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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All the ignorance about Clifton just shows how much this area is now dominated by transient strivers.  Clifton is an old school well-heeled Virginia suburb.  There are still large horse farms and when you read an obituary of an 80 year old and the person grew up in Clifton it indicates a certain pedigree.

You can’t really buy into the real Clifton because the properties don’t change hands that often.  FWIW Oakton used to be the same way until a few landowning families made an absolute killing carving it up for development (and then ironically moving to conservation easements 40 miles to the west).

It’s very much like Great Falls.  Except Great Falls is recognized on this board as prestigious because of all the new construction, new residents- people probably don’t even know about the hobby farms, only the ghastly McMansions and they think that’s prestigious.  It’s nauseating.[/quote]

So far all we have is your “word” that Clifton is prestigious. And frankly, nothing indicates it [i]ever[/i] was prestigious compared to the other towns we are talking about. Old Town, Delray, Arlington, McLean and Great Falls have median SFH prices $300k to a [b]million dollars[/b] higher than Clifton. You don’t want to use that metric. That’s fine. Let’s use residents as a marker of prestige.

A search of notable people that have lived in Clifton vs. any of the other places we are discussing is quite striking. Even back 100 years ago, it’s obvious it lacked prestige. No one famous has lived there. Now do Old Town; one would think that George Washington would have given it some prestige. McLean? The list of people is too long. Kennedy family, governors, Steve Case, Ted Leonsis, Saudi ambassador, Senators, Secretary of Defense. And Arlington lacks pedigree, but people are choosing it over Clifton every time. Arlington has had a Vice President, Senators, Congress people and many other notable people. Including of course, the residents of Arlington House. Which since you are so big in the past you know was built by a descendant of Martha Washington as tribute to George Washington and housed the Lee family.

So please tell me, with actual facts, why is Clifton so prestigious?[/quote]

DP and I agree with this poster. There are a handful of longtime Virginia families that are Clifton residents. Of course the strivers don't know about them, though.[/quote]

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