Vienna vs McLean: culture differences?

[Anonymous]

Feds in mclean area aren’t “working class” regardless of when they bought. I don’t think folks know what that term means anymore.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think of McLean as skewing a bit wealthier (just a bit), but I also think of McLean as something no one else has mentioned here yet -- lots of older people. Like rich elderly women, in particular. Businesses that have been there forever. I think of Vienna as a bit more family oriented. Vienna is kids on the block playing together, McLean is carefully engineered playdates. The playdate thing is probably an exaggeration, but it is what comes to mind.

Do you even live in McLean? There are no patches of rich elderly women! Most homes are dual income families.

The only place where there are a lot of rich elderly widows living in their outdated big houses with slightly overgrown yards is parts of Great Falls, not McLean or Vienna.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They’re literally almost the same. I xcan’t believe this has gone on for 5 pages.

5 pages? A thread like this comes up every other year. And it’s silly. One is not better than the other. It’s about commute, personal preferences, and individual neighborhoods within the two towns.

I wish it was once a year. It feels like every few months.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Vienna has a lot of working class folks that inherited homes

Oh no! Not working class.

I wouldn't say it was ever working class...when the original homes in the Town of Vienna were built, most of the residents were middle class professionals--lots of federal workers, for example.

Much of TOV used to seem blue collar - little houses for Joe Sixpacks who hung out together at the Vienna Inn. Not so much now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Vienna has a lot of working class folks that inherited homes

Oh no! Not working class.

I wouldn't say it was ever working class...when the original homes in the Town of Vienna were built, most of the residents were middle class professionals--lots of federal workers, for example.

Much of TOV used to seem blue collar - little houses for Joe Sixpacks who hung out together at the Vienna Inn. Not so much now.

You mean Vienna Woods. Those were starter homes in the new new suburb of Vienna, circa 1960. These originals are being rapidly razed and replaced with huge new builds.

[Anonymous]

No one has even heard of Vienna woods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one has even heard of Vienna woods.

People have, and the neighborhood is even shown on the map if you search for Vienna Woods.

[Anonymous]

I live in Vienna woods, awesome place.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think of McLean as skewing a bit wealthier (just a bit), but I also think of McLean as something no one else has mentioned here yet -- lots of older people. Like rich elderly women, in particular. Businesses that have been there forever. I think of Vienna as a bit more family oriented. Vienna is kids on the block playing together, McLean is carefully engineered playdates. The playdate thing is probably an exaggeration, but it is what comes to mind.

Do you even live in McLean? There are no patches of rich elderly women! Most homes are dual income families.

The only place where there are a lot of rich elderly widows living in their outdated big houses with slightly overgrown yards is parts of Great Falls, not McLean or Vienna.

I think the mode age (not the average) of the McLean Giant is 70+. That town is definitely older than others.