Here's The Wealthiest Region in Virginia

Wow this part of Virginia has the richest people and the nicest homes in the whole region.
For this episode of dashboard tours, I wanted to take a tour of the richest neighborhood in Virginia. Northern Virginia and the DC suburbs are well known as a region for some of the wealthiest people in the country. So I took I495 south into McLean Virginia to see just how fancy this part of northern Virginia really are. It was a Thursday in late March at around 11 am.
McLean Virginia is home to one of the wealthiest communities in the nation, where households average more than $200,000 a year annually. That puts McLean and the surrounding Washington DC metro area in northern Virginia in the top 10 nationwide for income levels. The typical house here is well over a million bucks and going up all the time. Most of the people who live here work in government, as entrepreneurs, contractors, doctors and lawyers.
We’re going to just wind around this part of McLean and see what it looks like. I was impressed by the size and style of the homes I’d see and I think you will too. Here’s the rest of McLean Virginia, one of the wealthiest pockets in the United States.
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  • @NickJohnson
    @NickJohnson Жыл бұрын

    Here's my entire Unboxing America Series: kzread.info/head/PLq-_cmf3H6yqgM1vGG305six5T7dqGURF

  • @jjdicarloutube
    @jjdicarloutube2 жыл бұрын

    Have lived in NoVA for over 40 years. Grew up in PWC and have lived in FFX Co for over 30 yrs. What makes every part of this area great is - regardless of neighborhood, house you live in, etc, everyone has jobs. The area is basically recession proof. I can remember growing up and hearing about the woes of my family in TX during weather events and recessions. We just don’t have major weather events and even when the government shuts down, everyone keeps shopping, eating out and if they ever have to pick up a new job, it’s easy. The diversity here is amazing and yes, the crime rate is very low in the area. No, we don’t all live in houses like your video shows but you don’t have to to have a great life here.

  • @MisterUrbanWorld

    @MisterUrbanWorld

    Жыл бұрын

    I can afford all of these homes, but i don't belong there. I'm urbanized for life, and now looking to become a duel citizen. My main goal in life is to maintain "freedom". I grew up in a blue collar household, so was never taught how to invest, and didn't understand any of the terminology. However, my parents unknowingly gave me generational wealth in the form of a personal computer without even knowing it. It kept me out of trouble, and i ended up creating various streams of income via trial/error. Now im so good at it i've obtained the freedom to not have to work. I can literally sit around all day, and expenses are so low, i have funds to invest and or play with recession or not. If more people thought outside the box they'd have this game of life figured out.

  • @dominickjustave3558

    @dominickjustave3558

    Жыл бұрын

    Tand tent city in dc

  • @NFFFFFFFF

    @NFFFFFFFF

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MisterUrbanWorld Arlington is a nice city which is right next to DC, Silver Spring, Rockville, and many other DMV cities

  • @goonn337

    @goonn337

    Жыл бұрын

    I love va

  • @fredingram3731

    @fredingram3731

    10 ай бұрын

    The reason they're prosperous is cuz they're vampires sucking the tax dollars out of the rest of the country.

  • @jeffsea6490
    @jeffsea64902 жыл бұрын

    *Epic audio of birds singing is quite nice. Thanks for the early spring drive through beautiful Fairfax VA. Nick & Sage.* 👍💚🇺🇲

  • @kojo9493
    @kojo94932 жыл бұрын

    What a serene environment. I feel relaxed watching this.

  • @wcovey25

    @wcovey25

    Жыл бұрын

    as soon as you step out of the residential areas it's chaos, traffic here is some of the worst in the country

  • @lilredexptsc
    @lilredexptsc2 жыл бұрын

    Some of these homes are absolutely massive!

  • @virginianatalie2879
    @virginianatalie28792 жыл бұрын

    I loved hearing the birds chirping. Seems peaceful there. 🥰

  • @mittiemoorecollins4303
    @mittiemoorecollins43032 жыл бұрын

    This video was very calming.

  • @kethsharakhlok1976
    @kethsharakhlok19762 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Mr. Johnson for this calm and relaxing driving tour. Yes, these are fortunate people and everything around them has its own beauty even down to a single standing tree in eternal silence.✌️🕊️

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is a pretty neighborhood!

  • @kethsharakhlok1976

    @kethsharakhlok1976

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NickJohnson Thanks for your visual info., a long time bus rider like myself only got a glimpse of gated community in McLean on Old Dominion Drive as a way to know about this wealthy folks' homes. Thanks to your new YT touring clip, I finally learned more about this special pricey and calm neighborhood. ✌️🙂

  • @wandahall4435
    @wandahall44352 жыл бұрын

    Happy Weekend Nick and Mappy!!!

