Please describe them in leafy, lush detail.
What are the fanciest suburbs on the East Coast??
by Anonymous | reply 132 | February 17, 2018 11:00 PM |
Potomac, MD
McLean and Great Falls, VA
by Anonymous | reply 1 | September 25, 2014 4:20 PM |
Greenwich, CT Bedford, NY
by Anonymous | reply 2 | September 25, 2014 4:22 PM |
The Main Line
by Anonymous | reply 3 | September 25, 2014 4:24 PM |
Weston, MA. Democratic Presidents go there often as a major donor/supporter lives there.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | September 25, 2014 4:26 PM |
Cohasset
by Anonymous | reply 5 | September 26, 2014 12:33 AM |
Short Hills
Great Neck-Kings Point-Sands Point
Larchmont
by Anonymous | reply 6 | September 26, 2014 12:39 AM |
We don't need to. Ang Lee already captured them in "The Ice Storm"
by Anonymous | reply 7 | September 26, 2014 6:54 PM |
Great Falls, VA is gorgeous. Tony bedroom community right outside of D.C.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | September 26, 2014 6:56 PM |
Lattingtown.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | September 26, 2014 7:18 PM |
In terms of old money, refined elegance, Chestnut Hill , PA.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | September 26, 2014 8:02 PM |
Old Brookville.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | September 26, 2014 8:13 PM |
Morning sun kisses the windows, kisses the walls, open the eyelids, opens the eyes of the husband and wife! Kindles their faces, kindles their love, kindles their faces with greetings of love in the little white house in Wellesley Hills!
Suburbia! Suburbia...
Our little spot out of the hubbub: less than an hour by train! Suburbia! Suburbia... Sweet in the spring! Healthful in winter! Saves us the bother of summers in Maine! Morning sun kisses the driveway, kisses the lawn, kisses the flagstones on the front lawn of the little white house, kisses the paper at the front door kisses the roses around the front door of the little white house in Ozone Park!
Suburbia! Suburbia...
Pause for the kids, neighborly butchers, less than an hour by train! That morning sun says "A good morning, have a good day, have a good morning, have a good day in the city today! Joy to your labors, till you return-- joy to your labors until you return to the little white house in Highland Park, in Shaker Heights, in Michigan Farms, in Beverly Hills..."
by Anonymous | reply 13 | September 26, 2014 8:13 PM |
Lovely life, happily married, sweet little son, family picture second to none: it’s a wonderful life, up-to-date kitchen, washing machine: colorful bathrooms, and Life Magazine, and a little white house in Brookline!
Lovely life, Sheraton sofa, Chippendale chair, Heppelwhite table, bone chinaware! It’s a wonderful life! Real solid silver, wine in the soup, two-door sedan and convertible coupe and a little white house in Elkins Park.
Suburbia! Suburbia...
Six days of work, fun every Sunday! Golf with the neighbors next door. Suburbia! Suburbia... Vitamin B, Chlorophyll toothpaste: who could ask heaven for anything more? Lovely life, oodles of culture over T.V., Book-of the month club: musical tea: It’s a wonderful life! Happily married, sweet little son, family picture second to none, in the little white house in Bloomfield Hills, in Berkeley Heights, in Delaware Pines, in Beverly Hills...
by Anonymous | reply 14 | September 26, 2014 8:15 PM |
A lot of the wealth on New Jersey has moved "West." Short Hills is still rich, but starting in the 80s, a lot of the wealthy set started moving West for more land, "horse country" type feel, out to Far Hills, Bernardsville, Bedminster, etc. Houses in Short Hills don't have much land at all, and they can only be so big before they start to look ridiculous. The REALLY large manses tend to be further out.
Pingry very astutely anticipated this migration when they moved their upper school (called "Big Pingry") out to Bernardsville around '84.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | September 26, 2014 8:32 PM |
A lot of the wealth in NJ was living "West," as you call it, in the 1950s.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | September 26, 2014 8:35 PM |
It's much more concentrated there now, r16, is my point.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | September 26, 2014 8:41 PM |
You mean in McMansions, R17?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | September 26, 2014 8:44 PM |
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by Anonymous | reply 19 | September 27, 2014 9:30 PM |
Newton, Ma
Weston, Ma
Wenham, Ma
Greenwich , CT
Newcastle, NH
Rye, NH
by Anonymous | reply 20 | September 27, 2014 9:37 PM |
Wellesley Hills and Chestnut Hill are the premiere old money enclaves in Boston.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | September 27, 2014 9:41 PM |
My friend lives in Sands Point, it's seems pretty down to earth considering.
