It did not used to be like that.

What happened?

When Fairfax residents moved to Arlington because of FCPS.

When they fucked up Columbia Pike with promises of a trolley and the yuppies flocked to it.

1866

Arlington sucks. If you want to live there you are a retard. It is only for ugly white people who can't hack it in DC and don't think their kids can keep up with the Asian kids in Fairfax.

When all the Arlington residents were gone - moved elsewhere. Just like what’s happening to Fairfax. Then it will be Warrenton. No, it will all be gone before that happens.

Fairfax is for poor rednecks who couldn't afford to live in Arlington.

Have fun with your commutes!

ARL Rocks Wrote:
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> Fairfax is for poor rednecks who couldn't afford
> to live in Arlington.
>
> Have fun with your commutes!


Commute? Commuting is for losers...
If commuting dictates you to live in those dark 50-year old houses with outdated services, life must suck!!

services? What kind of house has services? Do you mean utilities?

ARL Rocks Wrote:
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> Fairfax is for poor rednecks who couldn't afford
> to live in Arlington.
>
> Have fun with your commutes!


Arlington has been full of douche-bags for years. This guy is a prime example.

No one beats Mantua at being Snobs - suck it Arlington.

ARL Sucks Wrote:
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> ARL Rocks Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Fairfax is for poor rednecks who couldn't
> afford
> > to live in Arlington.
> >
> > Have fun with your commutes!
>
>
> Commute? Commuting is for losers...
> If commuting dictates you to live in those dark
> 50-year old houses with outdated services, life
> must suck!!

Can't afford to tear one down and start over? Too bad for you. Enjoy your 30 year old house with rapidly degrading schools. Make sure little Hunter doesn't get knifed by MS-13 on his 45 minute bus ride to school.

ARLer Wrote:
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> ARL Sucks Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ARL Rocks Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Fairfax is for poor rednecks who couldn't
> > afford
> > > to live in Arlington.
> > >
> > > Have fun with your commutes!
> >
> >
> > Commute? Commuting is for losers...
> > If commuting dictates you to live in those dark
> > 50-year old houses with outdated services, life
> > must suck!!
>
> Can't afford to tear one down and start over? Too
> bad for you. Enjoy your 30 year old house with
> rapidly degrading schools. Make sure little
> Hunter doesn't get knifed by MS-13 on his 45
> minute bus ride to school.

You should get out of the basement more.

After the First Battle of Manassas in 1861, when all the snobby tourists couldn't make it back to DC because their carriages were appropriated by the Feds for ambulances.

Inside and outside the Beltway are just two different places. They have different things to offer. It's like looking for counter-tops. There is nothing that can match the open, flowing, natural beauty of an exquisite Italian granite, but some people will still choose the compressed and compacted durability of Silestone or even Corian. There's just no accounting for taste. Or the lack thereof.

There are really three Arlingtons:

North Arlington from 66 to the Mclean border - Looks, acts, and smells just like Mclean. Arlington Ridge in S Arlington is this way too.

North Arlington along the Metro - Rosslyn to Ballston, Crystal City (kinda) - Looks like Bethesda area, or Northwest DC along Connecticut or Wisconsin. Parts of Columbia Pike are starting to look this way too. Lots of ppl in 20's and 30's.

Everything else - South Arlington - Shithole, illegal laden wasteland.

There are many more Arlington's than that, and Arlington is divided by Route-50, not I-66.

ARLer Wrote:
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> There are really three Arlingtons:
>
> North Arlington from 66 to the Mclean border -
> Looks, acts, and smells just like Mclean.
> Arlington Ridge in S Arlington is this way too.
>
> North Arlington along the Metro - Rosslyn to
> Ballston, Crystal City (kinda) - Looks like
> Bethesda area, or Northwest DC along Connecticut
> or Wisconsin. Parts of Columbia Pike are starting
> to look this way too. Lots of ppl in 20's and
> 30's.
>
> Everything else - South Arlington - Shithole,
> illegal laden wasteland.

Yep.

Heard a guy refer to Arlington as "A town" yesterday as in, "I am going to A town for happy hour." It was the douchiest thing heard all year.

Maybe the guy was from C-ville or F-burg.

Douches are concentrated in Courthouse/Ballston. Snobs are primarily in DC and Old Town. Imbeciles are in the Mosiac District.

Nice Guy Eddie Wrote:
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> Heard a guy refer to Arlington as "A town"
> yesterday as in, "I am going to A town for happy
> hour." It was the douchiest thing heard all year.


That's the name of bar in Ballston. Not saying he's not a douche, tho.

Lorcom Lane Wrote:
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> There are many more Arlington's than that, and
> Arlington is divided by Route-50, not I-66.

Yes it is by North/South streets, but in terms on where a civilized person might want to live, anything south of 66 is a dump.

UtPpC Wrote:
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> Yes it is by North/South streets, but in terms on
> where a civilized person might want to live,
> anything south of 66 is a dump.

You should get out more. All of the Ballston Corridor is south of 66, as are Colonial Village, Lyon Village, Parklane, and Dominion Hills.

The Fairlingtons in far southern Arlington County contain practicing yuppies and yuppie wannabes.

I know a DDS married to a JD who live in Fairlington. As well as a nurse practitioner married to an electrical engineer.

Great Falls it isn't but it's far from a dump.

There are a lot of hard-working Hispanic and Black families who can't afford Arlington north of Lee Highway who are very proud of the older, smaller homes they own in 22204 and 22206.

Writing those people off in one wave of your hand says more about you than it does about them.

I heard there is a group of people there who don't like SUVs and they go around finding violations that SUV drivers commit (example-illegal repairs, out of state plates, unsupervised underage children) and report them to the county.

Arlington is great though if you don't own a car. Much more walkable and better public transit than Fairfax county. The urban areas by metro stops are real urban areas not like the ones in Fairfax county which tend to be the worst of all worlds.

Given Arlington Schoools suspend no one this is just as likely to happen in Arl.

