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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]16;09 - YOU NAILED IT.

OP, how much are you looking to spend?  Are you thinking you will buy new?  Is walkability mandatory?  Your choices seem rather limited.  I have many friends who own more than one house, at least one of which is in McLean.

There are plenty of "last generation McLean people" that are practically priced out of McLean as it is.  They will be damned if they will let downtown development price them out completely.

If you know anything about the "knock down neighborhoods" - where knock downs are well underway, you will know that those who can barely afford to be in McLean are putting on (practically) makeshift additions, instead of the economically wiser knock down/rebuild choice.  In many cases, they look not unlike the trailers that are added on in the poorer areas.  They just keep going, looking at the back of their house.  It looks horrible, but they are proud to just be there, I suppose.

Most people I know would far prefer to have new construction to look at every morning, even if it is out their window.

It is not a choice for the "last McLean generation", as they can barely afford the "old house" taxes, and can certainly NOT take on the "new house" taxes.  They fight change in a rather hostile and sneaky manner.  Of course, they would never admit this.  But they are one tax payment away from moving elsewhere, fast.

It won't be long before the knock downs/rebuilds are the majority, and the "old house contingent" will have far less choices.  The latter knows this.

It is an interesting aspect of McLean economics that few people see from the inside, and fewer admit.

Understandably, it is a sensitive issue, both amongst the "old house contingent" and when young couples easily get outbid by builders, since the latter consistently has cash in hand.

You might feel more comfortable in a neighborhood with less unspoken animosity.

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Agreed. If you ever drive to the giant / cvs it's shocking and scary to see all the old white people attempting to drive, they fill the entire parking lot.[/quote]

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