  • @SpongeBobfan3646
    @SpongeBobfan36462 жыл бұрын

    An old boyfriend I had many years ago took me through there and I was amazed at how big and beautiful the homes were.

  • @SeanBeansDad
    @SeanBeansDad Жыл бұрын

    Seeing the suburb streets and cars juxtaposed with nature sounds had me rolling for some reason, I wish driving was that peaceful and quiet haha. Thanks for the informative video.

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    Жыл бұрын

    You and me both!

  • @EzGomes

    @EzGomes

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@NickJohnsonwhat is the month this video was made?¿ beautiful sky and tree

  • @ashleyMorales1988
    @ashleyMorales19882 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos- very educational!

  • @seventhchild7270
    @seventhchild72702 жыл бұрын

    SO CLEAN, PEACEFUL, QUIET, PRETTY......LOVE IT!...JUST IMAGINE THE SPRING AND SUMMER!

  • @elainemccarty1195

    @elainemccarty1195

    2 жыл бұрын

    They spray their lawns with so many chemicals, the soils are ruined. Most of the people are awful and are willing to let people die and suffer to have those homes.

  • @seventhchild7270

    @seventhchild7270

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@elainemccarty1195 oh my!

  • @DesertMav
    @DesertMav2 жыл бұрын

    I honestly take some pride in being born and raised in Fairfax county. I moved out of the area in 2016 when my parents retired and wanted me to move with them. It was fun being able to grow up about 20-30 minutes outside of Washington DC. The area is also littered with history on top of being extremely wealthy. A couple of really wealthy areas around McLean is Clifton, Vienna, and Reston as well as some parts of Chantilly. Where I went to high school, we had a few students that would get late model or new luxury cars, but most people had normal late model commuter cars that were handed down from their parents.

  • @DesertMav

    @DesertMav

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Ordinary Member I'm from Alexandria so I was only about 10 miles from DC. Then again, with DC traffic, it would likely be about an hour and a half or more.

  • @kathrynhaught630

    @kathrynhaught630

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Ordinary Member That's best case assuming it's not rush hour.

  • @kathrynhaught630

    @kathrynhaught630

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Ordinary Member Can you do that at rush hour? I'm in PW County so I am rarely on those roads at rush hour (and don't want to be!)

  • @Miami7

    @Miami7

    Жыл бұрын

    That part of Virginia is really changing. Take Reston for instance. When it was first built it was a model city and people who lived there were rich. Something happened there because it sure isn't such a great place anymore. Another place is Annandale. I used to have an apartment there. Now you couldn't pay me to live there, and people are moving out in droves, same with Springfield. Vienna used to be horesy and it used to be fun riding around the Hunter Valley area. There was a riding ring there and beautiful trails. Now it's covered up with mcmansions and I doubt if there is a single horse in Vienna anymore. Alexandria used to be a crime-ridden dump, but got a major revival and is now a richey area with more and more huge buildings going up. Warrenton has always been very, very rich or very, very poor, no inbetween. Burke used to be such a nice place but is now covered up with ugly townhouses, and the same with Herndon. As for McLean I know that plenty of people from the Middle East live there and the primary people living there aren't government contractors. This seems to be a phenomenum going on around the country. Rich and beautiful towns from the 90s and before are turning into hoods and new, snooty towns are being built instead. It seems to be a vicious cycle.

  • @katarina5233

    @katarina5233

    Жыл бұрын

    Interesting that you have an area named after the capital city of Austria. Do you know why it’s like that?

  • @michaelwhiting2583
    @michaelwhiting25832 жыл бұрын

    I never miss one of your videos.

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Michael! ❤️❤️

  • @tommybrown3052

    @tommybrown3052

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NickJohnson this is my home town area. there's parts of Northern Virginia that are not all rich. Fairfax County has some poorer areas like Huntington, Springfield, annandale, Richmond highway area. Maybe not poor, but more like you saw in Norfolk, Portsmouth , Newport News, when you went to South Virginia recently. Dolllar stores, fast food restaurants, strip malls, etc. You don't see that in McLean. McLean is boring really. Houses and trees in the woods. That's it. You saw that.

  • @504RoadTrips
    @504RoadTrips2 жыл бұрын

    The architecture here combined with the bare winter trees makes it LOOK like Virginia. It’s unmistakable. Kind of like the unnatural greenness of the grass you see in Central Florida.

  • @samkawer
    @samkawer2 жыл бұрын

    Sounds very peaceful

  • @IndianaCrane
    @IndianaCrane2 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel so damn much

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi Kim!

