Joe, We have three airports with flight paths over the area (Dulles, Reagan, and Andrews AFB) so you will always have some level of jet noise. We also like to fly a lot of helicopters in and around McLean, Vienna and Falls Church, heck, the whole area is military air space! Since we have excellent hospitals they also fly the choppers in, and the military, Fairfax County, National Park Police and DHS just to name a few.
If you are working in Tyson's Corner then you know what is going on. I look at it this way, it is a compromise to live closer to Tyson's but it will give you a better quality of life. Schools is a long topic (age, private/public).
So the advice to live in Vienna is good but as I once posted on my Vienna home blog, you need a driving strategy... read more. - Sat May 8, 2010