Tempted to move to great falls from McLean as prices seem to be falling

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Anonymous wrote:Oh I know people who claim PH is in McLean and one who claimed it was Falls Church City. You would not be the first.

I'd only do so sarcastically. I love PH and am proud that we've got our own thing going on.

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PH is awesome. Location, location, location. And the people are nice, too.

I always thought of Pimmit as part of Mclean. Is it not?

It abuts McLean. It is what most of certain parts of McLean probably looked like, not that long ago (before the "transplants - BAHAHA!).

McLean had and still has some smaller, older homes, but it never had a development like PH with 1675 homes under 1200 square feet (many under 1000 SF).

Both McLean/22101 and Falls Church/22043, however, have seen major appreciation over the past decade, like North Arlington and unlike Great Falls.

Here's another interesting fact about PH:

The trailer park in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl is named "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park" after the neighborhood. The series creator, Greg Garcia, lived in Pimmit Hills for a time as a child.[6]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, some parts of McLean inside the beltway might as well be Arlington.

WTH does this mean? Arlington and McLean are not as much alike as you think. In fact, many people purposely choose Arlington over Mclean, for many strong reasons.

This mean Franklin Park and Chain Bridge Forest as well as the gold coast heading over the quaint Chain Bridge have flow. Unless you enter an address you don't always know whih county you are in and the same is true for Great Falls v Mclean on huge amounts of territory [ie Georgetown Pike east of Old Dominion intersection], Old Domion/Towlston. Parts of Mclean are closer to Great Falls village than are parts of Great Fall down Leigh Mill and Towlston.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh I know people who claim PH is in McLean and one who claimed it was Falls Church City. You would not be the first.

I'd only do so sarcastically. I love PH and am proud that we've got our own thing going on.

+1

PH is awesome. Location, location, location. And the people are nice, too.

I always thought of Pimmit as part of Mclean. Is it not?

It abuts McLean. It is what most of certain parts of McLean probably looked like, not that long ago (before the "transplants - BAHAHA!).

McLean had and still has some smaller, older homes, but it never had a development like PH with 1675 homes under 1200 square feet (many under 1000 SF).

Both McLean/22101 and Falls Church/22043, however, have seen major appreciation over the past decade, like North Arlington and unlike Great Falls.

Here's another interesting fact about PH:

The trailer park in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl is named "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park" after the neighborhood. The series creator, Greg Garcia, lived in Pimmit Hills for a time as a child.[6]

LOL, PP. I remember that the show.
Is the previous fact correct 1675 homes under 1200 sq ft. No wonder its constant teardowns in the neighborhood.

I was considering rent my old colonial out in Arlington and buying new in PH. But I saw all the activity and send PH probably still has another 10 yrs of construction.

BTW, I would love to buy in Great Falls now but commute into downtown would be soul crushing and detrimental to my health (less time for gym/walking to and from metro).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, some parts of McLean inside the beltway might as well be Arlington.

WTH does this mean? Arlington and McLean are not as much alike as you think. In fact, many people purposely choose Arlington over Mclean, for many strong reasons.

This mean Franklin Park and Chain Bridge Forest as well as the gold coast heading over the quaint Chain Bridge have flow. Unless you enter an address you don't always know whih county you are in and the same is true for Great Falls v Mclean on huge amounts of territory [ie Georgetown Pike east of Old Dominion intersection], Old Domion/Towlston. Parts of Mclean are closer to Great Falls village than are parts of Great Fall down Leigh Mill and Towlston.

+1. Lower McLean is pretty similar to North Arlington. I often can't tell the difference but for the street signs. I don't mind all the flow-through traffic though.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh I know people who claim PH is in McLean and one who claimed it was Falls Church City. You would not be the first.

I'd only do so sarcastically. I love PH and am proud that we've got our own thing going on.

+1

PH is awesome. Location, location, location. And the people are nice, too.

I always thought of Pimmit as part of Mclean. Is it not?

It abuts McLean. It is what most of certain parts of McLean probably looked like, not that long ago (before the "transplants - BAHAHA!).

McLean had and still has some smaller, older homes, but it never had a development like PH with 1675 homes under 1200 square feet (many under 1000 SF).

Both McLean/22101 and Falls Church/22043, however, have seen major appreciation over the past decade, like North Arlington and unlike Great Falls.

Here's another interesting fact about PH:

The trailer park in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl is named "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park" after the neighborhood. The series creator, Greg Garcia, lived in Pimmit Hills for a time as a child.[6]

LOL, PP. I remember that the show.
Is the previous fact correct 1675 homes under 1200 sq ft. No wonder its constant teardowns in the neighborhood.

