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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the 80’s, Arlington was mostly lower level government workers. The houses were small and unrenovated. Clarendon was a dump and deserted at night. I remember returning my cable box to the cable office there and thinking what a deserted creepy place it was. There was nothing upscale ant all until Bread & Circus (the predecessor to Whole Foods) moved in in the mid-90’s.  There was a dirt field across the street that is now the Apple Store & Crate & Barrel where you could park if the grocery store lot was full.

This is why it’s ridiculous when people compare real estate prices in Arlington in the ‘80’s and ‘90’s to now. It was not even close to being the same neighborhood. [/quote]

Clarendon was also known as "Little Saigon". A lot of small Vietnamese businesses there from the resettled Vietnamese after the war. Those have mostly moved out to Eden Center. The Orange Metro Line and rising real estate moved a lot of the low performing businesses in the neighborhood.
The Whole Foods was a Sears Roebuck I think. I actually got a Geranimals outfit there. It wasn't a swanky neighborhood then. Now it's all dudes with pony tails and flip flops.[/quote]

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