Chevy Chase MD - What's so great about it?
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Anonymous
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Just moved with kids from Los Angeles and have been touring with a great buyer's agent in the Bethesda / CC area. Budget is <$2.5M for a single family home
He says Chevy Chase MD is one of the top places to live in the DMV, but I can't seem to figure out what's so great about CC Village, Martins Additions, Section 3, and Section 5. Seems like a bunch of older houses, small lots (<0.25 acres), and street parked cars due to lack of garages (and sometimes driveways). Reminds me of small old towns in New England. I absolutely don't mean this as a troll post, but why is CC more desirable than nearby Bethesda where the lots are larger and homes look newer? |
Anonymous
| I think just prestige. If you don't care about it, don't pay for it. (I didn't) |
Anonymous
| Chevy Chase Acura is in Bethesda and ironically it used to sell Chevys years ago when actually in Chevy Chase |
Anonymous
| We live in Somerset. We like it for location (can walk to either Friendship Heights or Bethesda metro plus everything that surrounds those), good schools, and fantastic community. We have a big house with a big yard (which we couldn’t find in Bethesda proper). |
Anonymous
Lots of nouveau riches people in Chevy Chase village |
Anonymous
CC Village (and most of Chevy Chase for that matter) is old money, all the way |
Anonymous
Correct. New money is generic new builds next to tear downs in Bethesda *shudder |
Anonymous
Couldn't agree more --- Bethesda builders are all about the $1.9 spec craftsman home: "Time still remaining to choose your countertops and other finishes!" |
Anonymous
Yes, true, but that is creeping into CC as well. |
Anonymous
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Location and prestige. This probably your speed, OP: https://www.redfin.com/MD/Chevy-Chase/4208-Stanford-St-20815/home/146786087.
For larger lots, you'll want to go a little farther out in Bethesda. |
Anonymous
| Old money that is incorporated so that can’t be pushed around by the county gov or planing commission. There will be no affordable housing or apt complexes put in anytime soon. So close to DC yet they don’t owe one penny to SE or NE. One of the more elite country clubs in the US. A police force that focus on residents and what they want. |
Anonymous
Chevy Chase is full of lawyers and journalists who grew up middle class in NY and NJ and think living in an old house in CC will make them seem more respectable. But they are still from Metuchen and Jericho. |
Anonymous
| Check out Palisades in DC. May be able to find something closer to what you're looking for with a better vibe. |
Anonymous
If you don't mind 24/7 very loud airplane and helicopter noise. |
Anonymous
| I’ve been trying to figure this out too about CC, Bethesda, and Arlington. The houses are dismal on small lots. Why is a 900sqft rambler 950k? |