immigrant mixed race lefty liberal families in mclean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I'm just going to put this out there and I'm sure I'll be flamed, but I can't figure out another way to get a feel for this.

We're a mixed race immigrant family with two kids, have been living EOTP in the District but now it's time to move for middle school. All the people we know who live outside DC live in Takoma Park, Silver Spring, Kensington, a few in the Rockville area. Every time I do kid activities in MoCo I run into friends. It's definitely more our vibe BUT the commute sucks from there and would be way better for us from NoVa. Inner Arlington seems expensive for the space and the schools don't seem as good as Fairfax. So we're thinking-gasp-McLean or Falls Church, the more walkable parts (I know those are pretty few and far between). I have heard some neighborhoods are friendly but I'm afraid that everyone will be a moneyed Republican lobbyist and I won't fit in. I know I probably have inaccurate stereotypes, but are there down to earth, crunchy, immigrant, mixed race, LGBTQ families out there?

TIA.. I tried to ask my real estate agent these questions and couldn't really get answers. I think she thinks I'm crazy.

Why are you so closed minded?

We are a heterosexual, white, American couple that welcomes immigrants and couples of all types.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:McLean and Falls Church have lots of immigrants - certainly more than North Arlington. The areas zoned to Langley HS are mostly Republican, but anywhere else in McLean or Falls Church (zoned for McLean, Marshall, George Mason, Falls Church or Justice HS) will be mostly Democratic.

dream on.

[Anonymous]

your vote will actually count...

[Anonymous]

Are you a legal immigrant, you will be okay in Falls Church or McLean. If you are illegals, please stay in DC or Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Check out Reston
Very diverse

[Anonymous]

Vienna or Oakton

[Anonymous]

OP, you should drive/zipcar out to Mclean this weekend (if Florence rain isn't too bad). Our Kings Manor neighborhood is a mix of TH and single family homes, owners and renters, U.S. citizens and non, whites, blacks, Hispanics, Persians, mixed race and other ethnicities. It's not TP, but visiting this one neighborhood but will debunk the myth that McLean residents come in one flavor, ie, wealthy Republican lobbyists. McLean is not a picturesque town, but there are parks, the MCC, decent public schools. We are happy raising our kids in this safe, friendly, somewhat walkable community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are you a legal immigrant, you will be okay in Falls Church or McLean. If you are illegals, please stay in DC or Maryland.

Who do you think mows lawns of the NoVa McMansions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a legal immigrant, you will be okay in Falls Church or McLean. If you are illegals, please stay in DC or Maryland.

Who do you think mows lawns of the NoVa McMansions?

They probably live in DC or Maryland.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a legal immigrant, you will be okay in Falls Church or McLean. If you are illegals, please stay in DC or Maryland.

Who do you think mows lawns of the NoVa McMansions?

They probably live in DC or Maryland.

Or Manassas or ???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a legal immigrant, you will be okay in Falls Church or McLean. If you are illegals, please stay in DC or Maryland.

Who do you think mows lawns of the NoVa McMansions?

+1

Except they can't afford McLean, unfortunately.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a legal immigrant, you will be okay in Falls Church or McLean. If you are illegals, please stay in DC or Maryland.

Who do you think mows lawns of the NoVa McMansions?

+1

Except they can't afford McLean, unfortunately.

FYI, most people can't afford McLean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the thing is.. those places are more republican than liberal... and more white not ...and do have tons of immigrants but there is a HUGE caveat.

The type of immigrant you are matters. A Hispanic immigrant will be treated a lot different than an European immigrant. For example, if you are Hispanic, it's automatically assumed you are poor, household help, or that you dont live in the more affluent areas. I am not sure of your ethnicity, but keep that in mind.

The more affluent the place is, and the further you are away from white and wealthy appearing, the less people will treat you like you belong. I am an Arlington resident and frequently disgusted at how people move to the other side of the street when a hispanic person is approaching them, or how people dont stop at a crosswalk for anyone of color but will stop for someone who is white (there's actually been studies on this, but I see it first hand daily). This gets worse the whiter/conservative/wealthier you go in VA. I could go on and on, but I am a minority in an affluent area and can promise you that if you are the "wrong" ethnicity, it wont be a cake walk. However, dont let this deter you from living where you want. You will be able to find like-minded friends wherever you go, you just have to deal with the bullshit that might surround you. If you and your kids have tough skin and can ignore ignorance and rise above it, you'll be just fine.

+1

White, then (much farther down the line), Chinese/Korean, then (much farther down the line), Indian, then (much farther down the line) Iranian, then other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you a legal immigrant, you will be okay in Falls Church or McLean. If you are illegals, please stay in DC or Maryland.

Who do you think mows lawns of the NoVa McMansions?

+1

Except they can't afford McLean, unfortunately.

FYI, most people can't afford McLean.

Of course not.

[Anonymous]

South Reston!! It is fairly diverse and liberal. North Reston is where the white people who redistricting their schools for whiteness live.