  • @IndianaCrane

    @IndianaCrane

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NickJohnson hi!

  • @xwrtk
    @xwrtk2 жыл бұрын

    I’ve lived in Fairfax county all of my life. It’s pretty good. I’ve been to McLean a bunch of times as tysons corner is there. Biggest mall in area. There’s also tysons galleria which folks call the more expensive mall with stores like Gucci, Kate Spade, etc. My great aunt lives in an apartment in McLean and has lived in the area for many years. At McLean High school, you will see students driving luxury cars to school.

  • @hollyweirdland940

    @hollyweirdland940

    2 жыл бұрын

    Those are kids who parents make money bombing other ccountries.

  • @anderander5662

    @anderander5662

    2 жыл бұрын

    I suggest a trip outside-the-beltway.... if your criteria are Kate Spade, Gucci and luxury cars for high schoolers......I pity you.

  • @slimshadyjr9889

    @slimshadyjr9889

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tysons corner is definitely the nicest mall in Northern Virginia. I saw the Godzilla vs Kong movie there

  • @jamestownvirginia8463

    @jamestownvirginia8463

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yee's Michelle, I grew up there. It's a great place, yet different. My thing is going to the creek and river where others don't. Snakes, bass, turtles, feedfish, historical markers, I can go on. McLean is much more than $$$

  • @xwrtk

    @xwrtk

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jamestownvirginia8463 Oh yeah I know. A ton of people view it as money aside from Wolf Trap. I know they have parks and such,

  • @sooorandom6792
    @sooorandom6792 Жыл бұрын

    Just returned to the pacific islands 🇬🇺 2 days ago from spending the summer in the Fairfax County area. Visited with my brother and his family. I fell in love with the beautiful jogging/biking trails, and bright sounds of birds chirping. I miss it already 💔 !!

  • @SomewhereInIndiana1816
    @SomewhereInIndiana18162 жыл бұрын

    Nice video! Thanks!

  • @ntnguyenmba
    @ntnguyenmba23 күн бұрын

    Love the bird noises 😊

  • @derrickhemby3294
    @derrickhemby3294 Жыл бұрын

    I love the homes in this area you to love to just drive and look at the homes here and Great Falls Va

  • @IndianaCrane
    @IndianaCrane2 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Truly.

  • @leasandiford8
    @leasandiford82 жыл бұрын

    What a nice place to live. Maybe in another life time!

  • @gloriacalderon7439
    @gloriacalderon74392 жыл бұрын

    I love this beautiful place

  • @williamcoe9200
    @williamcoe92002 жыл бұрын

    I grew up Springfield and my FedEx route was on McLean and Tyson corner..love it there

  • @truest5430
    @truest54302 жыл бұрын

    My brother used to live in McClean, they have a nice train station, that’s all I remember.

  • @em.o.a
    @em.o.a2 жыл бұрын

    Wooow such a beautiful neighbourhood

  • @lourdesdemo7075
    @lourdesdemo70752 жыл бұрын

    Yippee my old neighbour hood..its all goohhhd up in my hood. Thanks You're the best of the best.

  • @atg_alejo
    @atg_alejo10 ай бұрын

    i live in fredericksburg and often visit the area (when traffic isnt a nightmare!) and am often kinda jealous at how big and nice looking the houses are. while the suburbs around here are kinda nice, they are nothing do suburban NoVa!! Great video!!!!!

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    9 ай бұрын

    So cool!

  • @samkawer
    @samkawer2 жыл бұрын

    Very meditating

  • @terresalaquinon987
    @terresalaquinon9872 жыл бұрын

    very nice country and peaceful, beautiful houses....I'm from Philippines...

  • @ExpressedWordz
    @ExpressedWordz2 жыл бұрын

    I live in FairFax County... McLean is amazing and def high taste! Do Loudoun County in a video - out in Ashburn/Lessburg VA. Loudoun is the richest county in VA... but the McLean, Vienna and Great Falls area is absolutely beautiful!

