Gold Coast?

[Anonymous]

Enough about DC. Let's talk about nova.

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. Realtors in NoVa have referred to the area along Chain Bridge Road hugging the Potomac in Arlington and McLean as the "Gold Coast" for years, and most of those properties are far more expensive than anything along upper 16th Street. But, had PP read OP's post more carefully, he would have seen OP mentioned moving to DC, not to the DC area, and not gone off on a tangent about what OP can or can't afford.

That is all.

Bc realtors are the most accurate neighborhood historians? Please, y'all will do anything for a buck and to make fetch happen including renaming things and stretching neighborhood boundaries. This NOVA gold coast parlance is only amongst realtors and in listings which is why the previous DoucheLord used a listing as evidence that the VA Gold Coast was a thing. It is not.

Google Gold Coast DC and your hits are wikipedia, wapo and the nyt, not a coldwellbanker website.

It's been used in local publications like the Post and Washingtonian as well.

I mean, the PP may have been a jerk, but your butt is hurting way too much here.

New non "butt hurt" poster, you can rest assured that any person who mentions the Gold Coast neighborhood is not talking about VA. It's okay for everything not to be applicable to you.

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I had always heard the Gold Coast as McLean

[Anonymous]

I live in DC, and vastly prefer it to all of NOVA, but, I too have heard of that stretch of Arlington/McLean from Chain Bridge up along the Potomac side on Chain Bridge Road to the GW Parkway called the "Gold Coast" because it is $$$ real estate and overlooks the river. Its inhabited by people like the Saudi Ambassador, Kennedys, and Tech billionaires.

Isnt it possible that both are correct?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in DC, and vastly prefer it to all of NOVA, but, I too have heard of that stretch of Arlington/McLean from Chain Bridge up along the Potomac side on Chain Bridge Road to the GW Parkway called the "Gold Coast" because it is $$$ real estate and overlooks the river. Its inhabited by people like the Saudi Ambassador, Kennedys, and Tech billionaires.

Isnt it possible that both are correct?

Of course, but you're being reasonable.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/where-we-live/wp/2015/06/08/former-home-of-alexander-haig-returns-to-the-market/?utm_term=.a1605bd33544

https://www.washingtonian.com/2008/07/31/luxury-homes-august-2008/

http://washingtonlife.com/2007/06/01/the-2007-wealth-list/2/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Enough about DC. Let's talk about nova.

Of course, there are no threads allowed on the Real Estate forum unless they mention McLean or North Arlington.

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Anonymous wrote:Gold Coast is 16th St NW from the MD border, down to, I would say around Arkansas Ave. I think historically it may have referred to the entire length of 16th St., but when I was growing up in the city it referred to Crestwood, Shepherd Park, Colonial Village, 16th St Heights.

This poster is correct. The person talking about Arlington is either a troll or pretty embarrassed right now.

Arlington agent here. The McLean/Arlington area bordering the river is called the Gold Coast because of obviously expensive houses with river and city views

OP was referring to DC's Gold Coast, once the confines of wealthy AAs during housing segregation. The PP correctly described DC's Gold Ciast and the other poster correctly identified the Virginia Gold Coast

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Anonymous wrote:Gold Coast is 16th St NW from the MD border, down to, I would say around Arkansas Ave. I think historically it may have referred to the entire length of 16th St., but when I was growing up in the city it referred to Crestwood, Shepherd Park, Colonial Village, 16th St Heights.

Thank you. I will search for listings in these neighborhoods. Are there particular zip codes I should search for along with neighborhoods?

It includes parts of 20011 and 20012. Aim closer to the park for nicer houses/ bigger lots and a better commute; stay west of Georgia.

The zip code for Shepherd Park and Colonial Village is 20012. However, there are almost no rentals here. I remember preparing to moving to the DC area a few years ago and being curious about this area on the map, as there were rentals listed in surrounding areas, but none here. We ended up renting elsewhere for a year, but then bought in SP/CV. Love the neighborhood.