I love the feel of places like Glen Cove and Villanova, Yardley, on the Main Line. Old money is the best kind.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | September 27, 2014 9:58 PM |
I assume OP is talking about the east coast of Guatemala?
by Anonymous | reply 24 | September 27, 2014 10:03 PM |
Alpine, NJ
by Anonymous | reply 25 | September 27, 2014 10:05 PM |
Mountebank! It's the most restricted and exclusive community in our part of Connecticut. Why, it's right next to Darien...
by Anonymous | reply 26 | September 27, 2014 10:10 PM |
Chestnut Hill is indeed gorgeous. But it's within the city limits of Philadelphia. It's not a suburb.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | September 27, 2014 10:15 PM |
Same with Feildston -- within the NY City limits but quite a world away.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | September 27, 2014 10:19 PM |
Lincoln, MA. Very big, old, money. Less flash. More class. More tastefully rural than nouveau riche Weston or Wellesley.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | September 27, 2014 10:35 PM |
Suburbs that are common places for people to have second (or third) homes (like Bedford) tend to have a higher concentration of major wealth then say, Larchmont. Not that Larchmont doesn't have plenty of wealth but it's small time compared to Bedford/South Salem/ Katonah. Not the same league of hedge fund/celebrity contingent.
Has Chevy Chase not been mentioned yet? Though, like the very old school suburbs, not much land there (compared to say, Potomac).
Also Summit, NJ. And for some reason it stayed WASPier then Short Hills (even though it's in Union, Co).
And Princeton and Lawrenceville (although it's debatable whether they are NY suburbs).
by Anonymous | reply 31 | September 27, 2014 11:02 PM |
On that same note (where second homes are popular), Litchfield County, CT, specifically Washington, CT.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | September 27, 2014 11:03 PM |
The fact that it was my home town automatically makes Nutley, NJ, the fanciest.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | September 27, 2014 11:05 PM |
r15 when referring to physical distance the correct word is "farther." They have moved farther out.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | September 27, 2014 11:18 PM |
Tell the truth, Martha. Your hometown is Jersey City. You lived on Stagg Street in the Heights. around the corner from the bar your father and uncle owned.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | September 27, 2014 11:20 PM |
R34 cherishes her little nuggets of knowledge.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | September 27, 2014 11:22 PM |
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by Anonymous | reply 37 | September 27, 2014 11:24 PM |
Chevy Chase is nice but it really isn't all that. It's too close to DC to have much land, there are some grand houses but the streets around Chevy Chase, like Connecticut Ave are super busy and detracts from the whole. There isn't much charm or village there either. Bethesda is well monied but more of a city with a range of incomes and homes.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | September 28, 2014 2:30 AM |
R33, no where that Ed Kostyra lived could ever be considered fancy.
As for my vote, I've always thought of the Upper East Side as suburbia. Anything north of 66th Street.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | September 28, 2014 2:37 AM |
Bronxville, NY. The most wealthy suburb in the country. End of thread.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | September 28, 2014 2:39 AM |
R31, when was Short Hills WASPy during the lifetime of anyone posting here today?
by Anonymous | reply 41 | September 28, 2014 2:48 AM |
Going farther south, how about Jupiter, FL?
by Anonymous | reply 42 | September 28, 2014 2:49 AM |
r42 that is the home of Mr. Burt Reynolds and his dinner theatre!!!!
We're off to see Mr. Rob Schneider and Miss Melissa Gilbert in Private Lives!!!!
by Anonymous | reply 43 | September 28, 2014 2:52 AM |
What are you smoking r40? Bronxville is ok, certainly not poor but the wealthiest? No.
A college roomate lives there and I visited a few years ago. Wasn't horribly impressed. Pleasant but not outstanding for Westchester.