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I go there sometimes

  • @jereedejarnette4610
    @jereedejarnette46102 жыл бұрын

    I loved it as well

  • @lanagorgeous9485
    @lanagorgeous94852 жыл бұрын

    You show so much of the seedy parts of America, I was wondering when you were going to show my hood. I don't live in McLean, but I've lived in Fairfax for many years and places like Fairfax City, Burke, Arlington, Falls Church and Loudoun County are amazing and so safe. When I see how people live in some of your videos it is so sad, but also so foreign to me. But it's mostly just really sad. :(

  • @yeetian2774
    @yeetian27742 жыл бұрын

    It seems that most of these mansions have a long history. One good thing in rich hood is that it’s always quiet🥳🥳

  • @dr.k4931
    @dr.k49312 жыл бұрын

    This is the neighborhood I lived in when I went to college in Washington DC. It is a quiet, clean and safe neighborhood where police cars are frequently patrolled. But the smell of bustling life is hard to feel. If I ever go back to Virginia, I'd like to live in a well-equipped condominium in the heart of the city with restaurants and grocers within walking distance. Fairfax is so good to live in, but now that I'm middle-aged, I'm starting to focus on the convenience of living.

  • @missym877

    @missym877

    3 ай бұрын

    You lived in this neighborhood in college!? Talk about silver spoon

  • @ditto6330
    @ditto63302 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Can't take that away! They are beautiful I'm sure so many of them do work for the government! I'm hoping this rich people are very giving! Even a small donation would never put a dent in those pockets! With so many people struggling in life! Thanks Nick another great video 👍 When were some of this homes build? Year? I had heard before that Virginia was one of the most beautiful States! It very quiet there I can even hear the birds!

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    I don't know when they were built!

  • @bobbymitchell9747

    @bobbymitchell9747

    2 жыл бұрын

    These rich people are actually pretty cool from my very limited experience. I’m from Richmond and was in a real tough spot and they didn’t get “angry” when I tried to live there for awhile and get work because I had absolutely none and slept in my car at the time. Most rich people will harass and try to arrest you for trying to do that in their areas.

  • @DesertMav

    @DesertMav

    2 жыл бұрын

    Out there, houses are mostly custom built, but the age can range from being built in the 1940-50s to today. There are a handful of plantations still in the area as well as other homes from the 1800s, but a lot of them were torn or burned down over the years.

  • @ditto6330

    @ditto6330

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DesertMav Thank you There are all so beautiful!

  • @pablovaldes6022
    @pablovaldes60222 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful estates

  • @sallah6301
    @sallah63012 жыл бұрын

    We got money and principles here im from Richmond and i love my state and city!! And we solid!# Blacks whites and our Latinos ive lived all over the country and our quality of people is unmatched You gotta new subscriber.

  • @LeveyHere
    @LeveyHere2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome! Virginia is super nice.

  • @zidan07168

    @zidan07168

    2 жыл бұрын

    Indeed

  • @jackfegelman3907
    @jackfegelman39072 жыл бұрын

    Nick, next time you have a chance to come to Toronto, go and drive around the bridle path. Some of biggest houses in all of Canada are there. 2 years ago when I visited Toronto, I went to my friends house near there and I was amazed at the size of some of those houses while driving by.

  • @IndianaCrane

    @IndianaCrane

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cool idea!

  • @noahg5779

    @noahg5779

    2 жыл бұрын

    Canada, especially Toronto is very clean, expect for the few hoods in the north York region

  • @northernlightz5319

    @northernlightz5319

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's where Drake the musician lives.

  • @urbanexplorer260

    @urbanexplorer260

    Жыл бұрын

    6 God

  • @shogun080
    @shogun0802 жыл бұрын

    Also Clifton VA is amazing

  • @allchatgaming7107
    @allchatgaming71072 жыл бұрын

    Thanks dude

  • @aggierowe9574
    @aggierowe95742 жыл бұрын

    Nick, do a drive thru/field trip of Cedar Swamp Rd in Brookville/Upper Brookville, on Long Island NY. It was part of NY’s Gold Coast. looks just like this but even prettier!

  • @y_2335
    @y_233512 күн бұрын

    Great falls

  • @nc4tn
    @nc4tn2 жыл бұрын

    No trailer trash here. Just wealthy bureaucrats and corporate lobbyists. These people live in a world all their own.

  • @jamestaylor6053

    @jamestaylor6053

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, you are so right, Bro!

  • @UPdan

    @UPdan

    2 ай бұрын

    They made the trailer trash as you call them.

  • @JUSAGUYNKY
    @JUSAGUYNKY2 ай бұрын

    Nice! Looks just like Mockingbird Valley, Glenview, Indian Hills, and a couple other neighborhoods here in Louisville 😍🤓👍🏼

  • @tudorjason
    @tudorjason2 жыл бұрын

    The architectural styles are more varied than I thought.

