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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Arlington is on downslope [/quote]

I agree with you. There are too many people pushing too many things so that nothing is getting done.  Plan Langston Blvd has been pushed aside for Missing Middle Housing which will have limited benefit.  Meanwhile, every corridor is being stuffed with dense housing and CAFs.   We are waiting for our twins to finish fifth grade at one of the elementary schools and then are moving to McLean.   You get more land and house for the money and it is just a nicer group of people.  We also have the option of getting kids into TJ and better middle and high school classes.

Arlington fell for the Amazon deal hook, line, and sinker and now Amazon is laying off people, not sending its top earners to the area, and probably will have a different business model by the time Virginia Tech and George Mason produce all the new grads who are slotted to work for Amazon.  The loss of the commercial and hotel tax base is also showing up in higher property taxes.

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As someone who grew up in McLean and now lives in Arlington, DISAGREE. McLean is not somewhere I’d want to live now. [/quote]

Why not? Genuinely curious. Actually, selfishly asking so I feel better not living there. [/quote]

It's become home to the Uber Rich, mainly.  The upper middle class friends I have living there all moved into their parent's houses.  The other poster who talked about how car dependent it is has a good point too.  It's the lack of economic diversity that seals it for me.  I will also say, I don't live in North Arlington either, where I think some of the same complaints can be made.  I really love and value living in a diverse place, racially and economically.  On my street we have a family who all works at a fast food restaurant, several houses with teachers, some first responders, and someone high up in government who has their own security.  It's an incredible mix that's hard to find elsewhere.[/quote]

South Arlington isn’t that different than Annandale, Springfield, Wheaton, Woodbridge, or parts of Silver Spring and NE DC. [/quote]

I think South Arlington would be a step up from those areas. South includes Clarendon right? [/quote]

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