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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP,

You are either going to get "yes move!" advice from people who live in McLean and would never think of setting foot in Alexandria (Ffx Cnty), or you get "no, don't move" from people who have lived in Alexandria and never lived in McLEan.

People root for their own areas.  Most people do not have the background knowledge you have about your area.  So, any comparison they make is based on incomplete information.  They can only say whether they like the area they already know.  They cannot accurately compare your area to their own.  [/quote]

I've lived in both and already responded. Yo couldn't pay me to live in Mclean over Old Town. For one, you're married to your car and surrounede by horrific traffic and two, McLean is full of people who think (erroneously) that theyre better than others. Classic new money, classless, tasteless braggarts. But hey, if they like their Tuscan villa off 123, more power to them![/quote]

I've lived in both.  Here's my response.

I'm sure if you actually live in Old Town, the walkability is great.  But for getting to most things in the area, it's hard to beat the McLean location--but you won't be walking.  Traffic is horrific everywhere in the Metro area, you won't escape that.

There is new money everywhere, I'd suggest you just make friends with people you like, obviously.  Personally I've found it to be worse in Potomac, but that's obviously a matter of opinion.  Most people aren't going to be moving next door to Colin Powell, Grant Reid, Wes Bush, etc.  Oh, but wait--new money.  :)

You should probably just look at some houses you like in the area, maybe check out the schools, and talk to people IRL.  This board has a weird hatred for McLean I've never encountered elsewhere.[/quote]

OP has made it clear that she does NOT live in Old Town Alexandria or the City of Alexandria.  She lives in FAIRFAX COUNTY ALEXANDRIA (which, contrary to some assertions, IS "Alexandria" just as much as "Burke" is "Burke", as much as "Springfield" is "Springfield" and "Oakton" is really "Oakton" and not simply some part of Fairfax County which shall not be given a name).

Yes, it is true that Alexandria IN FAIRFAX COUNTY is not the same as the incorporated City of Alexandria.  That does not make it "some random part of Fairfax County."  All parts of Fairfax county have regional -- unincorporated -- names.  The fact that there is overlap in the name of an incorporated City and a region of FFx Cnty does not make that latter cease to exist.

Anyway -- OP lives in Fairfax County (Alexandria) --- which is not Old Town.[/quote]

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