  • @scottscage6409

    @scottscage6409

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think it says something when the residents are so wealthy, they can afford to be able to have it that way. And perhaps some of them are even custom homes. You go to any random typical middle class neighborhood in the country and what do you see? Many of the houses are of roughly both the same modest size and style. And chances are many were made by the same builder. Conclusion: these people had little other choice but to settle for cookie cutter type homes that probably mostly came from stock plans with few options for customization. XD

  • @maiacouncheva7859

    @maiacouncheva7859

    2 жыл бұрын

    Don’t get fooled. These expensive homes are made of plywood and glued together in record time. These are the most overpriced homes in the world and are often plagued by black mold because of the tremendous humidity in the area. I live in the vicinity.

  • @celiab3701
    @celiab3701 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up in McLean and my house did not look like this, there's also smaller homes. This building boom happened in the 80's and never stopped, especially with the opening of I-66 and the expansion of the metro.

  • @crazeyjoe
    @crazeyjoe2 жыл бұрын

    The bird chirping track is hilarius!🤣

  • @Ale502703

    @Ale502703

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah! All i hear around here are cicadas 🤣

  • @Bluerush1992
    @Bluerush1992 Жыл бұрын

    Born and raised in NOVA for the first 22 years of my life. Used to be in Fairfax all the time when I went to school there. I now live in Dallas Texas but this brings back so many memories. Miss VA a lot!

  • @pastorleeyates8517
    @pastorleeyates85172 жыл бұрын

    I graduated from McLean High in 1974. Wow, how it's changed!

  • @patriciamogannam3616

    @patriciamogannam3616

    2 жыл бұрын

    They tear down the nice 1960's original homes and built mansions in my neighborhood. Eveyone I knew has moved out.

  • @nancycalderin491
    @nancycalderin4912 жыл бұрын

    Love all the houses! They deserve to live where they live. They study hard and have what they love!

  • @deeznuts9196

    @deeznuts9196

    9 ай бұрын

    right?! there’s just no way it could be government people using hardworking american people’s tax dollars for their own benefit. that’s not it at all.

  • @bst19
    @bst192 жыл бұрын

    Winchester is quaint and pleasant too, a small town near DC...

  • @josealcidesmelendez4848
    @josealcidesmelendez48482 жыл бұрын

    I I have been working in McLean for 35 years. Nice happy families. Some very rich of course,

  • @robertbell387
    @robertbell387 Жыл бұрын

    Hey, i never thought i would see my area on this channel. ha I'm in Loudoun County about 30 minutes away

  • @oldsharkbythesea3962
    @oldsharkbythesea39622 жыл бұрын

    See the occasional “small” homes next to the McMansions? - those are the houses people from this area grew up in before the ultra-wealthy bought them and tore them down to build their palaces on. Everyone from this area originally has moved West. Not to ‘The West’ just out to places like Centreville, Haymarket, or Warrenton

  • @superwin9000
    @superwin90002 жыл бұрын

    My Home County, This is where I Grew up!

  • @Anthony-dm5fp
    @Anthony-dm5fp2 жыл бұрын

    💯💯😅😅That's my old trash and recycling route

  • @glutenfreejoe6099
    @glutenfreejoe60992 жыл бұрын

    I have worked at multiple information technology positions in Fairfax County Virginia, Virginia is very pro business

  • @cirodiniro9838
    @cirodiniro98382 жыл бұрын

    Wow nick!! I live in neighboring falls church va. It looks like you were here a few months back...i wish i knew you were coming i could have recomended dining and hotel accomidations

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha thanks we were just passing through :)

  • @kamyanorville645
    @kamyanorville6452 жыл бұрын

    I live in fairfax and my yes Mclean ,Vienna and Greatfalls are such beautiful places to live only the rich can afford though,the whole d.c. are is expensive period

  • @MG-ot2yr
    @MG-ot2yr2 жыл бұрын

    I lived in Clifton, VA for 30 years, a cute town kind of caught in a timewarp, its another very affluent part of Fairfax County like McClean and Great Falls, I'm now in Loudoun County, also very wealthy like Fairfax, but more rural, its horse and wine country.

  • @derrickhemby3294

    @derrickhemby3294

    Жыл бұрын

    My family helped with the founding of Clifton we have a cemetery there that goes back to 1899

  • @jackdillon691

    @jackdillon691

    Жыл бұрын

    Im from burke and went to Robinson secondary. Clifton is CRAZY MONEY

  • @rickcross5377
    @rickcross53772 жыл бұрын

    Hey Nick Johnson if your going to do Fairfax Va, you should also do Potomac md as well. That one of the Richest areas in the US 🇺🇸 too.