I was considering rent my old colonial out in Arlington and buying new in PH. But I saw all the activity and send PH probably still has another 10 yrs of construction.

BTW, I would love to buy in Great Falls now but commute into downtown would be soul crushing and detrimental to my health (less time for gym/walking to and from metro).

Yes.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh I know people who claim PH is in McLean and one who claimed it was Falls Church City. You would not be the first.

I'd only do so sarcastically. I love PH and am proud that we've got our own thing going on.

+1

PH is awesome. Location, location, location. And the people are nice, too.

I always thought of Pimmit as part of Mclean. Is it not?

It abuts McLean. It is what most of certain parts of McLean probably looked like, not that long ago (before the "transplants - BAHAHA!).

McLean had and still has some smaller, older homes, but it never had a development like PH with 1675 homes under 1200 square feet (many under 1000 SF).

Both McLean/22101 and Falls Church/22043, however, have seen major appreciation over the past decade, like North Arlington and unlike Great Falls.

Here's another interesting fact about PH:

The trailer park in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl is named "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park" after the neighborhood. The series creator, Greg Garcia, lived in Pimmit Hills for a time as a child.[6]

LOL, PP. I remember that the show.
Is the previous fact correct 1675 homes under 1200 sq ft. No wonder its constant teardowns in the neighborhood.

I was considering rent my old colonial out in Arlington and buying new in PH. But I saw all the activity and send PH probably still has another 10 yrs of construction.

BTW, I would love to buy in Great Falls now but commute into downtown would be soul crushing and detrimental to my health (less time for gym/walking to and from metro).

And this is exactly why Upper McLean is so expensive.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh I know people who claim PH is in McLean and one who claimed it was Falls Church City. You would not be the first.

I'd only do so sarcastically. I love PH and am proud that we've got our own thing going on.

+1

PH is awesome. Location, location, location. And the people are nice, too.

I always thought of Pimmit as part of Mclean. Is it not?

It abuts McLean. It is what most of certain parts of McLean probably looked like, not that long ago (before the "transplants - BAHAHA!).

McLean had and still has some smaller, older homes, but it never had a development like PH with 1675 homes under 1200 square feet (many under 1000 SF).

Both McLean/22101 and Falls Church/22043, however, have seen major appreciation over the past decade, like North Arlington and unlike Great Falls.

Here's another interesting fact about PH:

The trailer park in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl is named "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park" after the neighborhood. The series creator, Greg Garcia, lived in Pimmit Hills for a time as a child.[6]

LOL, PP. I remember that the show.
Is the previous fact correct 1675 homes under 1200 sq ft. No wonder its constant teardowns in the neighborhood.

I was considering rent my old colonial out in Arlington and buying new in PH. But I saw all the activity and send PH probably still has another 10 yrs of construction.

BTW, I would love to buy in Great Falls now but commute into downtown would be soul crushing and detrimental to my health (less time for gym/walking to and from metro).

And this is exactly why Upper McLean is so expensive.

I love this Upper McLean/Lower McLean terminology. Never heard it before. Sort the haves and the have mores.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh I know people who claim PH is in McLean and one who claimed it was Falls Church City. You would not be the first.

I'd only do so sarcastically. I love PH and am proud that we've got our own thing going on.

+1

PH is awesome. Location, location, location. And the people are nice, too.

I always thought of Pimmit as part of Mclean. Is it not?

It abuts McLean. It is what most of certain parts of McLean probably looked like, not that long ago (before the "transplants - BAHAHA!).

McLean had and still has some smaller, older homes, but it never had a development like PH with 1675 homes under 1200 square feet (many under 1000 SF).

Both McLean/22101 and Falls Church/22043, however, have seen major appreciation over the past decade, like North Arlington and unlike Great Falls.

Here's another interesting fact about PH:

The trailer park in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl is named "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park" after the neighborhood. The series creator, Greg Garcia, lived in Pimmit Hills for a time as a child.[6]

LOL, PP. I remember that the show.
Is the previous fact correct 1675 homes under 1200 sq ft. No wonder its constant teardowns in the neighborhood.

I was considering rent my old colonial out in Arlington and buying new in PH. But I saw all the activity and send PH probably still has another 10 yrs of construction.

BTW, I would love to buy in Great Falls now but commute into downtown would be soul crushing and detrimental to my health (less time for gym/walking to and from metro).

And this is exactly why Upper McLean is so expensive.