Should add Dover-Sherborn MA and Weston MA to this list. Very affluent, Dover actually tops some national per capita income lists.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | September 28, 2014 3:26 AM |
R41 well there are some old farts on DL so yes during some of their lifetimes. It was traditionally a WASPy bedroom community. Started to change sometime in the 70s. And many of the rich WASPs as a result moved FARTHER West. Or into the city.
by Anonymous | reply 45 | September 28, 2014 4:07 AM |
Totally with r44 about Bronxville. Perfectly lovely but the wealthiest? No. Though it's still pretty WASPy for Westchester - that's actually a good example of a burb that has remained essentially a "bedroom community."
What about New City up in Rockland? I've never been but I have a couple of old tennis camp friends who were from there - they were all SO ridiculously Jappy that it was just funny. All really, really rich. But actually nice.
by Anonymous | reply 46 | September 28, 2014 4:13 AM |
Chestnut Hill, MA
by Anonymous | reply 47 | September 28, 2014 4:15 AM |
New City is gross. Suburbia maybe, but certainly not fancy.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | September 28, 2014 4:22 AM |
Bridgeport, CT is an green, leafy oasis in a pond full of money.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | September 28, 2014 5:42 AM |
Millburn Township (which includes Short Hills) wants to join Morris County. They're tired of paying high taxes to Essex County for welfare mamas in Newark.
by Anonymous | reply 50 | September 28, 2014 12:54 PM |
Norfolk, Sharon CT
by Anonymous | reply 51 | September 28, 2014 12:56 PM |
Bethesda, Maryland
by Anonymous | reply 52 | September 28, 2014 1:08 PM |
LENOX, MASS
by Anonymous | reply 53 | September 28, 2014 1:09 PM |
r28, Kelly Ripa's eldest son goes to school in Fieldston.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | September 28, 2014 1:13 PM |
r40, areas of Yonkers, including Sarah Lawrence College, have the Bronxville ZIP Code.
by Anonymous | reply 55 | September 28, 2014 1:15 PM |
R46, I'm still shocked when someone says "Bronxville" without first saying "Anti-Semitic."
by Anonymous | reply 56 | September 28, 2014 1:24 PM |
Old Westbury, Long Island - for example, the area around the intersection of Wheatley Road and Applegreen Drive
The former Phipps mansion, now called Old Westbury Gardens, is worth a look. I like the gardens and the exterior of the house, though the interior is a bit empty. The house was used in the Hitchcock movie "North by Northwest".
by Anonymous | reply 57 | September 28, 2014 1:51 PM |
Upper Saddle River, NJ Franklin Lakes, NJ Alpine, NJ
Where the rich bitches are....
by Anonymous | reply 58 | September 28, 2014 2:11 PM |
Thanks, Tre.
by Anonymous | reply 59 | September 28, 2014 2:13 PM |
Loanview outside of Philadelphia.
by Anonymous | reply 60 | September 28, 2014 2:17 PM |
The problem with the suburbs, no matter how leafy and green and fancy, is that the driving factor is and always will be "good schools."
Nothing was ever spent on infrastructure and most crucially, these days, eldercare and public services.
Everyone who first moved in and grew up is now stuck with bills the following -whether or not they are Senior VPs at CBS or Chase or retired:
government taxes, sanitation, cable, electric, water, heat, car insurance, fire insurance, food, gas, lawn care, tree care, snow removal, etc.....
This is why Brooklyn, for example, thrives, while suburbs for the most part continue to wither. Sure some of those expenses exist in Brooklyn, but you also get an amazing infrastructure as you age, plus a close proximity to stores, medical establishments, etc.
While they won't die out altogether; they are at best a 20th Century invention with limited potential.
by Anonymous | reply 61 | September 28, 2014 2:41 PM |
Almost all of Montgomery County, Maryland. One of the best public school systems in the country and essentially recession-proof because of government jobs. Both Bethesda and Rockville were recently listed on 'top snobbiest cities' lists.
by Anonymous | reply 62 | September 28, 2014 3:00 PM |
Rockville, snobby?
by Anonymous | reply 63 | September 28, 2014 3:05 PM |
Scarsdale, NY
Cold Spring Harbor & Lloyd Harbor in Long Island
Oyster Bay, Douglaston & Great Neck in Long Island
Lattingtown, Muttontown & Dix Hills in Long Island
The Hamptons, obviously.