  • @amaco1419
    @amaco14192 жыл бұрын

    This is why I’m blessed to be from Fairfax County, VA🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Born and Raised

  • @XMANIAFLYYY
    @XMANIAFLYYY2 жыл бұрын

    I live not too far from there (Washington, DC) and it’s a pretty cool county. Only reason why it’s wealthy is because it’s not far from DC…

  • @randallbordenlaw
    @randallbordenlaw3 ай бұрын

    I like your videos! My name is Randall J. Borden, I been a dedicated legal advocate for clients throughout Virginia and Maryland, handling litigation involving all aspects of family and estate law.

  • @glowingnut
    @glowingnut2 жыл бұрын

    two worlds in one country, a birrzare feeling frankly. and these two worlds are becoming more detached and transparent to each other.

  • @thankfulheart4266
    @thankfulheart42662 жыл бұрын

    You should also do a video on Vienna, Virginia, which borders on McLean and was twice picked as one of America’s best places to live. Long-time locals believe Vienna feels more like a hometown than McLean.

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    I know Vienna well.

  • @davidhasselhoff619

    @davidhasselhoff619

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah those houses on Hunter Mill Rd. I lived off Beulah. I bought a house in 1997 for $280k that needed remodeling. Sold it for $750 ten years later. Now it's worth over one million....regular people can't afford this area.

  • @pjhey947

    @pjhey947

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@davidhasselhoff619 We are regular folks who live in Vienna but are being pushed out because of property taxes. We live in a 1950s house right in the town limits. We can afford it now but we are in our 60s facing retirement. They only upside is our old little house is worth a ton of money but we really don’t want to sell and move.

  • @eric1weecw001

    @eric1weecw001

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NickJohnson Sterling is where my aunt lives. near Cascades. alot of big houses out that way too.

  • @davidhasselhoff619

    @davidhasselhoff619

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@pjhey947 I would sell it for sure. Traffic in Vienna is the worst. There is nothing to do. You will be able to cash out and escape the madness.

  • @hakunamatata6296
    @hakunamatata62962 жыл бұрын

    Please do Wellesley, Ma next!

  • @thehick009
    @thehick0092 жыл бұрын

    These houses are way more than a million. Big bucks. You should check out Katie’s for the cars and coffee.

  • @Ale502703

    @Ale502703

    2 жыл бұрын

    Most of the houses he showed in the beginning are probably $2-$4 million

  • @jenniferwaitt674
    @jenniferwaitt674 Жыл бұрын

    I grew up in Clifton, Virginia and Fairfax Station, Virginia which are both in Fairfax County. My childhood home is worth over a million dollars. I had the best childhood.

  • @Axelerated
    @Axelerated2 жыл бұрын

    Loudon County and Montgomery County are also like this

  • @gloriacalderon7439
    @gloriacalderon74392 жыл бұрын

    Nice place

  • @bjdon99
    @bjdon992 жыл бұрын

    There is McLean and then there is Great Falls, which I believe is usually defined as the part of Fairfax next to McLean on the other side of the Beltway. It also is full of really nice big houses on big lots under really big trees. The Old Georgetown Pike is an interesting ride to see them (when it's not Rush Hour, when it's a parking lot). Virginia's (and the US's) most well off county is actually Loudoun just to the West of Fairfax. Fairfax I believe is only a lowly 3rd place on the US wealthiest counties list. And Arlington County, just to the East of Fairfax is a bit older, so not as big homes, but it's also in the top 10 in the US. Plus Montgomery County MD just x the Potomac from Fairfax (and Loudoun) is also in the top 10. Its the true Lake Woebegon. Everyone is above average to the West of DC.

  • @emansphoto_6428
    @emansphoto_64282 жыл бұрын

    Try Potomac Maryland. Super wealthy folks there. Till this day there is no metro station that leads there. I guess you can say that’s why it’s a hidden gem

  • @pjhey947

    @pjhey947

    2 жыл бұрын

    Potomac is the McLean/Great Falls of Md!

  • @waqarjamil6365

    @waqarjamil6365

    2 жыл бұрын

    Facts Maryland is more wealthy than va actually the median income or houses they got like 80k and they like very economically settled

  • @Nga-1984

    @Nga-1984

    2 жыл бұрын

    I saw all the nice expensive cars are from MD. VA wouldn't dare buying those cars cause of the taxes

  • @waqarjamil6365

    @waqarjamil6365

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Nga-1984 thank you

  • @rickcross5377

    @rickcross5377

    2 жыл бұрын

    100% agree!!! I LITERALLY just said the same thing. Nick need to go to Potomac, md

  • @geoffreybradford
    @geoffreybradford2 жыл бұрын

    I got all the way to 11:52 before I noticed the neighborhood doesn't have underground utilities; and I don't care :-) Beautiful place!

