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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't get the appeal of McLean other than proximity to DC.  Ugly sprawling town, the worst of 70s and 80s architecture.  The most beautiful homes can't be seen from the road.[/quote]

Agree that the town is ugly. Older resident wants to keep it that way, they don’t want Mclean to become destination and create the traffic issue. Make sense to me. If you drive deep down.. it is alot of beautiful houses, and is quiet… I think the more you have money the more you want to live secluded.[/quote]

McLean Properties owns the Giant shopping center. They are planning to redevelop it - and also the increasingly vacant older strip along Old Dominion which is adjacent. [/quote]

Any idea what they're planning? That Giant is not my favorite.[/quote]

I’m curious, too. I actually like the Giant, but I’ve noticed so many tenants leaving. A barber who used to work in the shopping center (they didn’t renew his lease) mentioned that they’re only offering short-term leases now. It seems like something is happening, but there’s nothing in the news about it.

Also, it's true that the older folks want to keep McLean as is to prevent too much traffic...[/quote]

It seems to be busy in terms of road congestion at certain times, and busier than Bethesda which is far more urban, I cannot understand why, probably has to do with people commuting and school traffic.  Public transit is sad, so people have to drive, walking around parking lot oriented DT isn't pleasant.  Some crosswalks they plopped in the middle of the streets are an afterthought and scary to use.   The bones are there with major intersections and all necessary day-to-day businesses already existing, but there is something off.  Probably the conflict between extra cost of redeveloping and higher rents and not enough people actually shopping/dining there as most people just drive through or patronize large chain stores located there. [/quote]

During afternoon rush hour, some people try to “cheat” the AL bridge backup by taking 123 and then Georgetown Pike to get to 495 to return home to Maryland.  That can cause corresponding congestion along that path, especially if the bridge backup is severe.  Locals know to take other routes when that happens.

Separately, the GW Parkway rebuild has been causing severe congestion near it - and on alternative routes - for the past while.  Locals are hoping this will diminish if they ever finish the GWP construction.  [/quote]

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