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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the thread about scummy realtors, OP claimed it was the most sought after neighborhood in the region. Would residents of Spring Valley, Kalorama, Georgetown and Somerset disagree? What other neighborhoods would you put above McLean, or are the old split levels and white modern farm houses that have replaced them the best thing going in the region?[/quote]

Gtown and Kalorama are urban and don't have SFH living (very rare to find a truly detached house).  Why would anyone with a brain compare this to an area where people go to live in a large SFH with a yard? People who seek Gtown aren't looking in Mclean, and vice versa.  If you want a suburban home and good public schools through HS you aren't going to be looking for $$$$ rowhouses in Gtown.  Even if you don't mind a TH you won't be looking in Gtown unless you have millions.  Many TH communities in Mclean and around commerce and transit in the suburbs for much more reasonable prices.  Price per sq.ft. in DC premium urban neighborhoods will always be more than anywhere suburban, it's meaningless to compare.[/quote]

Other than a few blocks of townhouses just off CT and Mass, Kalorama is predominately grand, gorgeous and well-built single family homes. My kids go to school in McLean, but I could never live there b/c I find the downtown depressing. It is so mishmashy and a sea of ugly construction. I'd hate to have to run even my day to day errands there. I wouldn't really call any of it walkable, unless you like walking to dumpy strip malls? I also dislike  that very few of the neighborhoods have sidewalks. I actually preferred McLean in the 80s and 90s when the construction seemed better and the lots were bigger and the tree canopy was at least appealing. Now there seems to be so much infill of whatever is currently trendy. The traffic has also gotten terrible.[/quote]

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