OP, I will probably get flamed for this, but if you are looking for community feeling and aren't super wealthy, you may want to consider the next town over - Vienna. I wanted to live in McLean but our $800k budget wouldn't go very far in McLean. The public schools in Vienna do not have test scores as high as McLean or Langley HS, but they are close behind. And if your child is very bright they can go to the STEM high school (Thomas Jefferson).

We have been in Vienna for a little over two years and really like it. There is a great Moms group that always has something going on and the town has loads of holiday events (a little carnival on Memorial Day weekend, a Halloween parade, Santa Claus driving through the neighborhoods on a fire truck in Decembet, etc.). There are cracker-box old houses, 1970s colonials and brand new houses that are selling for $1.3 mil. The W&OD trail runs through several neighborhoods an depending where you live, you could walk to a grocery store and the post office.

Like I said, we didn't set out to live in Vienna. But I am really happy we ended up here. Check us out, we'd love to have you in the 'hood.

Franklin Park

Anonymous wrote:McLean Hamlet.

According to the Washinton Post: It's like Shangri-La for kids.

Langley Oaks, Salona Village among others.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some neighborhoods in the brown bag part. It really is the luck of the draw. Two street over has a great neighborhood connections, ours not so much.


(by 'brown bag part', I mean the area of McLean where we brown bag it to lunch.)


(PS, I think McClean is in McDonaldland.)

The house poor part?

Not always house poor. Just not in the new McMansions. The ones that live in the older ramblers and split levels/foyers.

22101?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some neighborhoods in the brown bag part. It really is the luck of the draw. Two street over has a great neighborhood connections, ours not so much.


(by 'brown bag part', I mean the area of McLean where we brown bag it to lunch.)


(PS, I think McClean is in McDonaldland.)

The house poor part?

Not always house poor. Just not in the new McMansions. The ones that live in the older ramblers and split levels/foyers.

The part where you drive you kids to playdates.

Anonymous wrote:Some neighborhoods in the brown bag part. It really is the luck of the draw. Two street over has a great neighborhood connections, ours not so much.


(by 'brown bag part', I mean the area of McLean where we brown bag it to lunch.)


(PS, I think McClean is in McDonaldland.)

The house poor part?

Lol at McClean

McLean Hamlet.

Some neighborhoods in the brown bag part. It really is the luck of the draw. Two street over has a great neighborhood connections, ours not so much.


(by 'brown bag part', I mean the area of McLean where we brown bag it to lunch.)


(PS, I think McClean is in McDonaldland.)

The rich part

Do you have children? The town gets a lot of its community feeling through the schools.

its Mclean. Not McClean, although the streets are clean.

Its suburban hell, but whatever. Do you have at least $1.5M?

Define good value.

On another thread posters mentioned that McClean has a feeling of community. I know nothing about McClean but we are considering looking to buy there if it seems good value and good lifestyle. Can someone educate me by pointing me to particular areas/neighborhoods that are friendly? Thanks!