ARLer Wrote:
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> ARL Sucks Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > ARL Rocks Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Fairfax is for poor rednecks who couldn't
> > afford
> > > to live in Arlington.
> > >
> > > Have fun with your commutes!
> >
> >
> > Commute? Commuting is for losers...
> > If commuting dictates you to live in those dark
> > 50-year old houses with outdated services, life
> > must suck!!
>
> Can't afford to tear one down and start over? Too
> bad for you. Enjoy your 30 year old house with
> rapidly degrading schools. Make sure little
> Hunter doesn't get knifed by MS-13 on his 45
> minute bus ride to school.

Population density in Arlington County is 8,300 people per square mile. In Fairfax County, it's less than 2,800 people per square mile. If you like concrete and asphalt, Arlington is the place to be. If you like grass and trees and streams and yards and spaces that kids can play around in, Fairfax will likely be your better bet.

Take your pick Wrote:
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> Population density in Arlington County is 8,300
> people per square mile. In Fairfax County, it's
> less than 2,800 people per square mile. If you
> like concrete and asphalt, Arlington is the place
> to be. If you like grass and trees and streams
> and yards and spaces that kids can play around in,
> Fairfax will likely be your better bet.

There are places in Arlington with far less density than you mentioned and there are many places in Fairfax that are far more densely populated than you mentioned.

It really is going to depend in what area of each jurisdiction you want to live.

The better neighborhoods with numerous parks and streams in north Arlington many of which border McLean and Falls Church are going to be more expensive than any similarly situated neighborhood in Fairfax.

Likewise for the more densely populated sections of each county.

People who have essentially been priced out of large homes on decent wooded lots near parks and streams inside the beltway share your sentiments though. Don't let your envy get in the way of your happiness or reality.

Smell the butt-hurt of those who can't afford to live in Arlington

Take your pick Wrote:
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> Population density in Arlington County is 8,300
> people per square mile. In Fairfax County, it's
> less than 2,800 people per square mile. If you
> like concrete and asphalt, Arlington is the place
> to be. If you like grass and trees and streams
> and yards and spaces that kids can play around in,
> Fairfax will likely be your better bet.

By comparison, density in the District is about 10,500 people per square mile. Tales of little patches here and there do little to alter the plain fact that the choice is between urban, pastoral, and boondocks. Where would Goldilocks live?

With concrete and asphalt you also get better public transit and walk ability. In Fairfax your stuck driving almost everywhere with the idiot bimbo SUV driving soccer moms and dads (granted if you are one of them you are better off in Fairfax-or better yet even further away from Arlington).



Take your pick Wrote:
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> Population density in Arlington County is 8,300
> people per square mile. In Fairfax County, it's
> less than 2,800 people per square mile. If you
> like concrete and asphalt, Arlington is the place
> to be. If you like grass and trees and streams
> and yards and spaces that kids can play around in,
> Fairfax will likely be your better bet.

Arlington County has 12 Metro stations, the same number Fairfax County will have once Phase-2 of the Silver Line opens.

yeahbut Wrote:
In Fairfax your
> stuck driving almost everywhere with the idiot
> bimbo SUV driving soccer moms and dads (granted if
> you are one of them you are better off in
> Fairfax-or better yet even further away from
> Arlington).


In Fairfax you have to have a helicopter or ultralight if you want to get to the grocery store in under 30 minutes

Metro stations in Arlington are very different than those in Fairfax County. The ones in Fairfax County were designed as and still largely are commuter stations. They may have apartment buildings nearby, but the areas lack things to do and walk ability. And exactly when is phase 2 going to be completed? Who knows? Maybe when metro stops being so corrupt.


Metro Man Wrote:
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> Arlington County has 12 Metro stations, the same
> number Fairfax County will have once Phase-2 of
> the Silver Line opens.

yesbut.... Wrote:
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> Metro stations in Arlington are very different
> than those in Fairfax County.

Reflecting the fact that at 8,300 people per square mile, Arlington has become an urban concrete jungle, while in the more pristine and pastoral Fairfax County with its 2,800 people per square mile, a quite different sort of lifestyle is on offer to those who prefer the ideas of green and clean.

> The ones in Fairfax County were designed as and still
> largely are commuter stations. They may have apartment
> buildings nearby, but the areas lack things to do
> and walk ability.

Well, four of the current Fairfax County stations are in the edge-city of Tysons. Those are destination stations. Excepting one small temporary lot, there is no commuter parking at all at those stops. The Dunn Loring station is meanwhile surrounded not just by apartments, but also by its own diverse shopping and dining district, not to mention that the Mosaic District is less than a mile away.

> And exactly when is phase 2 going to be completed? Who
> knows? Maybe when metro stops being so corrupt.

LOL! What's corrupt here is your desperate so-called "thinking".

22207

Too, too, too fucked in the head.

ARLer Wrote:
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> There are really three Arlingtons:
>
> North Arlington from 66 to the Mclean border -
> Looks, acts, and smells just like Mclean.
> Arlington Ridge in S Arlington is this way too.
>
> North Arlington along the Metro - Rosslyn to
> Ballston, Crystal City (kinda) - Looks like
> Bethesda area, or Northwest DC along Connecticut
> or Wisconsin. Parts of Columbia Pike are starting
> to look this way too. Lots of ppl in 20's and
> 30's.
>
> Everything else - South Arlington - Shithole,
> illegal laden wasteland.


Good take.

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 12/17/2015 08:33AM by WingNut.

Lorcom Lane Wrote:
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> UtPpC Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Yes it is by North/South streets, but in terms
> on
> > where a civilized person might want to live,
> > anything south of 66 is a dump.
>
> You should get out more. All of the Ballston
> Corridor is south of 66, as are Colonial Village,
> Lyon Village, Parklane, and Dominion Hills.

You make my point. Ballston is a jumbled mess - it has no theme. Townhouses, SFH, Apartments, office buildings all jumbled up together.

itsaninterestingplace Wrote:
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> I heard there is a group of people there who don't
> like SUVs and they go around finding violations
> that SUV drivers commit (example-illegal repairs,
> out of state plates, unsupervised underage
> children) and report them to the county.
>

This would not surprise me. Arlington went for Obama 69% in 2012, highest percentage of any county in the state (some cities were higher). It is a liberal nanny state place for sure.

