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Anonymous wrote:Ugly can be a state of mind and it describes a large percentage of DCUM posters - unhappy and frequently over-educated (but low-performing) types who constantly look for excuses to vent their insecurities by looking for new opportunities to tell others "you're not all that," whether it comes to their homes, towns, colleges and universities, or other topics.

It gives them a quick dopamine hit when someone responds, but it doesn't last very long so they have to move on and find something else to complain about or attack.

The only one who really benefits is the owner of this forum, who has found a way to monetize the insecurities of area residents.

Facts, except for the low-performing part, given that many people here are actually high income or come from a wealthy lineage.

That being said, McLean and Great Falls and Potomac is still full of ugly, tasteless McMansions of questionable architectural style. Yes you can find these many places, but the three above areas are particularly concentrated with them. Why is this? Again, places like New Canaan, wealthy boston surburbs, etc don't have these houses to the same degree. Whats the deal here? It's an honest, and fair question and I frankly don't understand why it's such an offense to ask why.

New houses in New Canaan, CT and Newton, MA look like new houses built in McLean, Great Falls, Potomac, and Bethesda (the latter of which you omit from your list, for reasons that are unclear).

It mostly comes down to preferring older houses, combined with assumptions made about those buying newer houses and resentment towards those able to afford them.

We could always start threads about unattractive older houses in some random Mid-Atlantic and New England suburbs to level the playing field. The majority of houses in those areas are nothing particularly special, but they might make you feel better because they are clearly less expensive and/or in WASP enclaves.

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Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing: McLean does not care what you think. Happily, you can live elsewhere which people in McLean would prefer. Win-win.

Childish, and doesn’t answer why houses are so ugly in such a wealthy area.

Any one have any legitimate insight into this matter?

Yours is an opinion, not a fact and no more or less legitimate than other people’s opinions. Many disagree with you and most don’t care. Why do you need people to agree with you on this?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing: McLean does not care what you think. Happily, you can live elsewhere which people in McLean would prefer. Win-win.

Childish, and doesn’t answer why houses are so ugly in such a wealthy area.

Any one have any legitimate insight into this matter?

It's tough to have insight into the unsupported generalizations and inane buzzwords you're throwing around.

McLean is full of these, and it is quite ugly. What buzzwords were thrown around?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1174-Old-Tolson-Mill-Rd-McLean-VA-22102/51725462_zpid/

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7120-Georgetown-Pike-Mc-Lean-VA-22101/51727329_zpid/

"provincial," "exclusivity," "luxury."

You've linked to two McLean houses you don't like. Others have linked to houses in New Canaan they don't like. I--and I don't think I'm alone here--have no idea what your point is; why does it matter to you if fewer/more people think that there are some ugly houses in McLean? To the extent the number of ugly houses in McLean represents an actual problem in your life, rather than fodder for some sort of trolling, the problem is completely solved by your living outside of McLean, which I gather you have already done.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing: McLean does not care what you think. Happily, you can live elsewhere which people in McLean would prefer. Win-win.

Childish, and doesn’t answer why houses are so ugly in such a wealthy area.

Any one have any legitimate insight into this matter?

It's tough to have insight into the unsupported generalizations and inane buzzwords you're throwing around.

McLean is full of these, and it is quite ugly. What buzzwords were thrown around?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1174-Old-Tolson-Mill-Rd-McLean-VA-22102/51725462_zpid/

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7120-Georgetown-Pike-Mc-Lean-VA-22101/51727329_zpid/

People can cherry pick whatever houses they like from any suburb or city to denigrate it. New Canaan has plenty of big, new houses that don't appeal to those who only like houses built prior to WWII.

Yes, but from driving around I would strongly argue that McLean / Great Falls / Potomac has a higher concentration of these types of homes than other similarly wealthy places.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/9431-Newbridge-Dr-Potomac-MD-20854/97463491_zpid/

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/11643-Blue-Ridge-Ln-Great-Falls-VA-22066/51698930_zpid/

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/423-Seneca-Rd-Great-Falls-VA-22066/51697783_zpid/

Drive around Greenwich / New Canaan or the nice Boston Suburbs with similar sized houses and lots, and then drive around McLean / Great Falls / Potomac and see if you don't notice a difference in architectural quality.

Anonymous wrote:Ugly can be a state of mind and it describes a large percentage of DCUM posters - unhappy and frequently over-educated (but low-performing) types who constantly look for excuses to vent their insecurities by looking for new opportunities to tell others "you're not all that," whether it comes to their homes, towns, colleges and universities, or other topics.

It gives them a quick dopamine hit when someone responds, but it doesn't last very long so they have to move on and find something else to complain about or attack.

The only one who really benefits is the owner of this forum, who has found a way to monetize the insecurities of area residents.

Facts, except for the low-performing part, given that many people here are actually high income or come from a wealthy lineage.

That being said, McLean and Great Falls and Potomac is still full of ugly, tasteless McMansions of questionable architectural style. Yes you can find these many places, but the three above areas are particularly concentrated with them. Why is this? Again, places like New Canaan, wealthy boston surburbs, etc don't have these houses to the same degree. Whats the deal here? It's an honest, and fair question and I frankly don't understand why it's such an offense to ask why.

