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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I had never heard of DC's gold coast, only the one in Chain Bridge- that name always stuck with me because it's high on the bluff along the coast of the Potomac and made sense as far as the name.[/quote] Rivers don't have 'coasts'. They have banks, bluffs, even shores. Not coasts. In English, at least in America. The usage for real estate (as opposed to African places that export gold) is very loose (even for Chicago) and need not be associated with a body of water, which is why I think the gold coast in DC is called that. Though I don't here that name much anymore either - but never for the Chain Bridge area in Va - but I live in Alexandria. Maybe this is something only used in the area itself? Or only by realtors?[/quote] Or maybe it gets used by realtors, and then picked up by journalists writing about real estate, and then repeated by people who read what the journalists write... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/where-we-live/wp/2015/06/08/former-home-of-alexander-haig-returns-to-the-market/?utm_term=.a1605bd33544 https://www.washingtonian.com/2008/07/31/luxury-homes-august-2008/ http://washingtonlife.com/2007/06/01/the-2007-wealth-list/2/ [/quote]
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