They have a few houses for rent right now.

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Anonymous wrote:The Gold Coast is Arlington and McLean along the Potomac by chain bridge road. You can't afford anything there.

You don't know anything so why even comment?

I do know what I'm talking about. The "Gold Coast" is an expensive part of McLean. See e.g., http://www.wfp.com/listing-showcase/sold-property-details.asp?mlsID=FX8738061

Quit while you're behind.

Can't accept that you're wrong?

No one in DC refers to McLean as the Gold Coast. It is a very well known DC term that refers to the neighborhoods already listed. You are clearly not from here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not advocating for any position and personally don't know the answer, but I do wonder why upper NW around 16th would be called the Gold Coast. It is a nice enough area I guess, but hardly what one would normally associate with that name. Historical artifact? Something else? Genuinely curious.

Have you been to Crestwood and Colonial Village? If you have, you wouldn't ask this question. It is absolutely beautiful. More beautiful than most neighborhoods west of the Park, while being less expensive.

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Anonymous wrote:I am not advocating for any position and personally don't know the answer, but I do wonder why upper NW around 16th would be called the Gold Coast. It is a nice enough area I guess, but hardly what one would normally associate with that name. Historical artifact? Something else? Genuinely curious.

The area isn't really "upper NW" -- that's west of the park, over in the Red Line trajectory. That stretch of 16th St is where many of the most well-off African Americans in DC settled in the mid- to late-20th Century, which is where the name comes from.

PP here. Thanks for the info, and you are right about upper nw not being the right descriptor. But in many ways that highlights the divergence between historical and current. West of the park along the redline is currently more expensive, and for most people, more desirable than the upper parts of 16th.

OP should really ask for clarification from the person who recommended the Gold Coast and also make sure they agree with that person's assessment of what makes a desirable location.

I'm not sure west of the park is more desirable these days. They feed into the same schools and nothing is on the market. They also have larger lots and are directly on Rock Creek Park which is very desirable.

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Anonymous wrote:Enough about DC. Let's talk about nova.

Of course, there are no threads allowed on the Real Estate forum unless they mention McLean or North Arlington.

+1

Must always praise McLean, diss Arlington, and REALLY diss Great Falls - even if the post is nothing about that. Doesn't exactly make anyone want to live in McLean.

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Anonymous wrote:My wife and so are moving to DC and an acquaintance suggested we look to rent in the "Gold Coast" area for at least a year before purchasing a home. Which neighborhoods and zip codes comprise the Gold Coast. Any information you can offer to help narrow our search would be great our budget is $2800/month, we have a 4-year-old son.

Does everything have ro be about the same old topic? Gold Coast has always been Arlington and McLean. Like it or not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My wife and so are moving to DC and an acquaintance suggested we look to rent in the "Gold Coast" area for at least a year before purchasing a home. Which neighborhoods and zip codes comprise the Gold Coast. Any information you can offer to help narrow our search would be great our budget is $2800/month, we have a 4-year-old son.

Does everything have ro be about the same old topic? Gold Coast has always been Arlington and McLean. Like it or not.

Are you dense? Geez, just look at DC's Gold Coast on Rock Creek Park and compare it to Arlington. No comparison. Go back to VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in DC, and vastly prefer it to all of NOVA, but, I too have heard of that stretch of Arlington/McLean from Chain Bridge up along the Potomac side on Chain Bridge Road to the GW Parkway called the "Gold Coast" because it is $$$ real estate and overlooks the river. Its inhabited by people like the Saudi Ambassador, Kennedys, and Tech billionaires.

Isnt it possible that both are correct?

+1. I, too, live in DC and have no interest in NoVA, but clearly there can be multiple uses for a term, even if one is older and more "authentic" (i.e. less of a commercial artifact invented by realtors) than the other. It doesn't mean that the other meaning doesn't exist and the poster who first brought it up is wrong and to be embarrassed. The viciousness from the DC posters is as annoying as the constant NoVA boosting on other threads.