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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Grew up in Montgomery county and the perception around me that I was taught is McLean is the best part of NoVa, Arlington is for mid level Feds and  Vienna is for mid level everybody else. The only chance after all these years is now it can be said those areas are for dual income families but nothing else appears to have changed. Listening to my coworkers I might also add that Arlington schools are a bit over rated and hit or miss.[/quote]

Still the case. The only change is that other areas like Great Falls have declined in appeal. [/quote]

ARL is changing, and is starting to look more like NW DC or Lower Mcl.  Dual income yes, but with the tear downs the entry point has jumped from 800K to 1.5M for a nice house.  Still plenty of 800 - 900K houses, but those are starters for dual income families.  People 50+ are still Feds, &lt;50 is likely law firm/defense, etc.  APS capacity debacle has folks looking for privates, but due to the legacy of mid-level Feds as you say, there are no many privates in Arl.  Commutes are still great, but some real negatives on schools and affordability now in Arl.[/quote]

As you say, it's the older homes that are within the reach of dual-income mid-level families, but new builds in all these areas have gotten expensive.  Here are the median sales prices over the past year for new builds:

McLean/22101 - $1.78M
Arlington/22207 - $1.57M
Vienna/22180 - $1.35M

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