Anonymous wrote:Potomac has those beyond absurd Niroo monstrosities out on River Road. Why the 1 acre grass front yard and zero shade trees, fencing? There's zero desire for discretion. They just scream "I'm rich, bitch!".

For that kind of money, one could buy an original castle in Europe, or an island for that matter. Not something facing River Road. Even Versailles has some landscaping...why pay all that money to watch the cars go by?

http://dc.curbed.com/tags/david-niroo

Whoa. Wish I could unsee that. I am not one to try to dissect big houses, and like to say to each his own. But all I kept thinking is they ran out of money and couldn't afford a proper decorator. Not a blind one, preferably.

Anonymous wrote:The ability to afford an expensive home does not automatically indicate pretentiousness.

True dat. I plenty of arseholes that live in shetshacks.

Anonymous wrote:L'ambience of McLean (in Falls Church)!

Just the name alone. Yes, it's a development, but what a pretentious name. I think the entrance sign has changed to slightly less dated and pretentious, but still.

Aren't they detached townhomes? Who pays new house prices for detached town homes? Just because it has a pretentious name? Ridiculous.

The ability to afford an expensive home does not automatically indicate pretentiousness.

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Anonymous wrote:Cleveland Park?? yeah, there are some nice houses, but plenty of duplexes too. People in Cleveland Park are sometimes excessively politically correct, but not pretentious.

I might say Georgetown or Kalorama, except people there are more legit than pretentious. To me pretentious are people who think they are more than they are. People in kalorama are indeed what they are.

Capitol Hill?

Nah. We are way too insecure and navel-gazing to be truly pretentious. I concede that we do tout our walkability a bit too much.

Great Falls...new money mixed with barely hanging on good ole virginny boys.

Anonymous wrote:I am going with Spring Valley after seeing the City Paper article about the historic designation of a parking lot in the name of preserving parking.

That's not pretentious. It may be preservation-minded or NIMBY depending on your perspective. But it's not totally off-base. The shopping center is land marked. In fact, there's a shopping center in Cleveland Oark, the Park n Shop, where the front parking is part of the landmark , as it was one of the first such commercial building designs in the U.S. Preservation of that, and stopping what residents called "another Van Ness" proposed at the site, was the catalyst for the whole historic district created in CP in the 80s.

Ballston

Anonymous wrote:"The Enclave of Ballston." Sorry, but nothing in Ballston is remotely an "enclave."

It sounded better than "the Strip Mall at Ballstron"

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cleveland Park?? yeah, there are some nice houses, but plenty of duplexes too. People in Cleveland Park are sometimes excessively politically correct, but not pretentious.

I might say Georgetown or Kalorama, except people there are more legit than pretentious. To me pretentious are people who think they are more than they are. People in kalorama are indeed what they are.

I would like to live in Kalorama. how do i get in?

Storm the gates.

"The Enclave of Ballston." Sorry, but nothing in Ballston is remotely an "enclave."

Anonymous wrote:In DC it's the Phillips Park neighborhood. Oversized, overpriced mansions squeezed together in a faux-Euro-chic neighborhood with no privacy and over decorated houses. Feels very nouveau riche. Versus neighborhoods like Kalorama or Cleveland Park which are elegant real mansions.

I completely agree with this.

Anonymous wrote:Cleveland Park?? yeah, there are some nice houses, but plenty of duplexes too. People in Cleveland Park are sometimes excessively politically correct, but not pretentious.

I might say Georgetown or Kalorama, except people there are more legit than pretentious. To me pretentious are people who think they are more than they are. People in kalorama are indeed what they are.

I would like to live in Kalorama. how do i get in?

Anonymous wrote:L'ambience of McLean (in Falls Church)!

Just the name alone. Yes, it's a development, but what a pretentious name. I think the entrance sign has changed to slightly less dated and pretentious, but still.

lol. I remember when they were building those houses. They had a clown at the entrance trying to draw people in . . .

Anonymous wrote:Cleveland Park?? yeah, there are some nice houses, but plenty of duplexes too. People in Cleveland Park are sometimes excessively politically correct, but not pretentious.

I might say Georgetown or Kalorama, except people there are more legit than pretentious. To me pretentious are people who think they are more than they are. People in kalorama are indeed what they are.

Capitol Hill?