You are really working this "Upper McLean" and "Lower McLean," but I don't think it's going to catch on.

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So where is the divide for upper/lower McLean?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh I know people who claim PH is in McLean and one who claimed it was Falls Church City. You would not be the first.

I'd only do so sarcastically. I love PH and am proud that we've got our own thing going on.

+1

PH is awesome. Location, location, location. And the people are nice, too.

I always thought of Pimmit as part of Mclean. Is it not?

It abuts McLean. It is what most of certain parts of McLean probably looked like, not that long ago (before the "transplants - BAHAHA!).

McLean had and still has some smaller, older homes, but it never had a development like PH with 1675 homes under 1200 square feet (many under 1000 SF).

Both McLean/22101 and Falls Church/22043, however, have seen major appreciation over the past decade, like North Arlington and unlike Great Falls.

Here's another interesting fact about PH:

The trailer park in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl is named "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park" after the neighborhood. The series creator, Greg Garcia, lived in Pimmit Hills for a time as a child.[6]

LOL, PP. I remember that the show.
Is the previous fact correct 1675 homes under 1200 sq ft. No wonder its constant teardowns in the neighborhood.

I was considering rent my old colonial out in Arlington and buying new in PH. But I saw all the activity and send PH probably still has another 10 yrs of construction.

BTW, I would love to buy in Great Falls now but commute into downtown would be soul crushing and detrimental to my health (less time for gym/walking to and from metro).

And this is exactly why Upper McLean is so expensive.

You are really working this "Upper McLean" and "Lower McLean," but I don't think it's going to catch on.

+1. Lived here almost a decade and have never heard this. It just sounds like something some Langley parent would come up with now that McLean is ranked higher than Langley.

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Anonymous wrote:So where is the divide for upper/lower McLean?

Upper McLean would be Spring Hill, Church Hill, Chesterbrook and Sherman Pyramids
Lower McLean would be Kent Gardens Pyramid

If a new build is under 1.7 million it's in the poorer area (lower) McLean

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Anonymous wrote:So where is the divide for upper/lower McLean?

Upper McLean would be Spring Hill, Church Hill, Chesterbrook and Sherman Pyramids
Lower McLean would be Kent Gardens Pyramid

If a new build is under 1.7 million it's in the poorer area (lower) McLean

Someone is offering to build a new house on Lewinsville zoned for Spring Hill for $1.3 million.

[Anonymous]

The border between upper and lower has always been 123, but I often see people just refer to the McLean HS pyramid and Langley HS pyramid as proxies.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh I know people who claim PH is in McLean and one who claimed it was Falls Church City. You would not be the first.

I'd only do so sarcastically. I love PH and am proud that we've got our own thing going on.

+1

PH is awesome. Location, location, location. And the people are nice, too.

I always thought of Pimmit as part of Mclean. Is it not?

It abuts McLean. It is what most of certain parts of McLean probably looked like, not that long ago (before the "transplants - BAHAHA!).

McLean had and still has some smaller, older homes, but it never had a development like PH with 1675 homes under 1200 square feet (many under 1000 SF).

Both McLean/22101 and Falls Church/22043, however, have seen major appreciation over the past decade, like North Arlington and unlike Great Falls.

Here's another interesting fact about PH:

The trailer park in the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl is named "Pimmit Hills Trailer Park" after the neighborhood. The series creator, Greg Garcia, lived in Pimmit Hills for a time as a child.[6]

LOL, PP. I remember that the show.
Is the previous fact correct 1675 homes under 1200 sq ft. No wonder its constant teardowns in the neighborhood.

I was considering rent my old colonial out in Arlington and buying new in PH. But I saw all the activity and send PH probably still has another 10 yrs of construction.

BTW, I would love to buy in Great Falls now but commute into downtown would be soul crushing and detrimental to my health (less time for gym/walking to and from metro).

And this is exactly why Upper McLean is so expensive.

You are really working this "Upper McLean" and "Lower McLean," but I don't think it's going to catch on.

+1. Lived here almost a decade and have never heard this. It just sounds like something some Langley parent would come up with now that McLean is ranked higher than Langley.

+10000

There will always, always always be jockeying amongst McLean/Langley/Great Falls. You buy what you can afford. If you bought a long time ago, be grateful and shut it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The border between upper and lower has always been 123, but I often see people just refer to the McLean HS pyramid and Langley HS pyramid as proxies.

I don't think the school boundaries are "proxies" for terms that aren't actually used by anyone other than one of two DCUM posters here. We could just as readily decide that, from this day forward, Great Falls will be called "the Badlands."