Alpine, Short Hills & Franklin Lakes in NJ
Palm Beach, Manalapan & Ocean Ridge in Palm Beach County, FL. Jupiter, Highland Beach Tequesta & Abacoa.
Most of Boca Raton, FL (esp the part nearest the ocean).
Sanibel & Captiva Islands, FL. Most of Naples, FL.
Most of Coral Gables, FL. Also Pinecrest, FL
Most of Alpharetta, GA. Buckhead in Atlanta
by Anonymous | reply 64 | September 28, 2014 4:57 PM |
R61 if you're wealthy enough to live in the best suburbs then you have the money to send your children to either private school or boarding school.
The truth is a lot of families - obviously that have to have a decent amount of money to begin with - move to the burbs to SAVE money: you get more space for your money, obviously, and if you move to certain towns like Greenwich, Scarsdale or Short Hills, you can send the kids to good public schools.
The only problem with that is that the real estate doesnt appreciate the way it does in New York. And of course you need at least one car - if one spouse drives to work, then probably two.
by Anonymous | reply 65 | September 28, 2014 5:21 PM |
Bronxville is like Larchmont, or Harrison, but not so Jewy, is what they're trying to say.
They are all quite nice.
by Anonymous | reply 66 | September 28, 2014 5:46 PM |
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by Anonymous | reply 67 | September 28, 2014 7:18 PM |
The Hamptons are more than a 2 hour drive or train ride from NYC. They're hardly suburbs R64.
by Anonymous | reply 68 | September 28, 2014 8:03 PM |
Rockville and bethesda are shit holes
by Anonymous | reply 69 | September 28, 2014 8:28 PM |
you queens are hilarious
by Anonymous | reply 70 | September 28, 2014 8:30 PM |
The whole point of postwar Great Neck/Kings Point was to create the best public schools your tax dollars could buy.
by Anonymous | reply 71 | September 28, 2014 8:32 PM |
Does Little Neck have a Scientology group called Little Neck Clams?
by Anonymous | reply 72 | September 28, 2014 8:36 PM |
Yes, R72, they do.
by Anonymous | reply 73 | September 28, 2014 8:38 PM |
Funny about Bronxville - my former roommate who lives there married Jewish and converted, my former boss also lives there and he and his family are Pakistani Muslim.
A childhood friend also lives there, her husband is Iranian (he's a surgeon at Montefiore).
Everyone I know who currently lives there is anything but WASP.
by Anonymous | reply 74 | September 28, 2014 9:01 PM |
Definitely Cohasset, (seemy quaint residence on Elm)
Milton....stunning in some areas -Bushes, Kennedys and Kerrys home base
Harvard, Marblehead, Concord, Williamstown, original Kennebunkport
by Anonymous | reply 75 | September 28, 2014 9:11 PM |
Don't want to quibble but I wouldn't call Cohasset or Milton the "fanciest". Very upper middle class, some sections even higher but not the top of the heap for suburban Boston (that's Wellesley/Weston/Lincoln/Concord-Carlisle/Dover/Sherborn see upthread).
Marblehead I will agree is very nice, probably the most upscale town on the North Shore.
by Anonymous | reply 76 | September 28, 2014 9:15 PM |
Silver Lake, Rhode Island
by Anonymous | reply 77 | September 28, 2014 9:19 PM |
Dont like Wellesley Concord area too jammed in a lousy interstates running through prisons etc. Do prefer the leafy and private Milton and Cohasset. It's why quiet wealth moves there...and presidents. Founder of the huge Wall St Journal and Dow Jones? Cohasset.
by Anonymous | reply 78 | September 28, 2014 9:21 PM |
Sewickley Heights, Pa. where the police will stop your car just for looking at the mansions.
by Anonymous | reply 79 | September 28, 2014 9:26 PM |
Greenville, Delaware. Home of duPonts and me!! Barley Mill Road and Snuff Mill Road if at all possible.
Wintering on Jupiter Island is nice as well, but it isn't a suburb.
by Anonymous | reply 80 | September 28, 2014 9:28 PM |
r74 You'll never hear of a Jewess converting to Christianity. They love being controlled by hubby and his family.
by Anonymous | reply 81 | September 28, 2014 10:49 PM |
Adding to r81, the Gentiles who convert love being controlled.
by Anonymous | reply 82 | September 28, 2014 10:51 PM |
Kings Point and Sands Point
by Anonymous | reply 83 | September 29, 2014 12:30 AM |
Deal, NJ, just across the inlet from Asbury Park.
Incredible wealth a stone's throw from incredible poverty.
by Anonymous | reply 84 | September 29, 2014 12:40 AM |
Two Nassau County Long Island towns have local nicknames based on their population. Massapequa is Matzoh-Pizza. Plainview is Plain-Jew.
by Anonymous | reply 85 | September 29, 2014 12:48 AM |
Philly area:
Cherry Hill, NJ Gladwyne, PA (the most mainline of the mainline)
by Anonymous | reply 86 | September 29, 2014 12:50 AM |
Short Hills was very WASPy until the 70's. Now ... not so much. Chris Christie's town of Mendham includes the village of Brookside, which regularly makes those top income by zip code lists. One NJ town that gets overlooked would be Westfield. Summit is very nice, but has a not-pro-life section as well.
by Anonymous | reply 87 | September 29, 2014 12:54 AM |
Spring Lake, New Jersey - not a suburb, but a wealthy seaside community
Historic Martin Maloney cottage at 101 Morris Ave. is attractive.
by Anonymous | reply 88 | September 29, 2014 1:23 AM |
r81 my former roomie is male.
by Anonymous | reply 89 | September 29, 2014 1:26 AM |
r81, so he was Christian and converted. His mother-in-law must be very assertive.
by Anonymous | reply 90 | September 29, 2014 1:30 AM |
What's the best fancy suburb for The Gays on the East Coast?
by Anonymous | reply 91 | September 29, 2014 1:33 AM |
One of my dorm mates married a Jewish guy. She is a big ol' WASP-o Methodist (her dad is a minister) and it is sad to see the Jewish guy thinking he's lucky, but sitting most times with his tail between his legs.
They live in Essex, MA on the water with boats (he's from UWS).
by Anonymous | reply 92 | September 30, 2014 8:58 PM |
Bedminster, Lawrenceville, and Peapack, NJ
by Anonymous | reply 93 | September 30, 2014 9:06 PM |
R68: Yeah, you're probably right about the Hamptons being too far from NYC to be a suburb. How far out is too far to be a suburb, re NYC?
Also, Pound Ridge, Bedford & Tarrytown, NY
by Anonymous | reply 94 | September 30, 2014 9:12 PM |
I'm not aware of any wealthy suburbs that are popular with gay people, R91. The closest thing I can think of is the Pines on Fire Island. The more expensive houses seem to be in the $2 - $3 million range. Calvin Klein and David Geffen used to own houses in the Pines. It's a beach community, popular in the summer. Very few people live there year round.
by Anonymous | reply 95 | September 30, 2014 10:35 PM |
R86 Cherry Hill is a shithole.
by Anonymous | reply 96 | September 30, 2014 10:48 PM |
R81 you do, but they are of the social climbing types who never wanted to be Jewish to begin with. That's generally why it's viewed as "less acceptable."
by Anonymous | reply 97 | September 30, 2014 10:50 PM |
R91 While not a exactly a suburb, the village of Oaks Bluff, Martha's Vineyard or the island of Martha's Vineyard in general is very liberal, gay friendly and exclusive. James Taylor & Carly Simon have places there and both the Clintons and the Obamas have summered on the island. Other than the presidents, the island serves as the summer home to many ex-heads of gov agencies who reside in and around Edgartown. Oaks Bluff is the artsy village and that artist vibe is reflected in the highly decorated Victorians that line the streets. Nantucket is an alternative and is even more expensive than the Vineyard, but it more isolated and also more Republican.
by Anonymous | reply 98 | September 30, 2014 11:05 PM |
Bedminster for people who go to monster truck rallies, don't pull that shit here.
by Anonymous | reply 99 | September 30, 2014 11:21 PM |
[quote]Do prefer the leafy and private Milton and Cohasset. It's why quiet wealth moves there...and presidents.
huh? No presidents live in Milton. The Kennedys certainly never lived there, Brookline was their stomping grounds. RFK and some of the Bushes attended MA (Milton Academy) but that doesn't mean they resided there.
Milton's heyday as old money posh spot was 80 years ago. It's long passed into middle class comfy burb status.
by Anonymous | reply 100 | September 30, 2014 11:24 PM |
Concord-Carlisle, MA.
by Anonymous | reply 101 | September 30, 2014 11:24 PM |
"Cherry Hill is a shithole.
by: Voorhees, NJ"
Right back at ya, Voorhees.
by Anonymous | reply 102 | September 30, 2014 11:34 PM |
Didn't Kelly Ripa grow-up in Voorhees?
by Anonymous | reply 103 | September 30, 2014 11:39 PM |
R91 people generally move to surburbs to raise a family.
Given that, there hasn't been much of a demand for gayborhood surburbs. Gay enclaves are always found in urban areas or vacation spots.
I mean living in surburbia is usually the antithesis of what most successful gay men wanted.
by Anonymous | reply 104 | September 30, 2014 11:45 PM |
Garrison NY - Hudson River views Harrison NY - Near White Plains Garden City Long Island Pelham Manor NY - Almost borders NYC
by Anonymous | reply 105 | October 1, 2014 12:28 AM |
R103 yeah I think so. That whole area is generally trash. Amy Locane is from there, too. A lot of kid actor types who support their families tend to hail from that area.
by Anonymous | reply 106 | October 1, 2014 1:12 AM |
In Pittsburgh, Fox Chapel, PA, home of Teresa Heinz Kerry.
Underrated Pittsburgh suburb: Rosslyn Farms
by Anonymous | reply 107 | October 1, 2014 1:24 AM |
r13: I have loved Trouble in Tahiti since I was a kid. Thanks for reminding me of it. I didn't know (since I was a kid when my father first played the recording) that Bernstein wrote all the lyrics too. Fantastic piece--in Ozone Park, in Beverly Hills...skiddle a day...
by Anonymous | reply 108 | October 1, 2014 2:31 AM |
Cohasset is dreadfully suburban.
by Anonymous | reply 109 | October 1, 2014 2:56 AM |
Love the antisemite 81/82/85/90 talking to himself as if it was different people. As if trolldar didn't exist...asshole.
by Anonymous | reply 110 | October 1, 2014 3:02 AM |
May I submit Tahiti Beach in Miami, Florida for your consideration?
by Anonymous | reply 111 | October 1, 2014 3:08 AM |
Montgomery County--most of it is tract house suburbia. A lot of the schools aren't very good and beyond chips on the shoulder, the grads of even the better ones are nothing special. A lot of places with Potomac postal addresses are just tract developments with big houses. You can find some nice big homes in Bethesda, "real" Potomac and parts of McLean but none are super rich. Chevy Chase was developed with a mix of incomes, but social restrictions. It has money but isn't super rich. Kalorama, Foxhall, and parts of Georgetown (all in DC) are have more real money. So do the horse country counties beyond Dulles in Virginia.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned places like Oyster Bay. Also no mention of Marblehead or Swampscott. There is an old Irish/Italian part of Marblehead (which the Irish and Italians can't afford unless they inherit the house), but most of it is very wealthy.
by Anonymous | reply 112 | October 1, 2014 3:23 AM |
Dear R98: Nantucket voted for Coakley while she was losing statewide to Scotty "Staples" Brown. Not too Republican to me ...
by Anonymous | reply 113 | October 1, 2014 3:30 AM |
R112 agree with most all of that, except BCC and Winston Churchill are pretty top public schools. Though again, as in most affluent suburbs, most of the truly rich/social people in those areas go to the private schools.
A friend of mine from childhood moved from NYC (740 Park) to DC in the 80s when her father was made president of Kennedy Center. I can't remember where in DC their house was, but it was basically the size of an embassy and had an elevator. It was pretty sick. She went to the Maret school. Not sure where it ranks (obvs NCS is the best) but girl was a total moron, so I'm guessing it's second tier.
Have another very rich (though not THAT rich) friend who sold her house in Georgetown and bought a bigger place in Berkley? I know DC pretty well, but I don't know what that area is.
by Anonymous | reply 114 | October 1, 2014 3:45 AM |
I like the houses on a street called Goodwood Gardens in Baltimore, especially the part between Oakdale Road and Kenwood Road.
by Anonymous | reply 115 | October 5, 2014 10:54 AM |
You can just look up Forbes list of America's most expensive zip codes online.
by Anonymous | reply 116 | October 5, 2014 11:07 AM |
Just google "trulia heat map" and the name of a state. Then zoom in on the dark red areas of the map.
by Anonymous | reply 117 | November 19, 2014 5:29 AM |
Ridgewood Road in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
by Anonymous | reply 118 | November 27, 2014 12:46 PM |
One place that is often overlooked is Biltmore Forest outside Asheville, NC. Asheville itself is a beautiful mountain city, and the Forest adds to that natural beauty with a sense of privacy and large homes on large woodsy lots.
by Anonymous | reply 119 | November 27, 2014 1:06 PM |
118 posts and nobody has mentioned Upper Montclair, NJ? You guys are slipping. Upper Montclair has been an exclusive suburb since the 1900s when it had its own designated train line. It is still primarily large turn of the century mansions that have not been broken up.
by Anonymous | reply 120 | November 27, 2014 1:06 PM |
R120 is it much much nicer than "regular" Montclair? Because in order to qualify, it would have to be.
by Anonymous | reply 121 | November 27, 2014 1:11 PM |
Green Valley Road, Bryn Mawr, PA - No. 1131 had asking price of $8 million
by Anonymous | reply 122 | November 27, 2014 1:16 PM |
121, There is no comparison. The homes in Upper Montclair are 4-5 million.
by Anonymous | reply 123 | November 27, 2014 1:29 PM |
R121, let's just say I wouldn't mind living here . . .
by Anonymous | reply 124 | November 27, 2014 1:38 PM |
On the other hand, there's this $18 million place in Bernardsville, NJ . . .
by Anonymous | reply 125 | November 27, 2014 1:46 PM |
Manhattan
by Anonymous | reply 126 | February 17, 2018 8:28 AM |
WOw I can't believe this thread got revived after all this time.
R102/r103 the NJ suburbs of Philly fucking suck. In general South Jersey is trash and I stand by that. That area in particular.
And not all Main Line suburbs are created equal. Though they certainly beat any of the Jersey ones.
On another note, I've weirdly met several people from Roslyn as of late and I think it may be even more obnoxiously Jappy then Great Neck.
From what I've heard Millburn High School is still one of the top public schools.
by Anonymous | reply 127 | February 17, 2018 10:22 AM |
Agree with r127 - NJ is trashy postwar except Haddonfield NJ.
Also agree on Main Line - only a few great streets remain in Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Gladwyne and Villanova. But those streets are the most idyllic suburban streets in America- stone, all prewar, well maintained, classic.
Parts of Westchester Co NY and Fairfield co CT probably as nice (and wayyyy richer). As well as certain Boston suburbs.
And hate all NJ - but do have to give props to Upper Montclair - a hidden and unknown gem in the desert of NJ postwar McMansions
by Anonymous | reply 128 | February 17, 2018 3:29 PM |
R128 I was talking only about that area of "South Jersey." NJ in general gets a lot of shit but arguably has most of the nicest NY suburbs. But South Jersey is a whole other animal.
by Anonymous | reply 129 | February 17, 2018 9:50 PM |
Alpine is really tacky. Some of the great estates in Englewood are far nicer but few and far between. Greenwich and the estate sections of Bedford blow pretty much everything else away. Litchfield County has Washington, and parts of Kent, Roxbury and Cornwall which are beautiful but are country towns, not suburbs. Millbrook is beautiful in Dutchess County with some amazing estates but again it's country and most of the biggest estates belong to multiple home owners from New York and Europe who ride and hunt. On Long Island, Mill Neck, Centre Island and a few surrounding villages like Matinecock are beautiful. Lloyd Harbor and Lloyd Neck on the water are also beautiful. The Hamptons are not suburbs but second or third, or fourth homes. Potomac Maryland is nothing compared to these. The Main Line in PA has very few big estates anymore.
by Anonymous | reply 130 | February 17, 2018 10:12 PM |
Middleburg, Va and Easton, MD. Serious money and lovely large estates
by Anonymous | reply 131 | February 17, 2018 11:00 PM |