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It's interesting that your opinion assigns McLean an "edge" on intangible things. There really is no edge -- the schools are exactly comparable, and the quality of residential areas? How are you measuring that exactly?

The commuting and extended day care things are more easily measured, so yes, Arlington gets the nod.[/quote]

Not quite.   Year after year, McLean schools have higher SAT scores and US News ratings than the Arlington schools, and many more students from McLean students are admitted to TJ, the region's best high school.  You are less likely to be redistricted in McLean than in North Arlington.  And there are far more $1M+ properties in McLean than Arlington.   Homes are typically larger than those in Arlington, and on bigger lots.  It's definitely more suburban, and less cramped.   These are not "intangible things" and McLean gets the nod on each.            
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I'm just wondering if you know how flipping absurd you sound.

1) Re: Higher SAT scores, that's like bragging that you got a cherry on your sundae and Arlington did not. 
2) US News ratings don't mean effing squat. They're bought, paid for, and manipulated. No one gives them an ounce of credibility.
3) More McLean kids go to TJ because ... it's a Fairfax County school. The number of slots allocated to Arlington is specifically allocated, so this outcome you're citing is not merit based or a reflection of academic excellence. Moreover, far more kids from Herndon get in than kids from McLean, so does that make Herndon thus superior to McLean? (http://mclean.patch.com/articles/which-middle-school-sends-the-most-students-to-tjhsst-df730f6c). 
4) Setting aside the notion that more $1 million homes is better (what the hell?!?!), I'm not even your statement there is true. What's your cite for that statistic? Are you talking number or proportion of the housing stock?[/quote]

someone just got owned[/quote]

+1  - and in her other response too.

SLAM![/quote]

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