  • @jjdicarloutube

    @jjdicarloutube

    2 жыл бұрын

    McLean is an older area. And yes, their power goes out often. I live in Western Fairfax Co and most of our power lines are underground. Which is clutch because our power almost NEVER goes out.

  • @Virginianature7
    @Virginianature72 жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @nufosmatic
    @nufosmatic21 сағат бұрын

    When I first moved to The National Capital Region, I would commute from Herndon to Alexandria every day frequently driving the George Washington Parkway. One morning after I passed Chain Bridge Road I looked over at the car next to me and I saw Edward Kennedy driving the car next to me. Teddy lived in McLean at the "Kennedy Compound" there. At that time I realized I had arrived in Washington...

  • @torrentsgameplay8678
    @torrentsgameplay86782 жыл бұрын

    its really very beautiful places.I wish if I could to this places 😥.I am from Bangladesh Thank you for uploading this video

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ok 🇧🇩

  • @patrickwoodley4408
    @patrickwoodley44084 ай бұрын

    Great falls is rite around the corner

  • @zlatanp479
    @zlatanp4792 жыл бұрын

    Stop by Roanoke, VA.

  • @johns123
    @johns1232 жыл бұрын

    Come to Loudoun! My county

  • @jmjfanss
    @jmjfanss2 жыл бұрын

    Beauty and elegant.

  • @IamNOtAhuman-sg8so
    @IamNOtAhuman-sg8so2 жыл бұрын

    Drive down A1A in ormond Bch Florida. Or go to the Spruce Creek Fly In, Daytona beach. Did a lot of LP gas work in those areas when I lived in Florida. Makes these houses look like A trailer park

  • @toasterpirate7912
    @toasterpirate79122 жыл бұрын

    You should check out some places in loudoun county, super rich

  • @pjhey947

    @pjhey947

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not as rich as McLean/Great Falls

  • @bjdon99

    @bjdon99

    2 жыл бұрын

    Overall Loudoun is richer per household than Fairfax, but McLean/Great Falls beats any similar sized community in Loudoun. The only ones in Loudoun that are close are those on the West side of Leesburg off Rt 7 & Rt 9.

  • @katherinehenry1480

    @katherinehenry1480

    2 жыл бұрын

    Western Loudoun county is horse and wine country

  • @trademisconception9816

    @trademisconception9816

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bjdon99 agree with Paula Mc. Not as rich as McLean. Also when you factor in average household size, you realize Fairfax county and Arlington county both beat out Loudoun in per capita income. What drags them down is they have more single earner households (and more single people in general) and Loudoun has more dual income households which brings up the median household income stat.

  • @BAKER22-l4u

    @BAKER22-l4u

    13 сағат бұрын

    Exactly..It makes McLean look like a ghetto

  • @arsenal1787
    @arsenal17872 жыл бұрын

    Northern VA is fantastic in my opinion.

  • @susank.4945
    @susank.49452 жыл бұрын

    So I just moved to about 40 mins away in Manassas. Definitely some nice houses still, but pretty affordable compared to the rest of NOVA. Mclean reminds me of parts of the north shore of Nassau County, NY. My grandparents sold their "Normal" 2 story house about 15 years ago that my father grew up in for almost $1M. Poor "normal" houses among the McMansions... feel bad to be one of the norms with the constant reminder of the 1% everywhere you look. I guess there's no actual "town" and not so much history as the rest of NOVA.

  • @carolhodges9899
    @carolhodges98992 жыл бұрын

    It’s fun driving through Great Falls! The homes are gigantic and it’s peaceful. But, it’s definitely too rich for my blood. I live in an 1,100 square foot townhouse, and I hate cleaning that much space. Can’t imagine what it takes to keep those homes clean and maintained.

  • @al-du6lb

    @al-du6lb

    2 жыл бұрын

    And think about all that yard work! And all that pollution into the Potomac from all the fertilizer and chemicals! 😥

  • @cirodiniro9838

    @cirodiniro9838

    2 жыл бұрын

    I live nearby.. they all have maids and landscape companys

  • @cirodiniro9838

    @cirodiniro9838

    2 жыл бұрын

    Often times thats true, but even the maids and landscapers do very well fonancially

  • @cirodiniro9838

    @cirodiniro9838

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@GeeEm1313 ya well, thats what you me and everyone does.

  • @jjdicarloutube

    @jjdicarloutube

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cirodiniro9838 true! I’m still driving my old Toyota and I see people who started out working for maid services and landscaping companies to owning their own businesses and driving Porsches, Audi’s etc. So much opportunity here.

