Reply to considering moving to McLean

Forum Index » Real Estate

Reply to "considering moving to McLean"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you for your replies so far. 5 BR would be preferred, but 4 BR is OK, too. [/quote]

How important is new/up-to-date to you? Do you value walkability? 22101 is generally known as being a bit more down to earth. 22102 is generally thought to have slightly better schools. Of course, this is all subject to each person's opinion. We live in 22101 and I like it. It is more accessible to DC and "downtown McLean."[/quote]

This is incorrect information.  We live just off Georgetown Pike by Langley High school.  That's 22101.  What schools are in 22102 that you seem to think are better?

And while I like it here, there is [i]nothing [/i]down-to-earth about living in this part of McLean.  Also, many, if not most, of the houses here are out of her price range.[/quote]

I'm guessing the other poster was equating 22102 with the Langley pyramid and 22101 with the McLean pyramid, since most of 22102 feeds into Langley.  All the McLean schools will be good.  As "down to earth" is generally understood in these parts, the areas that feed into McLean HS are considered more down to earth than the areas that feed into Langley HS (more of an SES mix).  But, in the $1.2-1.4M price range, it's probably easier to find something in McLean that feeds into Langley than into McLean.  Most of the $1.2-1.4M neighborhoods that feed into McLean will be in Falls Church/22043 or Vienna/22182, whereas a lot of the houses in McLean that feed into McLean will be older homes that go for less than $1.2M or newer homes that go for more than $1.4M.

In any event, the OP would have plenty of options with her budget, whether in McLean or nearby areas, and the friendliness of one's neighbors can vary by block, by neighborhood, or by year - in other words, it's not something that really lends itself to easy characterizations or distinctions based on the north or south side of a road or a zip code.  I think the best things about McLean are its location (very convenient) and the schools (very good), not the knock-your-socks-off friendliness of its residents.  To me, it's enough that people are generally courteous and civil, take good care of their homes, and help one another out in a pinch, all of which I've found to be the case in our part of 22101.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics