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On the other hand, I live in McLean, and our downtown is no Bethesda, either.  We also seem to be missing a "heart" of a town.  Much of it is still 1950s architecture.  There seems to be no planning commission.  Any attempts to create a lovely center of town with many restaurants within walking distance never happen - certainly not since the recession started.  Our selection of stores, as PP states, is much less than Vienna.  Our restaurant selection is almost nil.  But I do all of my shopping in McLean because it's close, I can park, run in, get what I need and get out.  I avoid Tysons at all costs.  I only go down Maple into Vienna if I have to for a doctor's appt because of the congestion (and then stop at Taco Bell since we don't have that in McLean either! yum yum)[/quote]

If you took all the restaurants in McLean on Chain Bridge, Old Chain Bridge, Beverly, Curran, Elm, and Old Dominion, and put them next to one another on a stretch of strip malls like the stretches on Maple and Church in Vienna, you'd realize that there are quite a few good ones, but I'd still go to Vienna regularly for some of the things that just can't be found in McLean.  For example, Balducci's is great, but I still want a local bakery like Cenan's.

But the compensating factor in McLean is the lesser traffic and easier commuting.  It's kind of the mirror image of what I like and don't like about Vienna. [/quote]

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