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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There are a lot of Arlington fans on dcum but I wanted to chime in to say don’t rule out Alexandria. I’m from California (Bay Area) and have lived in several parts of the DC area and the only place I could really get into is Alexandria - and somewhat coincidentally (or not) I keep meeting other folks from CA who say the same!

A lot of the DC area is suburban sprawl, and not in a good way. Alexandria has significantly more charm and personality than other places around here (certainly than Arlington, which was famously called “soulless”), and the people in Alexandria are both more down to earth and friendlier (it’s the southern influence I think) in a way that reminds me of CA.

There are many good public elementary schools in Alexandria. The public high school is huge and has some troubled kids but also sends its share of kids to Ivies every year, so it’s not all bad.

Anyway something to consider![/quote]

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I've lived in both Alexandria and Arlington and I agree with this PP.  Alexandria has much more character and charm and sense of a "whole" community v. Arlington which is a bunch of individual communities often "competing" with each other and definitely a misguided disparaging attitude toward south Arlington from the north.  As an example of PP's "soulless" comment, Arlington recently struggled to find a new logo for the County and that process highlighted how there is nothing uniquely Arlington.  Ruling out any federal buildings, there's nothing distinctly Arlington or anything someone thinks of when they think of Arlington.  Alexandria, on the other hand, has Old Town and history.[/quote]

Lol that redesign process was hilarious. The only thing interesting/unique about arlington is a history of slavery, so then you realize that’s nothing to brag about and the next best thing is a bridge that is over the Potomac, not even in Arlington.

I love living here (south Arlington fwiw) but when I want to see something charming I go to Alexandria. [/quote]

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