Lorcom Lane Wrote:
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> There are many more Arlington's than that, and
> Arlington is divided by Route-50, not I-66.


he wasn't saying it was. he was just subdividing north Arlington along 66 retard.

ARLer Wrote:
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> You make my point. Ballston is a jumbled mess -
> it has no theme. Townhouses, SFH, Apartments,
> office buildings all jumbled up together.

But Ballston does. And the point there is smart-growth, high-density, walkable, mixed-use development close to transit. It was in all the papers. I don't know how you could have missed it.

Ying Ko Wrote:
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> When they fucked up Columbia Pike with promises of
> a trolley and the yuppies flocked to it.


Do you think they'll try again with the streetcar? It seemed like a good idea at the time.

ExDK3 Wrote:
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> 22207
Attachments:

What you call a "nanny state" we call stopping selfish idiots from ruining our city. Arlington while still inferior is closer to most close in suburbs in Western Europe. Most of these places have things called laws to make these places more livable and make walking, cycling and public transit better.


FkVF9 Wrote:
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> itsaninterestingplace Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I heard there is a group of people there who
> don't
> > like SUVs and they go around finding violations
> > that SUV drivers commit (example-illegal
> repairs,
> > out of state plates, unsupervised underage
> > children) and report them to the county.
> >
>
> This would not surprise me. Arlington went for
> Obama 69% in 2012, highest percentage of any
> county in the state (some cities were higher). It
> is a liberal nanny state place for sure.

Yellow Line Wrote:
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> Do you think they'll try again with the streetcar?
> It seemed like a good idea at the time.

And it will only become a better -- but more expensive -- idea as time goes by. There is simply no question that the Pike Transit line will ultimately be built. There is no other viable option for the future, not just for that arterial, but for the region. Retrograde right-wing whiners are all plugged into dead outlets. They'll eventually be disconnected and left out by the curb -- along with their outmoded notions -- for the scrap-truck to haul away.

Clear the track Wrote:
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> Yellow Line Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Do you think they'll try again with the
> streetcar?
> > It seemed like a good idea at the time.
>
> And it will only become a better -- but more
> expensive -- idea as time goes by. There is
> simply no question that the Pike Transit line will
> ultimately be built. There is no other viable
> option for the future, not just for that arterial,
> but for the region. Retrograde right-wing whiners
> are all plugged into dead outlets. They'll
> eventually be disconnected and left out by the
> curb -- along with their outmoded notions -- for
> the scrap-truck to haul away.

A bus is much less expensive and Arlington has the money for it. Arlington did not have the money for the streetcar - so unless you want a jump in your property taxes, you are not getting a streetcar. It would be so nice though - DC's has turned out so well.

Arlingtoner Wrote:
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> What you call a "nanny state" we call stopping
> selfish idiots from ruining our city. Arlington
> while still inferior is closer to most close in
> suburbs in Western Europe. Most of these places
> have things called laws to make these places more
> livable and make walking, cycling and public
> transit better.
>
>

So that justifies a Enviro-Stasi force reporting on your neighbors?

BTW, those "selfish idiots" in the tear downs/in fill houses are probably paying 2X what the little 1950's hovels are paying in property taxes, and with their Energy Star appliances/furnaces/windows have no greater carbon footprint than your aged, heat leaking dumps.

UkT9y Wrote:
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> A bus is much less expensive and Arlington has the
> money for it. Arlington did not have the money
> for the streetcar - so unless you want a jump in
> your property taxes, you are not getting a
> streetcar. It would be so nice though - DC's has
> turned out so well.

LOL! Typical babbling nonsense. The up-front, one-time costs to create a streetcar line are higher than those for a bus route. The long-term ongoing costs of streetcars are however much lower than those for buses, and their acceptance by potential patrons is of course much higher. Established major arteries such as Columbia Pike should NOT have buses running on them. Period. Streetcars should be there. These are the simple facts of modern urban transportation policy. Brainwashed but otherwise uninformed partisan bull-shitters and know-nothings really have very little to contribute here.

And by the way, DC's streetcar system will ultimately be built as well. There is no way the city can survive while allowing increasingly scarce traffic capacity to be devoted to personal automobiles. Those are simply dying as a mode of inner city mobility.

SUVs kill and for no reason other than vanity. They are much more likely to kill a Pedestrian than a car due to how they are built. They don't belong in Arlington.

It is very easy to report SUVs with out of state plates anon and the county even provides a website: http://taxes.arlingtonva.us/vehicles/report-tax-evader/vehicle-tax-evader-tip-form/

It is a good way to discourage the selfish loser from renewing their leases. By the way Fairfax has something similar.



VH4dc Wrote:
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> Arlingtoner Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What you call a "nanny state" we call stopping
> > selfish idiots from ruining our city.
> Arlington
> > while still inferior is closer to most close in
> > suburbs in Western Europe. Most of these
> places
> > have things called laws to make these places
> more
> > livable and make walking, cycling and public
> > transit better.
> >
> >
>
> So that justifies a Enviro-Stasi force reporting
> on your neighbors?
>
> BTW, those "selfish idiots" in the tear downs/in
> fill houses are probably paying 2X what the little
> 1950's hovels are paying in property taxes, and
> with their Energy Star appliances/furnaces/windows
> have no greater carbon footprint than your aged,
> heat leaking dumps.

Go learn something, loser Wrote:
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> UkT9y Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > A bus is much less expensive and Arlington has
> the
> > money for it. Arlington did not have the money
> > for the streetcar - so unless you want a jump
> in
> > your property taxes, you are not getting a
> > streetcar. It would be so nice though - DC's
> has
> > turned out so well.
>
> LOL! Typical babbling nonsense. The up-front,
> one-time costs to create a streetcar line are
> higher than those for a bus route. The long-term
> ongoing costs of streetcars are however much lower
> than those for buses, and their acceptance by
> potential patrons is of course much higher.
> Established major arteries such as Columbia Pike
> should NOT have buses running on them. Period.
> Streetcars should be there. These are the simple
> facts of modern urban transportation policy.
> Brainwashed but otherwise uninformed partisan
> bull-shitters and know-nothings really have very
> little to contribute here.
>
> And by the way, DC's streetcar system will
> ultimately be built as well. There is no way the
> city can survive while allowing increasingly
> scarce traffic capacity to be devoted to personal
> automobiles. Those are simply dying as a mode of
> inner city mobilit

the arlington board appears to disagree with you, as they are the ones who voted to abandon the street car. They all wet their pants when an independent was elected to one seat, and dropped the street car like a hot rock.

