Arlington: Whole Foods parking lot
McLean: Giant parking lot
Point: McLean

Arlington: bad Turkish restaurant
McLean: good Turkish restaurant
point: McLean

Arlington: surfeit of cosmetic dentists
McLean: surfeit of cosmetic surgeons
Point: Arlington

Arlington: Preston's Pharmacy for Caspari cards
McLean: Mesmerelda's for Caspari cards
Point: McLean

Arlington: Ann Taylor Loft
McLean: The Bermuda Shop
Point: Arlington

Arlington: The Pentagon
McLean: The CIA (technically Langley yeah I know)
Point: McLean

Arlington: County Jail
McLean: Evans Farm gated community
Point: McLean

What can you add?

Let's see....

Arlington: near the top of drop-down lists of Virginia municipalities
McLean: have to scroll halfway down the list, may be listed under "Fairfax"
Point: Arlington

Arlington: Fashion Center at Pentagon City, Ballston Mall
McLean: Tyson's, Tyson's II
Point: McLean

Arlington: pronounced the way it is spelled
McLean: not pronounced the way it is spelled
Point: Arlington

Arlington: 395
McLean: 495
Point: McLean

Arlington: lots of places to buy cars formerly owned by rich people
McLean: lots of places to buy clothes formerly owned by rich people
Point: Arlington

Arlington: Rocky Run
McLean: Clemyjontri
Point: McLean

Arlington: served by five metro lines (with delays)
McLean: served by one metro line (with delays)
Point: this one is tough

I'd say its a toss-up

Anonymous wrote:Great topic, OP!

Rarely has anyone explored this topic. I am guessing it will hit 15 pages by Wednesday. Anyone with me?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It would be great if people who have lived both places would respond, instead of people who lived in one place and only have hearsay about the other

You are being mocked because this is a very tired topic on this board, OP.

Not op's quote- btw!

LOL. Great topic. Let's get to the bottom of this.

The less affluent live in Arlington

Different kind of vibe, IMO. McLean is more suburban or even rural feeling. Arlington is more dense, but not quite the same as living in DC.

It's a scale.

For people who work in DC or in that general close-in area, it's great to live in Arlington.

I work in Tysons, so McLean is awesome. I figure for people who work near Dulles, Ashburn is pretty darned nice too.

Anonymous wrote:It would be great if people who have lived both places would respond, instead of people who lived in one place and only have hearsay about the other

You are being mocked because this is a very tired topic on this board, OP.

It would be great if people who have lived both places would respond, instead of people who lived in one place and only have hearsay about the other

Great topic, OP!

I like them both better than libville Bethesda and Potomac

Not another thread on this! Can't you just search?

Anonymous wrote:Let's chat. What do you like about each and why?

What I live about Arlington is that is not composed entire of the Yorktown District, but also has cool, urban, and diverse areas (not all are all three though)

What I like about McLean is that it is far enough of from me I can ignore it most of the time.

Let's chat. What do you like about each and why?