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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everything about Arlington has always seemed completely mediocre to me, and I lived there before moving to DC.  At least McLean has nice houses and good schools.  Arlington seems like the worst of both worlds:  it's not a real city, and it has absolutely no edge or urban energy, yet it's not an attractive suburb, either.  It's just purgatory for people who want to have it both ways and end up with a pale imitation (no pun intended) that lacks character or prestige.  Sorry if that seems harsh, but some people in Arlington have no clue how people who've actually lived in real cities or more upscale suburbs perceive Arlington and its oddly boastful (and clueless) residents.[/quote]

I dunno, I lived on the east end Capitol Hill and Woodley Park; also lived in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh for a while; also lived for a time in Vienna and in Gaithersburg; I was raised in a small town in a rural area; and my grandparents lived in a gorgeous, wealthy suburb of Boston. So I have experience living in real cities (assuming you think DC and Pittsburgh qualify as such), in areas both edgy and "urban energetic", and I've spent summers and spent a lot of time visiting a suburb that outclasses the "attractive" DC suburbs in just about every way. I've got the not so attractive/downright ugly suburbs covered, and I'm intimately acquainted with small town life.

So I've got a clue, and I still like Arlington just fine. (Actually I've found things to like about every place I've lived. Except maybe Gaithersburg, if I'm being honest.) [/quote]

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