Compare the DC street car to the Circulator bus. Both conceived in the 90's - Circulator has been operating for 10 years and has 500K riders per month. Street Car - 0.

I like public transit - ride Metro and the bus regularly. But it has to make sense financially, and as we are learning with Metro, it needs to be maintainable both economically and from a skills perspective.

Arlingtoner Wrote:
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> SUVs kill and for no reason other than vanity.
> They are much more likely to kill a Pedestrian
> than a car due to how they are built. They don't
> belong in Arlington.
>

Envy is such an ugly sentiment.

Bus Rider Wrote:
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> the arlington board appears to disagree with you,
> as they are the ones who voted to abandon the
> street car. They all wet their pants when an
> independent was elected to one seat, and dropped
> the street car like a hot rock.

The board has been behind the project for many years, and Fairfax along with them. And both for very good reasons. The surprising success of the usual lying right-wing flash-mob scare tactics (Arlington voters had in the past proved too smart to fall for such hysterical nonsense) has brought about a postponement, not an abandonment. The project will be revived and it will be built. A little bit of useless clutter and debris needs to be cleared from the track first. The reasons for the the line grow only more clear and pressing as time goes by.

> Compare the DC street car to the Circulator bus.
> Both conceived in the 90's - Circulator has been
> operating for 10 years and has 500K riders per
> month. Street Car - 0.

DCDT and WMATA are partners in Circulator operation. Service began in 2005. But ridership peaked in 2011 and has been declining ever since. Subsidies for the system are massive, recently ranging from $2.75 to $3.50 per passenger. DC Streetcar had been given permanent funding, but then reactionaries took it away again. That's no way to run a railroad. This error will ultimately be corrected as well.

> I like public transit - ride Metro and the bus regularly.
> But it has to make sense financially, and as we are learning
> with Metro, it needs to be maintainable both economically
> and from a skills perspective.

Like it or not, you don't know the first damned thing about any of it.

Go learn something, loser Wrote:
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> Bus Rider Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > the arlington board appears to disagree with
> you,
> > as they are the ones who voted to abandon the
> > street car. They all wet their pants when an
> > independent was elected to one seat, and
> dropped
> > the street car like a hot rock.
>
> The board has been behind the project for many
> years, and Fairfax along with them. And both for
> very good reasons. The surprising success of the
> usual lying right-wing flash-mob scare tactics
> (Arlington voters had in the past proved too smart
> to fall for such hysterical nonsense) has brought
> about a postponement, not an abandonment. The
> project will be revived and it will be built. A
> little bit of useless clutter and debris needs to
> be cleared from the track first. The reasons for
> the the line grow only more clear and pressing as
> time goes by.
>
> > Compare the DC street car to the Circulator bus.
>
> > Both conceived in the 90's - Circulator has
> been
> > operating for 10 years and has 500K riders per
> > month. Street Car - 0.
>
> DCDT and WMATA are partners in Circulator
> operation. Service began in 2005. But ridership
> peaked in 2011 and has been declining ever since.
> Subsidies for the system are massive, recently
> ranging from $2.75 to $3.50 per passenger. DC
> Streetcar had been given permanent funding, but
> then reactionaries took it away again. That's no
> way to run a railroad. This error will ultimately
> be corrected as well.
>
> > I like public transit - ride Metro and the bus
> regularly.
> > But it has to make sense financially, and as we
> are learning
> > with Metro, it needs to be maintainable both
> economically
> > and from a skills perspective.
>
> Like it or not, you don't know the first damned
> thing about any of it.


You can only build so many $1M bus stops before people stop believing you. You seem like a bitter, angry person. I feel sorry for you.

Bus Rider Wrote:
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> Go learn something, loser Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Bus Rider Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > the arlington board appears to disagree with
> > you,
> > > as they are the ones who voted to abandon the
> > > street car. They all wet their pants when an
> > > independent was elected to one seat, and
> > dropped
> > > the street car like a hot rock.
> >
> > The board has been behind the project for many
> > years, and Fairfax along with them. And both
> for
> > very good reasons. The surprising success of
> the
> > usual lying right-wing flash-mob scare tactics
> > (Arlington voters had in the past proved too
> smart
> > to fall for such hysterical nonsense) has
> brought
> > about a postponement, not an abandonment. The
> > project will be revived and it will be built.
> A
> > little bit of useless clutter and debris needs
> to
> > be cleared from the track first. The reasons
> for
> > the the line grow only more clear and pressing
> as
> > time goes by.
> >
> > > Compare the DC street car to the Circulator
> bus.
> >
> > > Both conceived in the 90's - Circulator has
> > been
> > > operating for 10 years and has 500K riders
> per
> > > month. Street Car - 0.
> >
> > DCDT and WMATA are partners in Circulator
> > operation. Service began in 2005. But
> ridership
> > peaked in 2011 and has been declining ever
> since.
> > Subsidies for the system are massive, recently
> > ranging from $2.75 to $3.50 per passenger. DC
> > Streetcar had been given permanent funding, but
> > then reactionaries took it away again. That's
> no
> > way to run a railroad. This error will
> ultimately
> > be corrected as well.
> >
> > > I like public transit - ride Metro and the
> bus
> > regularly.
> > > But it has to make sense financially, and as
> we
> > are learning
> > > with Metro, it needs to be maintainable both
> > economically
> > > and from a skills perspective.
> >
> > Like it or not, you don't know the first damned
> > thing about any of it.
>
>
> You can only build so many $1M bus stops before
> people stop believing you. You seem like a
> bitter, angry person. I feel sorry for you.


Impotence often has that effect on men.

As in the envy of SUV drivers who have to overcompensate for what they are lacking? Yes it is sad that SUV driver can't find a way to overcompensate without selfishly endangering others.


