DC locals...If money and school/work logistics were of no concern, what city/town would you live in?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP again.

I would never move into DC with a family. MAYBE if I was still single, and if I did, definitely not Georgetown - barf. It's a bunch of kids and a fraction of the stores that Tysons has, and everything is up or down a steep hill wherever you walk, and there is no parking and traffic is a nightmare there all the time. No thanks.

You're describing Wisconsin and M Streets and their immediate environs. You don't know Georgetown. Get off the strip and open your eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how many real locals will respond on this forum, if any. I am one though, so here it goes:

#1) McLean - it's got the expensive homes, and it's the most convenient location as almost any store or food type imaginable is within 5 minutes because of Tysons Corner. Plus, it's on top of all the major roads - 495, 66, GW Parkway, and the Toll Road. Convenience!

#2) Chevy Chase, MD. More urban. Older moneyish, borders DC. Very walkable.

#3) Potomac, MD. The most gorgeous of anyplace in the DC area by far, but almost no retail at all in the whole town. It just very very residential - like Great Falls, VA.

If you were truly a local you would know that the oldest money neighborhoods in the area are in the District. But you don't know that.

That was not the question so cares about it.

But glad you think you are so cool because you have this intel. I'm 3rd generation here, and I don't know ONE person with a net worth over $1 million who lives in DC. Neither does my billionaire friend. But hey, I'm only 3rd generation here, so maybe you are like 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, who knows. Maybe the money you know is super ancient, like the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria or whatever.

[Anonymous]

I'd stay in my current neighborhood in Chevy Chase, MD. I'd upgrade to a bigger, grander house though.

Once the kids grown and I didn't care about having a back yard and could go out to dinner whenever the whim hit me, I'd probably consider Georgetown. DH would never live in Georgetown though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how many real locals will respond on this forum, if any. I am one though, so here it goes:

#1) McLean - it's got the expensive homes, and it's the most convenient location as almost any store or food type imaginable is within 5 minutes because of Tysons Corner. Plus, it's on top of all the major roads - 495, 66, GW Parkway, and the Toll Road. Convenience!

#2) Chevy Chase, MD. More urban. Older moneyish, borders DC. Very walkable.

#3) Potomac, MD. The most gorgeous of anyplace in the DC area by far, but almost no retail at all in the whole town. It just very very residential - like Great Falls, VA.

It's Shopping Poster from the Tysons Is The Epicenter of the East Coast thread!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again.

I would never move into DC with a family. MAYBE if I was still single, and if I did, definitely not Georgetown - barf. It's a bunch of kids and a fraction of the stores that Tysons has, and everything is up or down a steep hill wherever you walk, and there is no parking and traffic is a nightmare there all the time. No thanks.

You're describing Wisconsin and M Streets and their immediate environs. You don't know Georgetown. Get off the strip and open your eyes.

Get off the strip? When did you discover Georgetown, like 5 years ago max? Trust me, I know Georgetown, well, only since like 88. So only about 25 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again.

I would never move into DC with a family. MAYBE if I was still single, and if I did, definitely not Georgetown - barf. It's a bunch of kids and a fraction of the stores that Tysons has, and everything is up or down a steep hill wherever you walk, and there is no parking and traffic is a nightmare there all the time. No thanks.

You're describing Wisconsin and M Streets and their immediate environs. You don't know Georgetown. Get off the strip and open your eyes.

Get off the strip? When did you discover Georgetown, like 5 years ago max? Trust me, I know Georgetown, well, only since like 88. So only about 25 years.

I live in Georgetown and have since 1994. So you beat me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how many real locals will respond on this forum, if any. I am one though, so here it goes:

#1) McLean - it's got the expensive homes, and it's the most convenient location as almost any store or food type imaginable is within 5 minutes because of Tysons Corner. Plus, it's on top of all the major roads - 495, 66, GW Parkway, and the Toll Road. Convenience!

#2) Chevy Chase, MD. More urban. Older moneyish, borders DC. Very walkable.

#3) Potomac, MD. The most gorgeous of anyplace in the DC area by far, but almost no retail at all in the whole town. It just very very residential - like Great Falls, VA.

It's Shopping Poster from the Tysons Is The Epicenter of the East Coast thread!

NO - the question dumb f*ck is where would you chose to live. My top choice is McLean, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how many real locals will respond on this forum, if any. I am one though, so here it goes:

#1) McLean - it's got the expensive homes, and it's the most convenient location as almost any store or food type imaginable is within 5 minutes because of Tysons Corner. Plus, it's on top of all the major roads - 495, 66, GW Parkway, and the Toll Road. Convenience!

#2) Chevy Chase, MD. More urban. Older moneyish, borders DC. Very walkable.

#3) Potomac, MD. The most gorgeous of anyplace in the DC area by far, but almost no retail at all in the whole town. It just very very residential - like Great Falls, VA.

If you were truly a local you would know that the oldest money neighborhoods in the area are in the District. But you don't know that.

That was not the question so cares about it.

But glad you think you are so cool because you have this intel. I'm 3rd generation here, and I don't know ONE person with a net worth over $1 million who lives in DC. Neither does my billionaire friend. But hey, I'm only 3rd generation here, so maybe you are like 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, who knows. Maybe the money you know is super ancient, like the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria or whatever.

PP, we've already established on the I <3 Tysons! thread that you are a 3rd generation suburban resident of the area. Takoma, silver spring and NoVa, if i remember correctly. You've never had an address in the District and, if memory serves, you weren't sure where "the district" even was.

