Why is McLean so prestigious?

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Anonymous wrote:McLean is the third wealthiest city in the United States. People who can afford it move there for the excellent public schools and location to Maryland, Tysons and D.C.

The wealthy aren’t sending their kids to public.

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Anonymous wrote:McLean is the third wealthiest city in the United States. People who can afford it move there for the excellent public schools and location to Maryland, Tysons and D.C.

The wealthy aren’t sending their kids to public.

Many are if those public schools are in the Langley and McLean HS pyramids.

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Anonymous wrote:Mclean = Potomac, Bethesda = Vienna, Arlington = Silver Spring, Fairfax = Rockville

As someone who has lived in multiple areas of MoCo and NoVa this is my best analogy for prestige and also for the general culture, demographics, and feel of each area.

I think Potomac = great falls, Bethesda = McLean, Silver Spring is lower than Arlington

Yup.

Vienna is what? "North Potomac?" "North Bethesda?"

North Bethesda/Kensington would be the best MD comparisons to Vienna.

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Proximity to Great Falls?

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Anonymous wrote:I have heard /mic leen/

Please. You don't know what you are talking about.

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It isn’t.

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Anonymous wrote:Mclean = Potomac, Bethesda = Vienna, Arlington = Silver Spring, Fairfax = Rockville

As someone who has lived in multiple areas of MoCo and NoVa this is my best analogy for prestige and also for the general culture, demographics, and feel of each area.

I think Potomac = great falls, Bethesda = McLean, Silver Spring is lower than Arlington

Yup.

Vienna is what? "North Potomac?" "North Bethesda?"

North Bethesda/Kensington would be the best MD comparisons to Vienna.

Great Falls = Potomac

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Anonymous wrote:It isn’t.

Of course it is. And we especially love that it takes up so much space in your head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are many areas with more prestige than McLean- Kalorama, Forest Hills, Kent, Chevy Chase, Georgetown.

LOL no. Forest Hills is not prestigious.

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Anonymous wrote:There are many areas with more prestige than McLean- Kalorama, Forest Hills, Kent, Chevy Chase, Georgetown.

LOL no. Forest Hills is not prestigious.

I also question Kent and I live there.

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McLean has the VIPs and the most expensive suburban homes in the DC area along with Chevy Chase. Hate to break that to you.

In any case, you tip your hand by suggesting only one place in the region can be “prestigious.” You must spend a lot of time looking over your shoulder.
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Bethesda is more expensive and prestigious IMO.

Your opinion is irrelevant. Facts and home prices dictate that McLean is more expensive.

Expensive doesn't mean prestigious.
No one in their right mind would think that McLean is as prestigious as Bethesda.

Could you possibly be any more delusional? JFC.

Thinking McLean is as prestigious as Bethesda is delusional.
No one outside of McLean would think that

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McLean has the VIPs and the most expensive suburban homes in the DC area along with Chevy Chase. Hate to break that to you.

In any case, you tip your hand by suggesting only one place in the region can be “prestigious.” You must spend a lot of time looking over your shoulder.
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Bethesda is more expensive and prestigious IMO.

Your opinion is irrelevant. Facts and home prices dictate that McLean is more expensive.

Expensive doesn't mean prestigious.
No one in their right mind would think that McLean is as prestigious as Bethesda.

Could you possibly be any more delusional? JFC.

Thinking McLean is as prestigious as Bethesda is delusional.
No one outside of McLean would think that

You poor little baby.

[Anonymous]

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McLean has the VIPs and the most expensive suburban homes in the DC area along with Chevy Chase. Hate to break that to you.

In any case, you tip your hand by suggesting only one place in the region can be “prestigious.” You must spend a lot of time looking over your shoulder.
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Bethesda is more expensive and prestigious IMO.

Your opinion is irrelevant. Facts and home prices dictate that McLean is more expensive.

Expensive doesn't mean prestigious.
No one in their right mind would think that McLean is as prestigious as Bethesda.

Could you possibly be any more delusional? JFC.

Thinking McLean is as prestigious as Bethesda is delusional.
No one outside of McLean would think that

Nobody in Chevy Chase things Bethesda is prestigious, fwiw.

[Anonymous]

Guys, you are getting off base. The question that OP asked was simply, "Why is McLean prestigious?"
This has nothing to do with comparing it to other cities. Posters have already expressed numerous reasons that it holds a high status. Now move on.

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McLean is not prestigious. Who actually respects or admires McLean?

McLean is not a city. McLean is a just a hodgepodge collection of wealthy neighborhoods in Fairfax County with a few unimpressive shopping plazas and office buildings that constitute a car-centric "downtown."