SUVer Wrote:
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> Arlingtoner Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > SUVs kill and for no reason other than vanity.
> > They are much more likely to kill a Pedestrian
> > than a car due to how they are built. They
> don't
> > belong in Arlington.
> >
>
> Envy is such an ugly sentiment.

Overcompensater Wrote:
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> As in the envy of SUV drivers who have to
> overcompensate for what they are lacking? Yes it
> is sad that SUV driver can't find a way to
> overcompensate without selfishly endangering
> others.
>
>
> SUVer Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Arlingtoner Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > SUVs kill and for no reason other than vanity.
>
> > > They are much more likely to kill a
> Pedestrian
> > > than a car due to how they are built. They
> > don't
> > > belong in Arlington.
> > >
> >
> > Envy is such an ugly sentiment.

It really is a religion with you isn't it? I'll waive as I drive by in the next snowstorm.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiB8JNXCAOo

PS. Sorry you can't afford to live by a metro station and have to drive in the snow. LOL

GubJy Wrote:
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> Overcompensater Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > As in the envy of SUV drivers who have to
> > overcompensate for what they are lacking? Yes
> it
> > is sad that SUV driver can't find a way to
> > overcompensate without selfishly endangering
> > others.
> >
> >
> > SUVer Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Arlingtoner Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > SUVs kill and for no reason other than
> vanity.
> >
> > > > They are much more likely to kill a
> > Pedestrian
> > > > than a car due to how they are built. They
> > > don't
> > > > belong in Arlington.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Envy is such an ugly sentiment.
>
> It really is a religion with you isn't it? I'll
> waive as I drive by in the next snowstorm.

Whatever whatever whatever... That columbia pike corridor from baileys to pentagon is ripe for development.

The big picture... Wrote:
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> Inside and outside the Beltway are just two
> different places. They have different things to
> offer. It's like looking for counter-tops. There
> is nothing that can match the open, flowing,
> natural beauty of an exquisite Italian granite,
> but some people will still choose the compressed
> and compacted durability of Silestone or even
> Corian. There's just no accounting for taste. Or
> the lack thereof.


That is the most ignorant statement I have seen in a long time, it means absolutely nothing. You must work for the Feds.

Arlingtoner Wrote:
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> What you call a "nanny state" we call stopping
> selfish idiots from ruining our city. Arlington
> while still inferior is closer to most close in
> suburbs in Western Europe. Most of these places
> have things called laws to make these places more
> livable and make walking, cycling and public
> transit better.
>
>
> FkVF9 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > itsaninterestingplace Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > I heard there is a group of people there who
> > don't
> > > like SUVs and they go around finding
> violations
> > > that SUV drivers commit (example-illegal
> > repairs,
> > > out of state plates, unsupervised underage
> > > children) and report them to the county.
> > >
> >
> > This would not surprise me. Arlington went for
> > Obama 69% in 2012, highest percentage of any
> > county in the state (some cities were higher).
> It
> > is a liberal nanny state place for sure.


Lol. "Suburbs" in Western Europe are the ghetto areas of the cities! Lol.

Huh Wrote:
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< That is the most ignorant statement I have seen in
> a long time, it means absolutely nothing. You must
> work for the Feds.

Well, it looks like comparison of counter-top materials is totally over your head. I wonder what the fuck isn't.

He's probably from Falls Church. You know how THOSE people are...

Snobs gonna snob. Wrote:
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> It did not used to be like that.
>
> What happened?


I grew up in North Arlington and it wasn't snobby at all back then! It looked much like Fairfax County looks today, very diverse just not as many latinos back in the day! I'm South American so the central americans did not talk to me. However now because of gentrification it's mostly out of town single yuppies who have taken over my beautiful Arlington.

LatinaNorthArlington Wrote:
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> Snobs gonna snob. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It did not used to be like that.
> >
> > What happened?
>
>
> I grew up in North Arlington and it wasn't snobby
> at all back then! It looked much like Fairfax
> County looks today, very diverse just not as many
> latinos back in the day! I'm South American so the
> central americans did not talk to me. However now
> because of gentrification it's mostly out of town
> single yuppies who have taken over my beautiful
> Arlington.

Fairfax would love to have some of that gentrification in places like Annandale or Springfield - don't think that will ever happen. The gentrification of North Arlington plus the office space along Metro is what makes Arlington work financially. You may curse gentrification, but it has the effect of adding 50 or 100% to the tax base for every house that's flipped.

Arlington is ugly as shit and there is no Arlington Underground, just ARLnow, an earnest little blog for weenies.

The high schools aren't good either. Yorktown is a bunch of white druggies, W-L is an overcrowded mess, and Wakefield is as third world as it gets on this side of the river.

Clarendon sounds like an antihistamine and acts like a sedative. Ballston and Pentagon City are dead malls.

The word gentrification was founded in 1960 by an snotty English dude who hated poor people .He took it from the word- "GENTRY"

GENTRY- The upper class who rule "under" the nobility

GENTILE- A non jew. Having sex with one is said to be no different to having sex with an animal for a jew

GENITAL- Sexual organs we master for our pleasure

SHABEZ GOI- A gentile who serves the jews, for the jews means at detriment to other gentiles.

So? I don't understand why minorities think white people can't live where ever they want to live.


LatinaNorthArlington Wrote:
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> Snobs gonna snob. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It did not used to be like that.
> >
> > What happened?
>
>
> I grew up in North Arlington and it wasn't snobby
> at all back then! It looked much like Fairfax
> County looks today, very diverse just not as many
> latinos back in the day! I'm South American so the
> central americans did not talk to me. However now
> because of gentrification it's mostly out of town
> single yuppies who have taken over my beautiful
> Arlington.

LOL.... Wrote:
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> He's probably from Falls Church. You know how
> THOSE people are...


Among the wealthiest in the nation....

This week, the Census Bureau released its 2014 Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, which looks at poverty and income in counties and states.

The top three richest localities in the country, according to the data, are all in the D.C. area: Falls Church, Loudoun County and Fairfax County.

