far)

T4
- Loudon county (data centers as neighbors)
- Manassas (peaceful but civil war ghosts)
- Burke (nice lake, too far)

Dumpster
- Route 1 alexandria
- Everywhere else

Tyson’s is part of McLean genius.

[Anonymous]

Can always tell one of the DCUM idiots when they refer to “Loudon.” Dope.

[Anonymous]

Leesburg is like tier 1. Nicer downtown than everywhere else except maybe Old Town Alexandria. Even then Leesburg schools are much better and the crime is way lower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All the ignorance about Clifton just shows how much this area is now dominated by transient strivers. Clifton is an old school well-heeled Virginia suburb. There are still large horse farms and when you read an obituary of an 80 year old and the person grew up in Clifton it indicates a certain pedigree.

You can’t really buy into the real Clifton because the properties don’t change hands that often. FWIW Oakton used to be the same way until a few landowning families made an absolute killing carving it up for development (and then ironically moving to conservation easements 40 miles to the west).

It’s very much like Great Falls. Except Great Falls is recognized on this board as prestigious because of all the new construction, new residents- people probably don’t even know about the hobby farms, only the ghastly McMansions and they think that’s prestigious. It’s nauseating.

So far all we have is your “word” that Clifton is prestigious. And frankly, nothing indicates it ever was prestigious compared to the other towns we are talking about. Old Town, Delray, Arlington, McLean and Great Falls have median SFH prices $300k to a million dollars higher than Clifton. You don’t want to use that metric. That’s fine. Let’s use residents as a marker of prestige.

A search of notable people that have lived in Clifton vs. any of the other places we are discussing is quite striking. Even back 100 years ago, it’s obvious it lacked prestige. No one famous has lived there. Now do Old Town; one would think that George Washington would have given it some prestige. McLean? The list of people is too long. Kennedy family, governors, Steve Case, Ted Leonsis, Saudi ambassador, Senators, Secretary of Defense. And Arlington lacks pedigree, but people are choosing it over Clifton every time. Arlington has had a Vice President, Senators, Congress people and many other notable people. Including of course, the residents of Arlington House. Which since you are so big in the past you know was built by a descendant of Martha Washington as tribute to George Washington and housed the Lee family.

So please tell me, with actual facts, why is Clifton so prestigious?

DP and I agree with this poster. There are a handful of longtime Virginia families that are Clifton residents. Of course the strivers don't know about them, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real NoVA prestige ranking from real NoVA insiders

T1
- Tysons (convenient, booming development, concentrated wealth, Cap1)
- Del Ray (proximity to DC, local charm, JD Vance + other celebrity residents)

T2
- Great Falls (old money, estates)
- Old Town, Rosemont, Beverly Hills (cultured, pedigreed owners)
- Arlington - Clarendon-Ballston Corridor (Walkable, up and coming, food, proximity to DC)

T3
- McLa(m)e (chopped up, pastiche of 60s-80s homes well past their prime, traffic)
- Arlington - everywhere else (disconnected, patchy, some nice places)
- Fairfax (Vienna, Oakton, etc. - hardcore suburbs)
- Centreville (good food but too far)

T4
- Loudon county (data centers as neighbors)
- Manassas (peaceful but civil war ghosts)
- Burke (nice lake, too far)

Dumpster
- Route 1 alexandria
- Everywhere else

This has to be a comedy post. Clarendon-Ballston corridor up and coming? Maybe 25 years ago. Haha.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leesburg is like tier 1. Nicer downtown than everywhere else except maybe Old Town Alexandria. Even then Leesburg schools are much better and the crime is way lower.

It isn’t even really northern Va. It is an exurb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real NoVA prestige ranking from real NoVA insiders

T1
- Tysons (convenient, booming development, concentrated wealth, Cap1)
- Del Ray (proximity to DC, local charm, JD Vance + other celebrity residents)

T2
- Great Falls (old money, estates)
- Old Town, Rosemont, Beverly Hills (cultured, pedigreed owners)
- Arlington - Clarendon-Ballston Corridor (Walkable, up and coming, food, proximity to DC)

T3
- McLa(m)e (chopped up, pastiche of 60s-80s homes well past their prime, traffic)
- Arlington - everywhere else (disconnected, patchy, some nice places)
- Fairfax (Vienna, Oakton, etc. - hardcore suburbs)
- Centreville (good food but too far)

T4
- Loudon county (data centers as neighbors)
- Manassas (peaceful but civil war ghosts)
- Burke (nice lake, too far)

Dumpster
- Route 1 alexandria
- Everywhere else

This has to be a comedy post. Clarendon-Ballston corridor up and coming? Maybe 25 years ago. Haha.

