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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McLean was formed in 1910 when the villages of Langley and Lewinsville merged.  I know McLean trends older than Arlington, but the last poster must easily be pushing 115 to suggest Langley and McLean are anything other than two different high schools.   :roll: [/quote]

Please, one need only drive around the area of Georgetown pike (Langley HS) versus the area around McLean HS. Night and Day.[/quote]

I think Langley was a place name before Zip Codes were invented in the 1960's...after that it existed as an unofficial term for the rich part of McLean (the poor part of McLean being south)[/quote]

I grew up in McLean on the "wrong side of the tracks". I can attest to this. Kids from up near Georgetown Pike referred to their area as "Langley" not "McLean". In those days (1970s) Tysons was a strip mall with an orange bowl and mclean was very modest with tons of GS-12-15 single income families. Seriously. I loved NoVa in those days though. Ballston was Parkington and Clarendon was dangerous and had gangs all over.[/quote]

Arlington was run down back then.  Wilson Boulevard had lots of empty storefronts and it was considered an upgrade when Clarendon became  "Little Saigon."  Obviously all these areas got richer starting in the 80s.  There is no poor part of McLean today other than maybe the apartments in Tysons off Magarity across from Pimmit Hills, and even those complexes aren't bad.  It is just the haves and the have-mores.[/quote]

Yup, before metro most of Arlington was run down, but north Arlington around Yorktown HS was always pretty rich (22207 right?) whereas my neighborhood around McLean HS was pretty average, In those days I believe Yorktown was considered higher end than McLean HS but that was before all the development...[/quote]

Not any more, as they're about the same, but Langley is higher end than both. [/quote]

Eh... Maybe on average...but only because there are no multifamily housing units while there are in McLean and Arlington.

But then Fairfax Station 22039 only has houses too. Therefore 22039 has higher income than McLean or N Arlington, though it is pretty blasé and average...[/quote]

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