The top twenty localities on the list, by median income, are:
1.Falls Church, VA ($125,635)
2.Loudoun County, VA ($122,641)
3.Fairfax County, VA ($110,507)
4.Los Alamos County, NM ($108,477)
5.Douglas County, CO ($107,250)
6.Arlington County, VA ($107,143)
7.Howard County, MD ($106,871)
8.Hunterdon County, NJ ($103,876)
9.San Mateo County, CA ($100,806)
10.Morris County, NJ ($100,511)
11.Somerset County, NJ ($100,194)
12.Nassau County, NY ($98,312)
13.Williamson County, TN ($97,936)
14.Delaware County, OH ($97,802)
15.Montgomery County, MD ($97,279)
16.Santa Clara County, CA ($97,219)
17.Marin County, CA ($94,549)
18.Putnam County, NY ($94,334)
19.Fairfax city, VA ($94,067)
20.Stafford County, VA ($92,647)

My boyfriend, a doctot, of 3 years is white and I could care less if any yuppies are white. What is annoying is how my hometown changed so much. Local family run popular business who have been there decades from my childhood gone and closed because of escalating rent. Astronomical prices for a shack in north arlington. Snobby and liberal out of towners who think they know everything, etc.


reallyseriously Wrote:
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> So? I don't understand why minorities think white
> people can't live where ever they want to live.
>
>
> LatinaNorthArlington Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Snobs gonna snob. Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > It did not used to be like that.
> > >
> > > What happened?
> >
> >
> > I grew up in North Arlington and it wasn't
> snobby
> > at all back then! It looked much like Fairfax
> > County looks today, very diverse just not as
> many
> > latinos back in the day! I'm South American so
> the
> > central americans did not talk to me. However
> now
> > because of gentrification it's mostly out of
> town
> > single yuppies who have taken over my beautiful
> > Arlington.

livin' large Wrote:
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> This week, the Census Bureau released its 2014
> Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, which
> looks at poverty and income in counties and
> states.

Because Virginia is such a weird place, Census treats the state's 38 independent cities as if they were counties. It's done solely for purposes of statistical convenience. No one pretends that cities and counties are actually comparable, particularly in the case of tiny little inconsequential cities such as Waynesboro, Martinsville, Falls Church, or Poquoson.

GIGO... Wrote:
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> livin' large Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > This week, the Census Bureau released its 2014
> > Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, which
> > looks at poverty and income in counties and
> > states.
>
> Because Virginia is such a weird place, Census
> treats the state's 38 independent cities as if
> they were counties. It's done solely for purposes
> of statistical convenience. No one pretends that
> cities and counties are actually comparable,
> particularly in the case of tiny little
> inconsequential cities such as Waynesboro,
> Martinsville, Falls Church, or Poquoson.


And yet, there they are at the top of the list. So sorry for you.

How were the views of your neighbor's trash cans this morning? The fog these past few days must have really bummed you out. Life in Falls Church is dismal enough already without adding fog into the equation.

Old Town Snob > Arlington Snob

NoVa's ghetto Wrote:
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> How were the views of your neighbor's trash cans
> this morning?

No idea. I have too many trees to look at in the morning.

> The fog these past few days must
> have really bummed you out.

It burned off early enough for a nice walk to the highly acclaimed farmers market and a trip down the easily accessible W&OD trail.

> Life in Falls Church
> is dismal enough already without adding fog into
> the equation.

Dismal if you can't afford it which appears to be your case. I'd offer you some words of encouragement, but we both know you'll never attain anything close to what we have here.

GIGO... Wrote:
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> Because Virginia is such a weird place, Census treats the state's
> 38 independent cities as if they were counties. It's done solely
> for purposes of statistical convenience. No one pretends that
> cities and counties are actually comparable, particularly in the
> case of tiny little inconsequential cities such as Waynesboro,
> Martinsville, Falls Church, or Poquoson.

Absolutely right. No serious person would actually consider the unfortunate two square and unhip miles of Falls Church City to be any sort of equivalent to actual counties in NoVa or around the nation. But Census kind of has its hand tied by the peculiar laws of the Commonwealth. The rest of us need not be so foolishly constrained however, and except for a few low-grade morons here and there, we aren't.

#1 on the list Wrote:
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> I'd offer you some words of encouragement, but we both know
> you'll never attain anything close to what we have here.

Same sort of sorrowful moaning that we typically hear these days from the desperate souls still trapped in the decaying dumps of Falls Church City. Bright lights and prosperity all around, but none of that for FCC. It's been all downhill since the Co-Op closed.

Old Town Al Wrote:
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> Old Town Snob > Arlington Snob


Old town is like third gen. snobberation while Arlington snob is like first gen.

NoVa's ghetto Wrote:
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> #1 on the list Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > I'd offer you some words of encouragement, but
> we both know
> > you'll never attain anything close to what we
> have here.
>
> Same sort of sorrowful moaning that we typically
> hear these days from the desperate souls still
> trapped in the decaying dumps of Falls Church
> City. Bright lights and prosperity all around,
> but none of that for FCC. It's been all downhill
> since the Co-Op closed.


If Falls Church is the ghetto, Fairfax County is the third world.

Are you talking about the Falls Church where he median price of a house or a condo that sold September was $810,000, up 9.3 percent from a year ago and more than double the median price across the region?

Or, are you talking about the Falls Church where seven out of 10 adults (which is 10 percentage points higher than Fairfax) in the city have at least a bachelor's degree, and 39 percent have advanced degrees?

Or, are you talking about the Falls Church where the public school system is constantly ranked at or near the top of all area public schools?

Which one? Be clear so we can know which one of these things evokes the most butthurt envy in you.

LatinaNorthArlington Wrote:
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> Snobs gonna snob. Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It did not used to be like that.
> >
> > What happened?
>
>
> I grew up in North Arlington and it wasn't snobby
> at all back then! It looked much like Fairfax
> County looks today, very diverse just not as many
> latinos back in the day! I'm South American so the
> central americans did not talk to me. However now
> because of gentrification it's mostly out of town
> single yuppies who have taken over my beautiful
> Arlington.

I agree. Its nothing but a bunch of stuck up snob assholes now. The ironic thing there was much more of a reason to snobby when we were growing up than there is now. It was more diverse and thriving with local businesses back then instead of the non diverse chain store retail shit hole which it has now become.

