Can somebody please exain why South Arlington is considered inferior to North Arlington?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The issue is that the closer in and more city like the area, there are higher concentrations of poverty. So the more affluent places will demand an even greater premium than a few miles farther out.

Another issue is that Arlington public services deeply supports illegal immigration and supports poverty both to illegals and legals. DC is an even more extreme example where the people who should not be living there are being propped up and subsidized by those that can afford to live in the city. Point being is that it is hard to lift up an area to be more affluent and gentrify when the city has put in opposing forces to the natural shift of gentrification.

Yes, well, the trolley will take care of that in S. Arlington. That's the whole point, isn't it? To gentrify those last pockets along Columbia Pike, and price the rest of the working class out? And it's the COunty Board pushing that really hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The issue is that the closer in and more city like the area, there are higher concentrations of poverty. So the more affluent places will demand an even greater premium than a few miles farther out.

Another issue is that Arlington public services deeply supports illegal immigration and supports poverty both to illegals and legals. DC is an even more extreme example where the people who should not be living there are being propped up and subsidized by those that can afford to live in the city. Point being is that it is hard to lift up an area to be more affluent and gentrify when the city has put in opposing forces to the natural shift of gentrification.

Yes, well, the trolley will take care of that in S. Arlington. That's the whole point, isn't it? To gentrify those last pockets along Columbia Pike, and price the rest of the working class out? And it's the COunty Board pushing that really hard.

How does a trolley do that? Don't be stupid its just another mode of public transport and in fact will allow people to not have to buy a car and lowering the cost of living.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:21:24 the murderer was from DC and it was not gang related. If you read the weekly Arlington police reports there are plots of thefts in N Arlington.

Because S. Arlington is actually CLOSER to DC than N. Arlington...

Ahhh... No it's not. Rosslyn touches the border.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More expensive = fewer brown people

Umm, as a middle eastern woman who grew up in NoVa I can tell you that I lot of the 'brown people' I know ended up doing much better financially and economically than our white peers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More expensive = fewer brown people

Umm, as a middle eastern woman who grew up in NoVa I can tell you that I lot of the 'brown people' I know ended up doing much better financially and economically than our white peers.

Is this a NoVa thing? Because this recent series on the recent experience in the Montgomery County public schools suggests otherwise.

http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/19286/montgomerys-experiment-with-school-choice-really-isnt/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:lower performing schools thus students and poorer population

Get the cause and effect right at least:
Tons of single mother households + tons of people who are not fluent in English = poorly performing student body.
Poorly performing student body = poorly performing school = low property values and even low quality housing, neighborhoods, etc. eventually.

That trade off is everywhere in the world.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:bwhaha, I didn't even know there is a "south arlington"

look for the schools with the really bad test scores

Look for the schools with every sign also in Spanish. You'll realize fast where the resources and attention are going.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More expensive = fewer brown people

Umm, as a middle eastern woman who grew up in NoVa I can tell you that I lot of the 'brown people' I know ended up doing much better financially and economically than our white peers.

Is this a NoVa thing? Because this recent series on the recent experience in the Montgomery County public schools suggests otherwise.

http://greatergreatereducation.org/post/19286/montgomerys-experiment-with-school-choice-really-isnt/

Yes, it's a Nova thing if your definition of brown people are students of middle eastern and south asian ethnicity.

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[Anonymous]

Yes, we can acknowledge that the language thing is a problem.

When I was a kid everyone had to speak English and the ESL students had a separate class that they went to for a couple of hours a day. The rest of the time they were in all English class. I guess that model didn't work.

[Anonymous]

And we're back to where we started.

South Arlington is considered inferior to North Arlington because there are more brown people in South Arlington.

All the North Arlington people who consider themselves "progressive" in all other areas are just racist hypocrites.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And we're back to where we started.

South Arlington is considered inferior to North Arlington because there are more brown people in South Arlington.

All the North Arlington people who consider themselves "progressive" in all other areas are just racist hypocrites.

I don't think it is racist I think it's more in line with poverty and it dragging down the other middle class students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And we're back to where we started.

South Arlington is considered inferior to North Arlington because there are more brown people in South Arlington.

All the North Arlington people who consider themselves "progressive" in all other areas are just racist hypocrites.

So, you're suggesting that if you're not willing to slum it with the poors, that makes you racist? How do you figure? Aren't you the one making the assumption poors = brown people? How am I the racist?

Lots of brown people with money up here in North Arlington.