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[quote=Anonymous]There seem to be a never-ending series of threads started about McLean as a pretext to bash it.  I don't really get it, since I don't see people in McLean pushing it on posters with the same frequency as posters from Arlington, Falls Church City, or Vienna.

There's no mystery about why people move to McLean:  (1) it's centrally located between DC and Tysons; (2) houses there are among the largest and nicest of any DC-area suburb; (3) the public schools are top-rated and it's also easier to get to DC/MD privates than it is from other parts of NoVa given the proximity to Chain Bridge and 495; and (4) it's safe and quiet.

There's also no mystery about why other people avoid McLean:  (1) the population trends older than in many other areas; (2) there's no nightlife and the retail area is underwhelming; (3) it's mostly White and Asian, so some URMs may feel unwelcome; and (4) Republicans live there as well as Democrats.

But is it "old money"?  Overall, no (nor is there really a lot of "old money" anywhere in this region).  It's higher-income people, many professionals and/or first or second-generation Americans, with work ties to DC or Tysons.

Are most of its residents retired and old?  No, again (McLean HS, for example, has been among the fastest-growing high schools in FCPS in recent years).

Is it mostly Republican?  No, yet again (it has been mostly Democratic for years, but Republicans aren't as outnumbered as they are in Arlington or Bethesda).
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