My first thought was Winchester. But I grew up in NoVA . I have heard of Cheverly but only because I think I have seen it on Metro maps. I am not sure what line it is on, what county it is in, etc.

Anonymous wrote:Op here. They were from Cheverly. We were having the discussion in Laurel (Howard county side) fwiw.

I remember in the 90s I had a teacher in high school and a classmate who both spoke fondly of Cheverly.

I haven't read the rest of the thread yet (I will!), but having grown up in Cheverly, it was my first thought. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've described it just so. And I'm not your IRL friend!

Flying into DCA in a row with young DD and stranger. He assumed we were tourists and made some comments about the skyline, that he lived in DC, what were we going to do on our visit, etc. I pointed out a major landmark in Upper NW and told DD we live just a couple of blocks from there, then turned to the stranger and asked where he lived. "Well, uh, Bethesda."

Dude, that's fine. Just say "right over the border" in the beginning.

Mt Ranier

Kensington, falls church city.

I immediately thought of Somerset.

Baltimore.

Anonymous wrote:Cheverly

This was my reply, but I'm just reading the thread and see I was correct.

I've never lived in Cheverly, but I do live in PGCO, and it's the first town that comes to mind. My one friend that does live there lives it too.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are no small towns right outside of Washington D.C. They're all large suburbs, Leesburg included. And as someone correctly pointed out, Leesburg and other areas near there are not "right outside of."

What about the Town of Chevy Chase and the Town of Somerset?

Drummond is smaller

Anonymous wrote:There are very few towns in the DC area and none of them are small.

Chevy Chase and its villages. Somerset. Glen Echo. Kensington

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are there any small towns "right" outside of DC? There are plenty within commuting distance. Aldie, Purcellville, Leesburg (is that still small?), Fredicksburg, Spotsylvania, etc. I'm sure MD too, but i'm less familiar.

Why wouldn't you just say "I'm from Clifton, it's a suburb of DC" or similar?

Too many words.

Chevy Chase, MD

Hyattsville?

I used to say this as a teen because I didn't want to say I was from Potomac and have people say "oh you must be rich."

Thurmont

Anonymous wrote:Cheverly is kind of a cult, that’s why your friend said something weird about it.

To this PP and the other, I’m noticing this 🥹 what is it about the place that makes people love it ?