Rents going up are the fault of the government and public's failure to keep up with demand for areas which are people centric (public transit friendly, walkable, etc). Fight for more people centric and not car centric areas. I can guarantee you if any area completely banned cars it would be so popular rents would be sky high.


LatinaNorthArlington Wrote:
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> My boyfriend, a doctot, of 3 years is white and I
> could care less if any yuppies are white. What is
> annoying is how my hometown changed so much. Local
> family run popular business who have been there
> decades from my childhood gone and closed because
> of escalating rent. Astronomical prices for a
> shack in north arlington. Snobby and liberal out
> of towners who think they know everything, etc.
>
>
> reallyseriously Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > So? I don't understand why minorities think
> white
> > people can't live where ever they want to live.
>
> >
> >
> > LatinaNorthArlington Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Snobs gonna snob. Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > It did not used to be like that.
> > > >
> > > > What happened?
> > >
> > >
> > > I grew up in North Arlington and it wasn't
> > snobby
> > > at all back then! It looked much like Fairfax
> > > County looks today, very diverse just not as
> > many
> > > latinos back in the day! I'm South American
> so
> > the
> > > central americans did not talk to me. However
> > now
> > > because of gentrification it's mostly out of
> > town
> > > single yuppies who have taken over my
> beautiful
> > > Arlington.

Have you actually been to Pentagon City Mall? The problem with Pentagon City Mall isn't that it is dead, it is that it's super crowded. But if Arlington isn't your cup of tea that is fine. And there is an Arlington Underground on this site.


Custis Lee Wrote:
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> Arlington is ugly as shit and there is no
> Arlington Underground, just ARLnow, an earnest
> little blog for weenies.
>
> The high schools aren't good either. Yorktown is
> a bunch of white druggies, W-L is an overcrowded
> mess, and Wakefield is as third world as it gets
> on this side of the river.
>
> Clarendon sounds like an antihistamine and acts
> like a sedative. Ballston and Pentagon City are
> dead malls.

No they aren't. Have you ever even been to Europe?

Fairfax Station is Better Wrote:
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> Arlingtoner Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > What you call a "nanny state" we call stopping
> > selfish idiots from ruining our city.
> Arlington
> > while still inferior is closer to most close in
> > suburbs in Western Europe. Most of these
> places
> > have things called laws to make these places
> more
> > livable and make walking, cycling and public
> > transit better.
> >
> >
> > FkVF9 Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > itsaninterestingplace Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > I heard there is a group of people there
> who
> > > don't
> > > > like SUVs and they go around finding
> > violations
> > > > that SUV drivers commit (example-illegal
> > > repairs,
> > > > out of state plates, unsupervised underage
> > > > children) and report them to the county.
> > > >
> > >
> > > This would not surprise me. Arlington went
> for
> > > Obama 69% in 2012, highest percentage of any
> > > county in the state (some cities were higher).
>
> > It
> > > is a liberal nanny state place for sure.
>
>
> Lol. "Suburbs" in Western Europe are the ghetto
> areas of the cities! Lol.

Arlington Wrote:
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> It was more diverse and thriving
> with local businesses back then instead of the non
> diverse chain store retail shit hole which it has
> now become.


Have you driven down Lee Hwy/Glebe Road/Wilson Blvd lately? It's almost local businesses. Clarendon has a cluster of mall stores - Apple, Crate & Barrel, etc - but if you get out into the neighborhoods, it's almost all local stores. There's a local Ace or TruValue hardware store about every mile on Lee Highway, for example. Plus the restaurants are largely local. Drive through Westover - other than Rite Aid, every store is a local store.

When anal became popular.

GIGO... Wrote:
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>
> Because Virginia is such a weird place, Census
> treats the state's 38 independent cities as if
> they were counties. It's done solely for purposes
> of statistical convenience. No one pretends that
> cities and counties are actually comparable,
> particularly in the case of tiny little
> inconsequential cities such as Waynesboro,
> Martinsville, Falls Church, or Poquoson.

Oh, so the higher per capita income in Falls Church doesn't really matter? Strange logic.

xGJUY Wrote:
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> Oh, so the higher per capita income in Falls Church doesn't
> really matter? Strange logic.

No, that wouldn't actually matter at all, and per the following, it isn't actually true at all either...

According to "Census Quick Facts", the City of Falls Church ranks behind all of Ashburn, Brambleton, Cascades, Dranesville, Dunn Loring, Fairfax Station, Floris, Fort Hunt, Franklin Farms, Gainesville, Great Falls, Kings Park West, Kingstowne, Lake Barcroft, Linton Hall, Lowes Island, Mantua, McLean, Montclair, Mount Vernon, Newington, Oakton, Purcellville, South Riding, Vienna, and Wolf Trap in the matter of Median Household Income, 2009-2013.

The "county" issue itself is really all just a matter of statistical convenience necessitated in "by county" tabulations by Virginia's quirky laws that leave independent cities not legally a part of any county at all. In order to get around the problem, Census simply considers independent cities to be "county-equivalents" and lumps them in. It wouldn't really matter much to a rational person, but as we know, not all persons are rational. A few of them might go so far as to point out for example that being considered a county in Census statistics causes Falls Church City to rank a dismal 3,129th-best (out of 3,143) in heavy alcohol consumption by females. On the bright side though, FCC ranks a much better 3,032nd-best when it comes to binge drinking by females.

GIGO... Wrote:
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> xGJUY Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Oh, so the higher per capita income in Falls
> Church doesn't
> > really matter? Strange logic.
>
> No, that wouldn't actually matter at all, and per
> the following, it isn't actually true at all
> either...
>
> According to "Census Quick Facts", the City of
> Falls Church ranks behind all of Ashburn,
> Brambleton, Cascades, Dranesville, Dunn Loring,
> Fairfax Station, Floris, Fort Hunt, Franklin
> Farms, Gainesville, Great Falls, Kings Park West,
> Kingstowne, Lake Barcroft, Linton Hall, Lowes
> Island, Mantua, McLean, Montclair, Mount Vernon,
> Newington, Oakton, Purcellville, South Riding,
> Vienna, and Wolf Trap in the matter of Median
> Household Income, 2009-2013.
>
> The "county" issue itself is really all just a
> matter of statistical convenience necessitated in
> "by county" tabulations by Virginia's quirky laws
> that leave independent cities not legally a part
> of any county at all. In order to get around the
> problem, Census simply considers independent
> cities to be "county-equivalents" and lumps them
> in. It wouldn't really matter much to a rational
> person, but as we know, not all persons are
> rational. A few of them might go so far as to
> point out for example that being considered a
> county in Census statistics causes Falls Church
> City to rank a dismal 3,129th-best (out of 3,143)
> in heavy alcohol consumption by females. On the
> bright side though, FCC ranks a much better
> 3,032nd-best when it comes to binge drinking by
> females.