Households with net worth > $1 million are, how shall I put this, "rampant" in 20008, 20007 and 20016, by the way. Sporadically in other DC zips, like your consulting firm founders living on the Hill, old-timers in Chevy Chase Dc, etc

[Anonymous]

oh, and to OP, consider a $4 million treetop house where Forest Hills meets Rock Creek Park in 20008.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how many real locals will respond on this forum, if any. I am one though, so here it goes:

#1) McLean - it's got the expensive homes, and it's the most convenient location as almost any store or food type imaginable is within 5 minutes because of Tysons Corner. Plus, it's on top of all the major roads - 495, 66, GW Parkway, and the Toll Road. Convenience!

#2) Chevy Chase, MD. More urban. Older moneyish, borders DC. Very walkable.

#3) Potomac, MD. The most gorgeous of anyplace in the DC area by far, but almost no retail at all in the whole town. It just very very residential - like Great Falls, VA.

If you were truly a local you would know that the oldest money neighborhoods in the area are in the District. But you don't know that.

That was not the question so cares about it.


But glad you think you are so cool because you have this intel. I'm 3rd generation here, and I don't know ONE person with a net worth over $1 million who lives in DC. Neither does my billionaire friend. But hey, I'm only 3rd generation here, so maybe you are like 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, who knows. Maybe the money you know is super ancient, like the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria or whatever.

You must not get out much. I'm not PP, but I know lots and lots of wealthy people who live in DC. My kids' private school is flooded with them, my husband works with them, they're pretty much everywhere in NW DC. They live in neighborhoods like Mass Ave. Heights, Wesley Heights, Cleveland Park and Georgetown. There is probably a large percentage of millionaires in neighborhoods like AU Park and Chevy Chase, DC too. I was one of them until I moved to MD. I would agree with PP that the oldest money neighborhoods in the area are in D.C., followed by Chevy Chase, MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again.

I would never move into DC with a family. MAYBE if I was still single, and if I did, definitely not Georgetown - barf. It's a bunch of kids and a fraction of the stores that Tysons has, and everything is up or down a steep hill wherever you walk, and there is no parking and traffic is a nightmare there all the time. No thanks.

You're describing Wisconsin and M Streets and their immediate environs. You don't know Georgetown. Get off the strip and open your eyes.

Get off the strip? When did you discover Georgetown, like 5 years ago max? Trust me, I know Georgetown, well, only since like 88. So only about 25 years.

Just to let you know, Commander Salamander closed.

[Anonymous]

My top choice is McLean, etc.

.... because it's so close to good shopping! And isn't that really what life is all about?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP again.

I would never move into DC with a family. MAYBE if I was still single, and if I did, definitely not Georgetown - barf. It's a bunch of kids and a fraction of the stores that Tysons has, and everything is up or down a steep hill wherever you walk, and there is no parking and traffic is a nightmare there all the time. No thanks.

You're describing Wisconsin and M Streets and their immediate environs. You don't know Georgetown. Get off the strip and open your eyes.

Get off the strip? When did you discover Georgetown, like 5 years ago max? Trust me, I know Georgetown, well, only since like 88. So only about 25 years.

Sounds like you're spending a lot of time in a neighborhood that makes you barf, then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how many real locals will respond on this forum, if any. I am one though, so here it goes:

#1) McLean - it's got the expensive homes, and it's the most convenient location as almost any store or food type imaginable is within 5 minutes because of Tysons Corner. Plus, it's on top of all the major roads - 495, 66, GW Parkway, and the Toll Road. Convenience!

#2) Chevy Chase, MD. More urban. Older moneyish, borders DC. Very walkable.

#3) Potomac, MD. The most gorgeous of anyplace in the DC area by far, but almost no retail at all in the whole town. It just very very residential - like Great Falls, VA.

If you were truly a local you would know that the oldest money neighborhoods in the area are in the District. But you don't know that.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure how many real locals will respond on this forum, if any. I am one though, so here it goes:

#1) McLean - it's got the expensive homes, and it's the most convenient location as almost any store or food type imaginable is within 5 minutes because of Tysons Corner. Plus, it's on top of all the major roads - 495, 66, GW Parkway, and the Toll Road. Convenience!

#2) Chevy Chase, MD. More urban. Older moneyish, borders DC. Very walkable.

#3) Potomac, MD. The most gorgeous of anyplace in the DC area by far, but almost no retail at all in the whole town. It just very very residential - like Great Falls, VA.

If you were truly a local you would know that the oldest money neighborhoods in the area are in the District. But you don't know that.

That was not the question so cares about it.

But glad you think you are so cool because you have this intel. I'm 3rd generation here, and I don't know ONE person with a net worth over $1 million who lives in DC. Neither does my billionaire friend. But hey, I'm only 3rd generation here, so maybe you are like 4th, 5th, 6th, 10th, who knows. Maybe the money you know is super ancient, like the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria or whatever.

PP, we've already established on the I <3 Tysons! thread that you are a 3rd generation suburban resident of the area. Takoma, silver spring and NoVa, if i remember correctly. You've never had an address in the District and, if memory serves, you weren't sure where "the district" even was.

Households with net worth > $1 million are, how shall I put this, "rampant" in 20008, 20007 and 20016, by the way. Sporadically in other DC zips, like your consulting firm founders living on the Hill, old-timers in Chevy Chase Dc, etc

You are trying to reason with an individual who just does't get it. But I admire your effort!