  • @Ibnboulos
    @Ibnboulos Жыл бұрын

    If yall ever have the chance drive dc during Thanksgiving day, and Christmas day. It's a ghost town. I had the lucky opportunity to drop of my sister's bf on Thanksgiving day during covid and man did that make my day.

  • @susanneschmidtcruz7156
    @susanneschmidtcruz71562 жыл бұрын

    The homes are gorgeous but they're also massive. I see that many of the lawns are very anemic and could use some care. These houses are meant to impress other people and wonder how friendly they are with their neighbors. I cannot imagine how many rooms are probably empty. My husband and I raised two boys in a three bedroom one bath 1100 ft² home on Long Island. They are now grown men with their own families and we still live in the same house. My one son lives in Culpeper Virginia in a lovely town. As beautiful as these homes are I'd take mine over them. We have visited several towns surrounding Fairfax County and Loudoun County in Virginia and yes they are super wealthy. It's all a matter of what you can afford and your taste.

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's right when is a home too big??

  • @DesertMav

    @DesertMav

    2 жыл бұрын

    The house I moved out of was a bit too much for my family. 5 bedrooms and 5.5 bathrooms with around 4500 sqft on 3 levels. It was a beautiful house, but not fun having to mow a 1/2 acre of grass at a 45 degree angle.

  • @DesertMav

    @DesertMav

    2 жыл бұрын

    The reason why most of the grass looked anemic is likely due to all of the shade from the trees. My parents had a house where the builder tried to put sod down and it never quite took. Over a few years, the grass slowly died off no matter what we did, so we used mulch and planted small bushes and trees.

  • @JhonnyBoi

    @JhonnyBoi

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@DesertMav not to mention it was winter when this was filmed. Grass turns pale even yellows.

  • @micahwillis7655
    @micahwillis76552 жыл бұрын

    I had to move out of Fairfax County due to the cost of living. I'm living in prince William County closer to my job in Ashburn, Virginia. Some of this video is familiar to me, since I drove around and saw these neighborhoods consisting of politicians living there.

  • @slimshadyjr9889

    @slimshadyjr9889

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fairfax county is the third most expensive county in America behind a county in New Jersey and Loudoun county

  • @philaman1972
    @philaman19722 жыл бұрын

    Nice video. Observations: 1. Clearly evident that the developments you drove through are older, with a mixture of original housing coupled with additions or net-new homes constructed (or under construction), ie. one house is roughly 3000 sq feet and the one right next to it is 6000. 2. Once it gets dark, there are no light-posts and hence without a flashlight and security (ie. gun), you dare not venture anywhere off your property. Here in my city, I live a stone's throw from the suburbs and every year or so go for a scenic tour to see 'how the other half lives'.

  • @JhonnyBoi

    @JhonnyBoi

    2 жыл бұрын

    There is no crime here. In fact northern Virginia is one of the safest areas in the country (for major cities)

  • @ARKAEA33

    @ARKAEA33

    Жыл бұрын

    lol you don't need to worry about walking in the dark here, there's zero violent crime in the area

  • @370TL
    @370TL2 жыл бұрын

    Home is Arlington,VA it’s pricey. Vienna, VA is super nice.

  • @bikesandcampswithcats
    @bikesandcampswithcats2 жыл бұрын

    You're near me in DC! Come see my neighborhood!

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Where is it?

  • @bikesandcampswithcats

    @bikesandcampswithcats

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@NickJohnson Truxton Circle (DC)

  • @madil5974
    @madil59743 ай бұрын

    I grew up in mclean and went to mclean highschool. My friends' first cars were bmw, mercedez, or porsche cayennes their moms used to drive. My first job was at a Giant grocery store on Chain Bridge Road that had valet parking lollll yes at a regular grocery store. Luckily the old money in mclean were like "nah...we are not doing that" while the "nuveau riche" flaunted their lamborghinis there. You can easily tell whos really wealthy vs rich there.

  • @slimshadyjr9889
    @slimshadyjr98892 жыл бұрын

    My mom supervises the testing center at McLean high school. One of the students there was on American Ninja Warrior this year who also plays trombone in the school’s marching band. His name is Max Feinberg and he will be in the National finals in Vegas. The episode will air on August 30 at 8pm

  • @NickJohnson

    @NickJohnson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wasn't that the name of Conan o briens original band leader?

  • @slimshadyjr9889

    @slimshadyjr9889

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not sure tbh

  • @1deep499
    @1deep4992 жыл бұрын

    You should do Southlake TX