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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op, are you still reading this thread?  I grew up in McLean also.  One of my friends was always amused that the McDonald's had just one arch!

Did you ever feel like people judged you negatively for growing up in McLean?  I've avoided telling people because of the sometimes negative ways they would treat me after I told them.  I had a college friend who assumed I was spoiled and snobby (neither were true).  Whereas if I didn't tell people I was from McLean they would get to know me and not make immediate incorrect assumptions.[/quote]

DP. Also grew up in McLean and have had the same experience. I usually say I lived there when it was a normal place (and way back when, it was). [/quote]

If you're in the DMV I guess people have assumptions about McLean. Outside of the area most people haven't heard of it. I'm from the west coast and had never heard of it until we started looking for houses here. I lived in Arlington for 5 years and thought McLean was similar to Annandale or something (I had never visited). [/quote]

If you know people in certain circles on the East Coast because of work or school ties, people generally are familiar with certain suburbs of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and DC, McLean among them.  And also certain Chicago suburbs.

If they’ve heard of Arlington, it’s more likely because of Arlington National Cemetery or the Pentagon than the residential neighborhoods, as is the case with McLean.

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McLean does not compare to the places you mentioned - you must not be familiar, at all.

No one has heard of McLean, trust me.[/quote]

Why would I trust you when you’re simply wrong?  People who don’t live in this area have told me many times they are familiar with McLean. [b] It has the same name recognition as many other well-known suburbs along the East Coast.[/b] [/quote]
DP but you're definitely making this up. It is simply not true.[/quote]

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