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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find McLean more attractive.  Arlington seems to be a mix of old houses built for WWII-era government workers and new McMansions that are way too big for their postage-size lots. You see some of that in McLean as well, but at least the lots are generally big enough to leave some room for a yard.  [/quote]

The nicer neighborhoods of McLean are way nicer looking than Arlington. The N Arlington and McLean neighborhoods that border Arlington and falls church look very similar. Then parts of south Arlington are more urban and walkable. I would not say N Arlington is a walkable area either.[/quote]

You obviously have never even been to Arlington. Why are you commenting?  :lol:

Hint: look at a map and see where the Metro stations are.

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I’m also from NYC. Your definition and my definition of walkable may be different.[/quote]

OK - let's call it &quot;Arlington walkable&quot;.

If you want less arbitrary terms, how about this for my N Arlington neighborhood: 
Walk score: 85 / 100
Transit score: 72 / 100
Bike score: 83 / 100

[b]Regardless, many of the &quot;walkable&quot; areas ARE in North Arlington. [/b]

Or maybe you don't understand N v. S Arlington? Rt 50 is the dividing line. Everything N of Rt 50 (incl. 7 of 9 metro stops) is considered &quot;North Arlington&quot;.

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DP. It depends on where you live in N Arlington. I’d be lying if I said most of it is walkable. Maybe 20% of it is. The rest is the straight up suburbs.  many streets don’t even have sidewalks. [/quote]

OK? No one said MOST of it is walkable. But, the overall walkscore is 69 so a good portion is walkable (https://www.walkscore.com/VA/Arlington).

Which streets in Arlington don't have sidewalks?

McLean doesn't have sidewalks...perhaps you are confusing the two...

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Re-read your own post, dude. [/quote]

Yes, and?

&quot;Many of the &quot;walkable&quot; areas ARE in North Arlington.&quot; &lt;&gt; &quot;Most of Arlington is walkable&quot;

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Except the website you provided for that 69 walk score is for both N and S Arlington... not just N Arlington.

Are you having trouble keeping up with your own information? First you claim that [i]many of the walkable areas are in N Arlington[/i], but that 69 number includes S Arlington stats...

If you’re gonna to provide stats, try to make sure you understand what you’re saying...
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What exactly is incorrect about "many of the walkable areas are in N Arlington"?

16 of the top 20 walkable neighborhoods are in NA. 
https://www.walkscore.com/VA/Arlington

I'd say that counts as "many".

If the WalkScore website listed NA separately I'd be happy to give a more precise number. 
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The metro line (Ballston-Rosslyn) is walkable. Your own stats show that. That area isn’t “most” of N Arlington.

The rest of N Arlington is the straight up burbs. Wavered, Cherrydale, Yorktown, Bellevue, etc is all not very walkable.

I used to live in N Arlington, and there’s no way that I’d ever lie and say that “many of N arl is walkable”. It’s not.

There’s nothing wrong with that. And it’s not a big deal but for whatever reason, you’re going out your way to give me and others the impression that it is when it’s not. [/quote]

Here is exactly what I said: "many of the walkable areas are in N Arlington". It was in response to someone who mistakenly thought the Metro stations were all in South Arlington.

I'm not sure why you continue to misread that after I've explained and repeated it a few times.

If you'd like to share any facts to prove otherwise, feel free. But what I wrote is true AND I provided factual backup - 16 of top 20 walkable neighborhoods are in NA. Oops - that should be 15.5 (one splits across Rt 50).

If you're too lazy to click on the link: 
[img]https://i.ibb.co/7jX14dJ/walkscores.png[/img]
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Nothing is misread. I already said what you’re showing me. The metro line from Ballston to Rosslyn is walkable. The rest isn’t.

This isn’t hard. [/quote]
Also, you were trying to sneakily use all of Arlington stats (that 69 number) to go in your favor when you were clearly only talking about N Arlington.

So again, no one misread anything. I just called you out on your shit and now you’re still scrambling to defend yourself. [/quote]

I clearly said "overall" and gave the link for all of Arlington...

Anyway, like I said, many of the walkable areas are in N Arlington. Not in S Arlington like the PP mistakenly thought.

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Lol the classic “moving the goalposts”. Nice.

And from your own post, S Arlington is ...fairly..walkable.

Shirlington, Columbia Pike, Pentagon and Pentagon City, Arlandria suddenly aren’t walkable now? News to me. :lol:[/quote]

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