At DC privates - Why are VA parents considered "inferior"?

[Anonymous]

This is laughable. Old Town has more old money than most DC/MD burbs.

[Anonymous]

What an absolutely absurb thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What an absolutely absurb thread.

STOP grammar police. I have a typo! Absurd not absurb.

[Anonymous]

Virginia residents who create a superior school system, are somehow inferior?

(superior school system was the ops assertion)

[Anonymous]

I'm laughing at an earlier response re: "real southern Virginians", "true Virginians". I would never live in NOVA if I had to think about this everyday.

It's a commuting decision. period.

Signed, a Md "W" school grad living in Fairfax.

[Anonymous]

Why do DC posters who bash everyone think that NW DC is the whole city? Have you not checked out the rest of the place? DC is diverse, rich, poor, drug and gang ridden, gorgeous wealthy neighborhoods, dangerous violent neighborhoods, super educated and powerful, and uneducated and seemingly hopeless. It's not just the wealthy north west portion so get off of your high horses. Be proud to live there but don't be so narrow minded to not acknowledge the whole city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see this recurring theme alluding to the thought that DC parents/families at DC private schools "turn up their noses" or " look down on" VA parents/families.

Given that this is an anonymous forum can I hear from people who feel this way and could they say why?

I don't think its part of the rehashed issue that VA families should use VA public schools and not "take up space" in DC privates given that the public school system may be better in NOVA. I am assuming it is something else.

Anyone open to sharing their thoughts?

Heck, I worry about a stigma from my PG county address. If VA gets looked down on...we are doomed.

[Anonymous]

Interesting thread that came up when I searched for something. Is VA still no man's island to DC/MD parents? Are we still seen as climbers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting thread that came up when I searched for something. Is VA still no man's island to DC/MD parents? Are we still seen as climbers?

It was when I worked at a NWDC private a couple years ago. The kids who lived in VA may as well not have existed to their peers, and DC parents made it very clear that VA is beneath them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Interesting thread that came up when I searched for something. Is VA still no man's island to DC/MD parents? Are we still seen as climbers?

Hysterical that you revived this 10 year old thread. My answer would be that VA was the home of the Confederate and thus I have an entire out herb bias.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Interesting thread that came up when I searched for something. Is VA still no man's island to DC/MD parents? Are we still seen as climbers?

Hysterical that you revived this 10 year old thread. My answer would be that VA was the home of the Confederate and thus I have an entire out herb bias.

Um, what? “The Confederate”? “An entire out herb bias”? Have you been smoking that herb? Care to attempt that post again, coherently?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ill bite. Even though I know I shouldn't buy I've had 3 glasses of wine. There is a gut reaction that I get when I meet the few parents from Virginia. I realize they live far away, may have different political views and I sure as hell don't want to drive out there for a play date. I also get the sense of social climbing and that stench is hard to ignore. So I say hi and then ignore them completely because if DD makes a friend who lives in McLean I sure as hell don't want to drive out there on a Saturday.

Social climbing? More Old Money and status in Virginia than in MD, darling. Probably DC, too.

Well I live in DC. And you know you're wrong. Nova is so new money it hurts. Everything is gaudy and flashy. People trying to live outside their means so they lease a new car yearly to try and create false status. Eh. Call me when your family has a crest and funded America's railroads.

NP: How is living in VA social climbing? What if you want more space to run around for children? What social ladder is there to climb? I live in Nova and I am a homebody who went to private schools and Ivies and want the same for my children. This is really strange to me.

The families I know who lease cars btw lease because of the warranties and they are not flashy

You are arguing with the poster as to the validity of the way people in DC/MD feel.

That's not the question the OP ask. She wanted to know if and why people in DC'MD felt that people/families that lived in VA were somehow "inferior. She has gotten some responses.

The Virginia don't like the responses and want to argue validity. The NJ people would probably want to argue with the Manhattanites too. But it would be just as pointless. People feel the way they feel.

Comparing Chevy Chase and NW DC is hilarious. You have no culture or cache. Thanks for the laugh. Former NYC to VA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is that what they say about lawyers from Takoma Park? Really? Who knew. Maybe I'm just too smart to spend another boring day tooling around a bunch of museums I've been to several times in elementary school in my own hometown like a freaking tourist or transplant, who I know find standing on grass exciting because it's The Mall. wow. And if I want to go to any of the tourist attractions, I'm there in 15 minutes from my house in VA with all it's lovely conveniences and shops and easy parking and great schools and lack of crime and my beautiful home/yard. But my favorite places to go are definitely the mountains (Shenandoah) or the beach, not DC. That is by far the absolute last place on my list to do anything except the zoo or aquarium now that DC actually has one apparently (plan to go - haven't yet).

Sorry but your post proves just how much you are not refined or culture enough. That DC list is a good one to those that understand this in addition to all the activities, etc….

[Anonymous]

There will always be some kind of bias, but it is slowly decreasing especially as VA economically overtakes MD and DC. Also with increased immigration and domestic migration, people will care less about Cave Dwellers.

[Anonymous]

Our DC private lives McLean and Arlington- used to be more if a NW-MoCO thing. Now nearly every car in our VA neighborhood has the school sticker on it. There is serious wealth there and people that used to love the public schools have turned off of them. A lot of these kids are the smartest in their classes- less legacy.