At what HHI did you love to McLean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bought house in Vienna in 2011 for 1.3 mil
HHI $350K

Bought house in Mclean in 2018 for 3.4 mil
HHI 2.5mil

Liked Vienna more as a family town. More food options, bike trail, parades, etc. Hated commute to DC!
Mclean is where our kids go to school and most friends were, also much easier to get into DC, so much less traffic (prior to Covid and now).
Less idea for young family in Mclean. But happy with our choice.

If yo I don’t have to work on DC, and have younger kids, Vienna is less expensive and more family friendly.

Dang. What did you all do in those 7 years?!??

[Anonymous]

HHI about 250k (it varies a bit--I'm an independent contractor). Bought our house when DH was 54 and I was 42. House was 707k, and this was over 10 years ago. It's at about 1.2M now.

We moved here because DH is from FFX, and has spent his entire life in NoVA, and McLean is convenient for us. So, DH is comfortable here. I don't love it. But here we are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HHI over 600k here and hated the neighborhoods I saw in mclean, closed off, unfriendly neighbors and shopping a pain with only one option. went to vienna and purchased and couldnt be happier.

foolish decision. We bought at less than a million for the public schools. Loved our time there. Neighbors (great diversity!) were great. Sold for $2.5M and made $1.6 in the transaction. Can't do that in Vienna

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And why? How old were you?
How much did your house cost?

Bought in 2022. Hhi 400k. House cost 2M. 35 years old. Best combination of safe neighborhood and close to dc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And why? How old were you?
How much did your house cost?

Why do you have to move to McLean, OP? Is it a goal of yours? Do you have other options?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HHI about 250k (it varies a bit--I'm an independent contractor). Bought our house when DH was 54 and I was 42. House was 707k, and this was over 10 years ago. It's at about 1.2M now.

We moved here because DH is from FFX, and has spent his entire life in NoVA, and McLean is convenient for us. So, DH is comfortable here. I don't love it. But here we are.

That seems to be the prevailing sentiment.

[Anonymous]

$80k hhi at $299k in 1995 mclean buyers market

[Anonymous]

Mclean is not closed off and unfriendly. Mcleaners mind their own business. That's a plus. Schools are great and the streets are safe.

[Anonymous]

I love to McLean, at any price.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And why? How old were you?
How much did your house cost?

Why do you have to move to McLean, OP? Is it a goal of yours? Do you have other options?

Ugly Great Falls poster shows up on cue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HHI in 2019 450k ( the year we moved).

Current HHI 750k

Bought a house for 1.3 mil in 2019, like it here.

Are you me??? I have the exact same stats, bought in 2019 for 1.3 mil, house currently valued at 1.75 mil.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And why? How old were you?
How much did your house cost?

Bought in 2022. Hhi 400k. House cost 2M. 35 years old. Best combination of safe neighborhood and close to dc.

What is your interest rate? How do you possibly make mortgage payments on $2m house with 400k hhi? Do you have help? Other income? Asking becuase I'm close HHI wise, but find the morgage payments (approx $6k for $900,000/$1m house with 24% or so down) a crazy stretch!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bought house in Vienna in 2011 for 1.3 mil
HHI $350K

Bought house in Mclean in 2018 for 3.4 mil
HHI 2.5mil

Liked Vienna more as a family town. More food options, bike trail, parades, etc. Hated commute to DC!
Mclean is where our kids go to school and most friends were, also much easier to get into DC, so much less traffic (prior to Covid and now).
Less idea for young family in Mclean. But happy with our choice.

If yo I don’t have to work on DC, and have younger kids, Vienna is less expensive and more family friendly.

HHI $2.5M?? Why didn't you continue to live like a "poor person" making $350K for another 5 years, bank an insane amount of money and then retire? Always with the lifestyle inflation!

Mind your business. Dear Lord. You probably don’t even make close to that.

98.99% of Americans don't. PP doesn't, and you don't either.

[Anonymous]

It's called McLame for a reason.

[Anonymous]

HHI at 500K didn't buy in Mclean in 2021. Instead we chose vienna, cheaper with bigger lot and family friendly environment.

However, we consider moving to Mclean again when kids need to go to middle school. We are aiming to make 650K to justify living in Mclean.