Why is Arlington so hot?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington is close to downtown for commuting, but by and large is ugly as sin.

Meh. It’s no better or worse than most of the DC area.

Takoma Park, Vienna, Old Town, and AU Park beg to differ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington is close to downtown for commuting, but by and large is ugly as sin.

Meh. It’s no better or worse than most of the DC area.

Takoma Park, Vienna, Old Town, and AU Park beg to differ.

Vienna? Are you really trying to compare Vienna to Old Town Alexandria? There’s like a mile of Maple Ave that is cute enough, but the rest is pretty meh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington is close to downtown for commuting, but by and large is ugly as sin.

Meh. It’s no better or worse than most of the DC area.

Takoma Park, Vienna, Old Town, and AU Park beg to differ.

Vienna? WTH?

And I said “most”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington is close to downtown for commuting, but by and large is ugly as sin.

Meh. It’s no better or worse than most of the DC area.

Takoma Park, Vienna, Old Town, and AU Park beg to differ.

Vienna? Are you really trying to compare Vienna to Old Town Alexandria? There’s like a mile of Maple Ave that is cute enough, but the rest is pretty meh.

No, just areas that are not "ugly as sin." You can read the thread, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington is close to downtown for commuting, but by and large is ugly as sin.

Meh. It’s no better or worse than most of the DC area.

Takoma Park, Vienna, Old Town, and AU Park beg to differ.

Vienna? Are you really trying to compare Vienna to Old Town Alexandria? There’s like a mile of Maple Ave that is cute enough, but the rest is pretty meh.

No, just areas that are not "ugly as sin." You can read the thread, right?

Have you been to Vienna?

I love how you tried to slip that in there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think there's a lot of similarity between Arlington and the town of Vienna and Falls Church City. Town of Vienna, however, is not close to a metro.

We went house hunting when we started to outgrow our house. Looked in Reston, Great Falls, etc. And none could touch our proximity to 3 *walkable* parks, two bike trails, equidistance to two metro stops, lots of restaurants (no chain) and great schools. We don't have to get in our cars to go food shopping or do outdoor activities.

The Vienna metro is just outside the town. Too far from downtown, but walkable from parts of Vienna.

[Anonymous]

Bethesda, Cleveland Park, Kensington, Falls Church, and Takoma Park are all just as walkable to parks, coffee shops, and transit and have better schools than most of Arlington.

As for schools, the same cohort (white kids) at Einstein do as well as similar kids at Whitman, which is far better than Arlington’s highest rated school (Yorktown). And Einstein is looked down on by people in MoCo. Yorktown wouldn’t even be a Top 5 school in Fairfax or MoCo.

Regarding crime, Arlington is around a 22 crime score, whereas Bethesda is a 14. Arlington is not that safe compared to other walkable suburbs that cost just as much or less.

[Anonymous]

The neighborhoods in Bethesda were far from the metro and restaurants.

Falls church transit options aren’t great.

I like CP but it’s much more $$ than Arlington.

Don’t know TP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda, Cleveland Park, Kensington, Falls Church, and Takoma Park are all just as walkable to parks, coffee shops, and transit and have better schools than most of Arlington.

As for schools, the same cohort (white kids) at Einstein do as well as similar kids at Whitman, which is far better than Arlington’s highest rated school (Yorktown). And Einstein is looked down on by people in MoCo. Yorktown wouldn’t even be a Top 5 school in Fairfax or MoCo.

Regarding crime, Arlington is around a 22 crime score, whereas Bethesda is a 14. Arlington is not that safe compared to other walkable suburbs that cost just as much or less.

I've bolded the parts of your post that make little to no sense. Maybe have a little less Sunday night wine before posting?

[Anonymous]

Climate change.

[Anonymous]

It’s really one of the great mysteries. Most if the place is so frickin ugly. And the schools are circling the drain. Get a plunger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington is close to downtown for commuting, but by and large is ugly as sin.

Meh. It’s no better or worse than most of the DC area.

Takoma Park, Vienna, Old Town, and AU Park beg to differ.

Vienna? Are you really trying to compare Vienna to Old Town Alexandria? There’s like a mile of Maple Ave that is cute enough, but the rest is pretty meh.

Silly — she meant Vienna, Austria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda, Cleveland Park, Kensington, Falls Church, and Takoma Park are all just as walkable to parks, coffee shops, and transit and have better schools than most of Arlington.

As for schools, the same cohort (white kids) at Einstein do as well as similar kids at Whitman, which is far better than Arlington’s highest rated school (Yorktown). And Einstein is looked down on by people in MoCo. Yorktown wouldn’t even be a Top 5 school in Fairfax or MoCo.

Regarding crime, Arlington is around a 22 crime score, whereas Bethesda is a 14. Arlington is not that safe compared to other walkable suburbs that cost just as much or less.

I've bolded the parts of your post that make little to no sense. Maybe have a little less Sunday night wine before posting?

What the poster said is right. Arlington has had a surge in nuisance crimes like car high jacking, business burglaries, and car break ins. It comes with so much redevelopment in areas like Crystal and Pentagon Citues and the orange line corridor.

Certain parts of Arlington just are not that safe

— signed sober Pentagon City resident

[Anonymous]

When I lived in Court House 15 years ago I absolutely hated riding the Orange Line because the train was already completely full/standing room only by the time it got there. Plus the Metro always had to stop and wait for several minutes in the tunnel between Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom, which was not fun on a train when you are literally shoulder to shoulder with all the other riders. Is it still like this (or at least pre-COVID)?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I lived in Court House 15 years ago I absolutely hated riding the Orange Line because the train was already completely full/standing room only by the time it got there. Plus the Metro always had to stop and wait for several minutes in the tunnel between Rosslyn and Foggy Bottom, which was not fun on a train when you are literally shoulder to shoulder with all the other riders. Is it still like this (or at least pre-COVID)?

During pre-COVID rush hour, it was standing room only after East Falls Church.