They must be doing something right....

In 2013, female life expectancy was in the best 10% of all counties at 84.4 years, while male life expectancy was in the best 10% of all counties at 80.8 years. This compares to the national average of 81.2 years for females and 76.5 years for males.

In 2012, male smoking was in the best-performing 10% of all counties at 9.9%, while female smoking was in the best-performing 10% of all counties at 10.2%. For comparison, the national average in 2012 was 22.2% for males, 17.9%
for females, and 20% for both sexes.

In 2011, the percentage of obese females was in the best 10% of all counties at 17.6%, while the percentage of obese males was in the best 10% of all counties at 19.5%. The national average in 2011 was 36.1% for females and 33.8% for males.

The prevalence of recommended physical activity in 2011 was in the best 10% of all counties for females and in the best 10% of all counties for males, with 62.6% of females and 63.4% of males getting recommended physical activity. To
compare, the national average in 2011 was 52.6% for females and 56.3% for males.

Fit, healthy, wealthy and well educated people who like to have a few drinks now and then. Sounds like a pretty awesome place to me!

Arlington is not for driving. Arlington is for public transit, cycling, and walking. So get out of your vehicle and try using your feet.

ARLer Wrote:
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> Arlington Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It was more diverse and thriving
> > with local businesses back then instead of the
> non
> > diverse chain store retail shit hole which it
> has
> > now become.
>
>
> Have you driven down Lee Hwy/Glebe Road/Wilson
> Blvd lately? It's almost local businesses.
> Clarendon has a cluster of mall stores - Apple,
> Crate & Barrel, etc - but if you get out into the
> neighborhoods, it's almost all local stores.
> There's a local Ace or TruValue hardware store
> about every mile on Lee Highway, for example.
> Plus the restaurants are largely local. Drive
> through Westover - other than Rite Aid, every
> store is a local store.

When I was young I lived in North Arlington. I went to my friend's house to see if he was home. His mom invited me inside and said that he would be home in a little while and suggested that I wait for him inside.

While I was waiting by the front door she went into the bathroom. I didn't pay much attention. She called my name a few minutes later. She asked me to open the door. When I opened the door she was sitting on the pot and the family dog had its head buried up her skirt. I couldn't see any part of her, but I knew what was going on. I closed the door and went home.

A couple of days later our phone rang. My mom answered and said it was my friend's mom. I picked up another receiver. My mom hung up and then his mom asked me if I could come to her house, as she wanted to ask me a question.

I never did go to her house. I didn't know what she wanted, but I had an idea.

Since our schools declined and theirs got better.

Since our schools declined Wrote:
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> Since our schools declined and theirs got better.

Uh, nope. Arlington has no schools as good as TJ, Langley, McLean, Woodson, Madison, Marshall or Oakton, and Wakefield competes with TC Williams and Mount Vernon for the worst school in the area.

APS Mehtitude Wrote:
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> Since our schools declined Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Since our schools declined and theirs got
> better.
>
> Uh, nope. Arlington has no schools as good as TJ,
> Langley, McLean, Woodson, Madison, Marshall or
> Oakton, and Wakefield competes with TC Williams
> and Mount Vernon for the worst school in the area.


https://k12.niche.com/rankings/public-school-districts/best-overall/s/virginia/

http://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/schools/2015/list/virginia-schools/

ARLer Wrote:
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> Arlington Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > It was more diverse and thriving
> > with local businesses back then instead of the
> non
> > diverse chain store retail shit hole which it
> has
> > now become.
>
>
> Have you driven down Lee Hwy/Glebe Road/Wilson
> Blvd lately? It's almost local businesses.
> Clarendon has a cluster of mall stores - Apple,
> Crate & Barrel, etc - but if you get out into the
> neighborhoods, it's almost all local stores.
> There's a local Ace or TruValue hardware store
> about every mile on Lee Highway, for example.
> Plus the restaurants are largely local. Drive
> through Westover - other than Rite Aid, every
> store is a local store.

There were more local stores back in the day. Lots more.

NoVa's ghetto Wrote:
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> GIGO... Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Because Virginia is such a weird place, Census
> treats the state's
> > 38 independent cities as if they were counties.
> It's done solely
> > for purposes of statistical convenience. No one
> pretends that
> > cities and counties are actually comparable,
> particularly in the
> > case of tiny little inconsequential cities such
> as Waynesboro,
> > Martinsville, Falls Church, or Poquoson.
>
> Absolutely right. No serious person would
> actually consider the unfortunate two square and
> unhip miles of Falls Church City to be any sort of
> equivalent to actual counties in NoVa or around
> the nation. But Census kind of has its hand tied
> by the peculiar laws of the Commonwealth. The
> rest of us need not be so foolishly constrained
> however, and except for a few low-grade morons
> here and there, we aren't.


Aren't the subdivisons of Sleepy Hollow and Lake Barcroft included as part of Falls Church??



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recalculating calculator Wrote:
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> APS Mehtitude Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Since our schools declined Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Since our schools declined and theirs got
> > better.
> >
> > Uh, nope. Arlington has no schools as good as
> TJ,
> > Langley, McLean, Woodson, Madison, Marshall or
> > Oakton, and Wakefield competes with TC Williams
> > and Mount Vernon for the worst school in the
> area.
>
>
> https://k12.niche.com/rankings/public-school-distr
> icts/best-overall/s/virginia/
>
> http://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolcha
> llenge/schools/2015/list/virginia-schools/

No one pays any attention to "Niche."

FCPS schools come out ahead when you look at the kids actually passing AP and IB exams, and not just getting pushed into the classes.

US News is closer to getting it right: http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia