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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For work reasons, we moved to Arlington last year from a fairly middle-class neighborhood of Loudoun County. We are the only Black family in our new neighborhood, and we were the only Black family in our old neighborhood. In Loudoun, we were friends with most of the neighbors on our block, our kids were invited to birthday parties, etc. We probably didn't share the political views of at least some of our neighbors but it never really came up.  In Arlington, many of the homes - not ours -- are quite expensive, with fancy cars in the driveway. Many of the homes have Black Lives Matter and similar signs. Yet we have found, without exception, that the neighbors want nothing to do with us. It's a very insulated, cliquish community, and the moms generally act like they are still in high school. Once, while waiting to pick up my kids at the bus, I was asked which family I work for. This entire place has a phony kind of liberalism that is just awful.  [/quote]

That sucks…. but honestly - what were you expecting? Your neighbors are just being themselves. That’s who they are. You had better neighbors in Ashburn, even though many of them probably voted for Trump. I’m sorry you had to live this to learn it, but hopefully the next place will be better. Good luck.

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The "true colors of Arlington have emerged in the Missing Middle fiasco.   I support Missing Middle housing because I think different housing types are need in the County.  But the sanctimonious pronouncement from some Arlington liberal that it will provide more affordable housing, create diverse neighborhoods, and make Arlington a more neatsie keen Democratic stronghold are ridiculous.  The cheapest duplex will be $1M and the cheapest unit in a triplex will be $500,000.   This type of housing is currently available but not in the single family neighborhoods of North Arlington.  Why, I asked, can't the people buy an existing townhouses or condo?  Well, a young white man was honest enough to respond that he wanted to get his kids into a "good" North Arlington school rather than the schools around the Metro Stations between Rosslyn and Ballston.  What were the "good" schools, I asked.  His response:  the five predominantly white elementary  schools in North Arlington.   So they want to enhance segregated neighborhoods rather than their alleged goals.

Then there are the people who live in the single family neighborhoods who are worried that their property values will go down and don't want to live with people who want to further the segregation of the neighborhoods.  [/quote]

So [b]I don’t want to live next to a du/quad/Oct-plex… [/b]so what! That’s why I worked hard and saved for years to move to my neighborhood. [/quote]

Why not? [/quote]

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