Agreed, the Rosslyn-Ballston corridor (assume this is what both of you mean) is no longer arriviste. It is probably the most expensive real estate per SF in Virginia.

Also nobody cares about JD or where he lives, sorry. Btw he sold his Del Ray house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real NoVA prestige ranking from real NoVA insiders

T1
- Tysons (convenient, booming development, concentrated wealth, Cap1)
- Del Ray (proximity to DC, local charm, JD Vance + other celebrity residents)

T2
- Great Falls (old money, estates)
- Old Town, Rosemont, Beverly Hills (cultured, pedigreed owners)
- Arlington - Clarendon-Ballston Corridor (Walkable, up and coming, food, proximity to DC)

T3
- McLa(m)e (chopped up, pastiche of 60s-80s homes well past their prime, traffic)
- Arlington - everywhere else (disconnected, patchy, some nice places)
- Fairfax (Vienna, Oakton, etc. - hardcore suburbs)
- Centreville (good food but too far)

T4
- Loudon county (data centers as neighbors)
- Manassas (peaceful but civil war ghosts)
- Burke (nice lake, too far)

Dumpster
- Route 1 alexandria
- Everywhere else

This has to be a comedy post. Clarendon-Ballston corridor up and coming? Maybe 25 years ago. Haha.

Route 1 from amazon to fort Belvoir is being bulldozed and redone over next 4 yrs. 1 billion invested so far. Many business are now bought/boarded up and being flattened. Will be interesting if they pull it off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The real NoVA prestige ranking from real NoVA insiders

T1
- Tysons (convenient, booming development, concentrated wealth, Cap1)
- Del Ray (proximity to DC, local charm, JD Vance + other celebrity residents)

T2
- Great Falls (old money, estates)
- Old Town, Rosemont, Beverly Hills (cultured, pedigreed owners)
- Arlington - Clarendon-Ballston Corridor (Walkable, up and coming, food, proximity to DC)

T3
- McLa(m)e (chopped up, pastiche of 60s-80s homes well past their prime, traffic)
- Arlington - everywhere else (disconnected, patchy, some nice places)
- Fairfax (Vienna, Oakton, etc. - hardcore suburbs)
- Centreville (good food but too far)

T4
- Loudon county (data centers as neighbors)
- Manassas (peaceful but civil war ghosts)
- Burke (nice lake, too far)

Dumpster
- Route 1 alexandria
- Everywhere else

This has to be a comedy post. Clarendon-Ballston corridor up and coming? Maybe 25 years ago. Haha.

Route 1 from amazon to fort Belvoir is being bulldozed and redone over next 4 yrs. 1 billion invested so far. Many business are now bought/boarded up and being flattened. Will be interesting if they pull it off.

I remember when Clarendon and ballston corridor was awful before being revitalized. And also no one would touch old town in the 70-80s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shitposting at its finest. This list isn't altogether wrong but who cares, it doesn't correlate with quality of life, quality of neighbors, value or a ton of other metrics.

It's a great roadmap to the whitest areas in Nova. I'm sure the hardcore racists will love being neighbors with white supremacist Jared Taylor who lives in Oakton, and his ilk sprinkled throughout these areas. VA was a slave state, late to desegregate, and klan friendly. The years march on, but underlying sentiment doesn't change much.

Have you put your money where your mouth is and invested in real estate in neighborhoods with 50-75%+ Latino and Black populations?

[Anonymous]

Opinions don’t matter only hard data matters and data doesn’t lie. Zip codes with highest property values and highest average income will be top ranking. There’s nothing to argue here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is the audience judging prestige here? Other people in McLean?

Surely

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The real NoVA prestige ranking from real NoVA insiders

T1
- Tysons (convenient, booming development, concentrated wealth, Cap1)
- Del Ray (proximity to DC, local charm, JD Vance + other celebrity residents)

T2
- Great Falls (old money, estates)
- Old Town, Rosemont, Beverly Hills (cultured, pedigreed owners)
- Arlington - Clarendon-Ballston Corridor (Walkable, up and coming, food, proximity to DC)

T3
- McLa(m)e (chopped up, pastiche of 60s-80s homes well past their prime, traffic)
- Arlington - everywhere else (disconnected, patchy, some nice places)
- Fairfax (Vienna, Oakton, etc. - hardcore suburbs)
- Centreville (good food but too far)

T4
- Loudon county (data centers as neighbors)
- Manassas (peaceful but civil war ghosts)
- Burke (nice lake, too far)

Dumpster
- Route 1 alexandria
- Everywhere else

Good food in Centreville? LOL