Move to McLean for our kids?

[Anonymous]

We have 2 kids in DC privates, and DH works downtown. We aren't really house hunting but if we see something we like we'd be willing to make that move. We live in a part of Ward 3 that is relatively close to Virginia. Should we go ahead and make that move since McLean is a much better and safer place to raise our kids? No matter house nice and affluent it may be we're still in DC and it could change on a dime. Mclean will be a great town for the rest of our lifetimes and most of the affluent in this area live there. Do y'all agree?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have 2 kids in DC privates, and DH works downtown. We aren't really house hunting but if we see something we like we'd be willing to make that move. We live in a part of Ward 3 that is relatively close to Virginia. Should we go ahead and make that move since McLean is a much better and safer place to raise our kids? No matter house nice and affluent it may be we're still in DC and it could change on a dime. Mclean will be a great town for the rest of our lifetimes and most of the affluent in this area live there. Do y'all agree?

I don't really understand your post??

[Anonymous]

You are a crazy, wimpy nutjob. Go to McLean. Now please!

[Anonymous]

house = how???

[Anonymous]

Are you still planning to send your kids to private school or transfer them to the public school? I wasn't certain what exactly you are trying to avoid by moving to Mclean. Most people move there for the great public schools and especially if they still want to be close to the city. If you are moving just for the safety, ward 3 is hardly an urban ghetto one must flee once having kids. I don't know if crime is such an issue there to have to make an escape of sorts. So, what exactly are you looking for, OP? More space for your money, great public schools, lower taxes? If you work in DC, wouldn't your commute be worse from Mclean? You pretty much will be stuck taking the GW Pkwy or the Canal road as there isn't really Metro access nearby, unless you want to take buses. I don't know if you live near Metro and use it for commute, it might be your drive from certain parts of NWDC is not much better than drive from Mclean.

[Anonymous]

troll. zzz.

[Anonymous]

OP, if you want to keep your kids in private school, you are better off where you are, otherwise you will be doing lots of driving. Both Mclean and NWDC have a very good reputation that is not likely to change, unless you somehow have issues with the city of DC, public services, permit office giving you trouble, etc.

[Anonymous]

Virginia safer than Ward 3?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have 2 kids in DC privates, and DH works downtown. We aren't really house hunting but if we see something we like we'd be willing to make that move. We live in a part of Ward 3 that is relatively close to Virginia. Should we go ahead and make that move since McLean is a much better and safer place to raise our kids? No matter house nice and affluent it may be we're still in DC and it could change on a dime. Mclean will be a great town for the rest of our lifetimes and most of the affluent in this area live there. Do y'all agree?

You sound just like everyone else in Georgetown and Palisades. Yes, you absolutely must move to McLean. But act fast, y'all, because everyone in Wesley Heights, Spring Valley and Forest Hills is planning to move there, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have 2 kids in DC privates, and DH works downtown. We aren't really house hunting but if we see something we like we'd be willing to make that move. We live in a part of Ward 3 that is relatively close to Virginia. Should we go ahead and make that move since McLean is a much better and safer place to raise our kids? No matter house nice and affluent it may be we're still in DC and it could change on a dime. Mclean will be a great town for the rest of our lifetimes and most of the affluent in this area live there. Do y'all agree?

You sound just like everyone else in Georgetown and Palisades. Yes, you absolutely must move to McLean. But act fast, y'all, because everyone in Wesley Heights, Spring Valley and Forest Hills is planning to move there, too.

What's that supposed to mean? If you can afford to live in such areas and send your kids to private schools, I don't see a reason to move across the river unless you are squatting around in a condo or a tiny rowhouse and would like to exchange this for the detached home with a yard, or if you are wealthy and you want to get that estate in the country setting or in the woods on several acres.

[Anonymous]

I'm against it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's that supposed to mean? If you can afford to live in such areas and send your kids to private schools, I don't see a reason to move across the river unless you are squatting around in a condo or a tiny rowhouse and would like to exchange this for the detached home with a yard, or if you are wealthy and you want to get that estate in the country setting or in the woods on several acres.

It's supposed to mean that a troll OP deserves nothing less than a troll response. Unless you are a meta-troll, you would have picked up on that; of course, if you are a meta-troll, consider me punk'd by your second (but not first) post.

Got it?

[Anonymous]

Eh, go ahead move to McLean, then send your kids to private schools at $30k a year. You must be a 1 %er. Are you also thinking of trading in your Range Rover for a Porsche SUV?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have 2 kids in DC privates, and DH works downtown. We aren't really house hunting but if we see something we like we'd be willing to make that move. We live in a part of Ward 3 that is relatively close to Virginia. Should we go ahead and make that move since McLean is a much better and safer place to raise our kids? No matter house nice and affluent it may be we're still in DC and it could change on a dime. Mclean will be a great town for the rest of our lifetimes and most of the affluent in this area live there. Do y'all agree?

You sound just like everyone else in Georgetown and Palisades. Yes, you absolutely must move to McLean. But act fast, y'all, because everyone in Wesley Heights, Spring Valley and Forest Hills is planning to move there, too.

What's that supposed to mean? If you can afford to live in such areas and send your kids to private schools, I don't see a reason to move across the river unless you are squatting around in a condo or a tiny rowhouse and would like to exchange this for the detached home with a yard, or if you are wealthy and you want to get that estate in the country setting or in the woods on several acres.

Newsflash: places like McLean, Bethesda, Potomac, Chevy Chase, etc. are full of very wealthy people. I think its hilarious that there are people who can't understand why a wealthy person would want to move out of Dc to those places. There are a lot of people who want to live outside of the city. Granted if this is a real OP, she hasn't articulated any real reason (except a vague reference to safety which seems amorphous and odd), but living in the city is not the end-all-be-all desire for everyone. Leaving the city does not mean trading-down or giving up on something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Newsflash: places like McLean, Bethesda, Potomac, Chevy Chase, etc. are full of very wealthy people. I think its hilarious that there are people who can't understand why a wealthy person would want to move out of Dc to those places. There are a lot of people who want to live outside of the city. Granted if this is a real OP, she hasn't articulated any real reason (except a vague reference to safety which seems amorphous and odd), but living in the city is not the end-all-be-all desire for everyone. Leaving the city does not mean trading-down or giving up on something.

Very true, but OP's post still screams troll.