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[quote=Anonymous]It is absurdly competitive here - everything. I often joke that here in McLean people are excited when they get a "better" parking spot at Giant. Yes, that is sarcastic, but I am not from here and having lived here 20+ years it's that feeling that makes it challenging.

As people have mentioned, it is very transient. People are VERY stressed out, and I found over all the years it is very hard to even schedule a "spontaneous" dinner or get together. It is not uncommon to hear "Well, I'll let you know what our calendar looks like in 6 weeks." They aren't even being rude or brushing you off...it's just more of a formal feel here. We have lived in the same house for the whole time and we do know our neighbors, but you're not going to be invited on a random Saturday afternoon for a beer on the patio. One of the first things people ask you when they meet you is what you do...

I'm not sure why you would move to McLean (or Vienna) and then pay $45-60k/year for private schools. You'd choose to live in McLean to go to McLean or Langley High (and Longfellow MS, elementary schools, etc). You then get into the Private School culture. While FCPS has seen a decline in the past few years, the private school grind (from the admissions process and expectations of where your child will go to college) is real. Again....stress.

I can't compare to SD, but if you have a community there and like the lifestyle, I'd stay put. I am not saying it's all bad here, but all of  the things I mentioned above just add to the stress/competitiveness/striving and it wears on you over time.[/quote]

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