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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]McLean blows and isn't near the metro.  I'd go with N. Arlington.[/quote]
There is a metro stop named “McLean.” It’s named that because it’s located in McLean. [/quote]

It is also 2 or more miles from most SF homes in McLean and doesn’t have metro parking. It has $25 parking in the capital one garage.

[b]I would suggest living in McLean near the Falls Church border, then you can drive to West Falls Church metro which has regular parking. [/b][/quote]

This is the answer. Reminds me of this house that there was a thread about, that sold a couple of weeks ago. Walking distances to WFC metro and under 1.5M, but sold in 2days. https://www.redfin.com/VA/Falls-Church/2315-Highland-Ave-22046/home/9482052

You and your agent have to be very on top of the "coming soon" MLS, these properties can pretty much sell overnight. [/quote]

I'm a big fan of walkability, [b]but isn't highway noise a problem with these properties that are close to metro?[/b] Once you get west of the Ballston station, all the metro stops are on highways, so you can't get walkability to metro without also having terrible highway noise.[/quote]

No, not necessarily. Depends on where you are. For example, the link above was to a house on Highland Ave, which is a big cut through street to the WFC metro. You will hear 66 at the houses at the bottom of the hill right at Haycock, but once you go up 3 houses or so, you no longer hear it. So yes, right there at the metro on Highland or slightly up Haycock? You will hear 66. But only the houses that are right there. And you don't hear it at all at the houses that are more in the direction of route 7. A friend lives on Offutt, and walks to the WFC metro and you certainly can't hear 66 there. I'd say 66 noise is a problem for a minority of the homes that are walking distance to WFC; but it will be a problem for those that are closest, I grant that. [/quote]

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