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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't think being Asian-American anywhere in Arlington would be a problem, but there are parts of Arlington that are more diverse than others if that is important to you.  Generally, the further north you get, the less diverse Arlington is.  [/quote]
People in North Arlington are more concerned about your socioeconomic status than your race. We live in a pretty white neighborhood where the original homes are being torn down and replaced with big houses. People who buy these new houses will most likely be educated and wealthy. They will be welcome with open arms no matter what color they are. It's the lower-class people in the original homes who are being looked down upon by the. If you drive a big loud pickup with a huge Don't Tread on Me flag and your lawn is filled with broken-down cars and your house is in disrepair, you're not what North Arlington wants. [/quote]

OP, I don't know if you already live in the DC area, but Arlington really isn't a place where Asian families with other choices tend to live.

Most Asians in Montgomery County and Fairfax County are prosperous and their kids usually have high test scores.  Asians in Arlington are lower on the SES scale than the whites, and more often from Southeast Asia and South Asia than from East Asian countries like Korea or China.  When they start to do better financially, they move out of Arlington. [/quote]

Ignore the troll.

Do you know any real-life Asians? Because this is pretty much the opposite of my experience. Our younger, lower HHI Asian friends live in Fairfax because they can't afford to live closer in and the ones who finally can afford to do so move closer in to Arlington later on.[/quote][/quote]

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