Ugly can be a state of mind and it describes a large percentage of DCUM posters - unhappy and frequently over-educated (but low-performing) types who constantly look for excuses to vent their insecurities by looking for new opportunities to tell others "you're not all that," whether it comes to their homes, towns, colleges and universities, or other topics.

It gives them a quick dopamine hit when someone responds, but it doesn't last very long so they have to move on and find something else to complain about or attack.

The only one who really benefits is the owner of this forum, who has found a way to monetize the insecurities of area residents.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing: McLean does not care what you think. Happily, you can live elsewhere which people in McLean would prefer. Win-win.

Childish, and doesn’t answer why houses are so ugly in such a wealthy area.

Any one have any legitimate insight into this matter?

It's tough to have insight into the unsupported generalizations and inane buzzwords you're throwing around.

McLean is full of these, and it is quite ugly. What buzzwords were thrown around?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1174-Old-Tolson-Mill-Rd-McLean-VA-22102/51725462_zpid/

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7120-Georgetown-Pike-Mc-Lean-VA-22101/51727329_zpid/

People can cherry pick whatever houses they like from any suburb or city to denigrate it. New Canaan has plenty of big, new houses that don't appeal to those who only like houses built prior to WWII.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing: McLean does not care what you think. Happily, you can live elsewhere which people in McLean would prefer. Win-win.

Childish, and doesn’t answer why houses are so ugly in such a wealthy area.

Any one have any legitimate insight into this matter?

It's tough to have insight into the unsupported generalizations and inane buzzwords you're throwing around.

McLean is full of these, and it is quite ugly. What buzzwords were thrown around?

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1174-Old-Tolson-Mill-Rd-McLean-VA-22102/51725462_zpid/

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7120-Georgetown-Pike-Mc-Lean-VA-22101/51727329_zpid/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing: McLean does not care what you think. Happily, you can live elsewhere which people in McLean would prefer. Win-win.

Childish, and doesn’t answer why houses are so ugly in such a wealthy area.

Any one have any legitimate insight into this matter?

It's tough to have insight into the unsupported generalizations and inane buzzwords you're throwing around.

Anonymous wrote:Here’s the thing: McLean does not care what you think. Happily, you can live elsewhere which people in McLean would prefer. Win-win.

Childish, and doesn’t answer why houses are so ugly in such a wealthy area.

Any one have any legitimate insight into this matter?

Here’s the thing: McLean does not care what you think. Happily, you can live elsewhere which people in McLean would prefer. Win-win.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We purposely made them ugly to keep New Yorkers out.

+1. Please tell your friends how ugly and undesirable they are.

hehehe. We had 30 very good years in McLean. We overlooked the five Saudi houses. OP doesn't get it. Best publics in the nation. Got my kids into our great VA college system.

How provincial. You do realize there is a world outside of NoVA?

It's comical that you are bragging about McLean, when places like New Canaan make McLean look like SE DC.

You're the only person I've ever met from New Canaan, and you are insufferable.

Also, the 30 seconds I spent with google street view confirm that New Canaan looks like any other affluent suburb.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We purposely made them ugly to keep New Yorkers out.

+1. Please tell your friends how ugly and undesirable they are.

hehehe. We had 30 very good years in McLean. We overlooked the five Saudi houses. OP doesn't get it. Best publics in the nation. Got my kids into our great VA college system.

How provincial. You do realize there is a world outside of NoVA?

It's comical that you are bragging about McLean, when places like New Canaan make McLean look like SE DC.

Wait, someone from a town of 20k people in Connecticut is calling someone else provincial?

Do you not understand how exclusivity works? Obviously not, since you think an unincorporated area like McLean is the pinnacle of luxury. How dreadful.

So basically you don’t know what the word “provincial” means.

I will give you a hint, it has nothing to do with whether a place is “exclusive.”

I'm not the one aspiring to send my kids to Virginia state schools. Dream bigger, PP.

I get what the OP means. I don't know Connecticut, but I lived in Santa Fe, NM they care much more about aesthetics. They have codes so that housing has to fit. There was a famous architect that designed a hotel, then the city passed some laws that basically said all the housing had to stylistically match that because they really liked the look of it.

To help the OP understand what it is going on. DC is both a governmental and a historical town. DC has a bunch of codes that basically you can't build a skyscraper because it might make the Washington Monument look smaller. This sort of filters down to the suburbs.

The good news is the modern brutalist government buildings and cock roaches will survive a nuclear attack.

So, there you have it, the government buildings and historical monuments set the tone and taste for aesthetics. Basically no one cares.

Enjoy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We purposely made them ugly to keep New Yorkers out.

+1. Please tell your friends how ugly and undesirable they are.

hehehe. We had 30 very good years in McLean. We overlooked the five Saudi houses. OP doesn't get it. Best publics in the nation. Got my kids into our great VA college system.

How provincial. You do realize there is a world outside of NoVA?

It's comical that you are bragging about McLean, when places like New Canaan make McLean look like SE DC.

Wait, someone from a town of 20k people in Connecticut is calling someone else provincial?

Do you not understand how exclusivity works? Obviously not, since you think an unincorporated area like McLean is the pinnacle of luxury. How dreadful.

So basically you don’t know what the word “provincial” means.

I will give you a hint, it has nothing to do with whether a place is “exclusive.”