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Originally Posted by 908Boi
How is Arlington the core of the DC area?
Arlington is a part of the original 102 sq mile "diamond district" that was originally created to be a part of the capital city that is Washington DC. It's not much of a "DC suburb".
The most urban"ish" part of this core runs from the Potomac river in Rosslyn down an urban spine all the way to Ballston, and this doesn't even include Crystal/Pentagon City.
Arlington is effectively another "borough" for lack of better way of putting it, of core DC, it just exists across state boundaries.
Because it is nearly adjacent to the "downtown" DC neighborhood and is home to all the corporate towers in that area (since DC proper has no skyscrapers). It is also at the convergence of three metro lines, so fairly easily accessible from elsewhere. Obviously that's a simplistic view and there are many other factors to consider for a core, but that is why I said an "argument could be made," not that it is definitive.
I sincerely don't get the negative reaction. I'm obviously a fan of Atlanta based on my nearly universal positive commentary when it comes up, and from 2011-2016 I considered it something of a second home with the programs I was working on and my regular trips there.
But this is not exactly an offensive or insulting thread for Atlanta. It's kind of analogous to saying "We all recognize Atlanta is more urban than Jacksonville, but what about comparing midtown Atlanta to Jacksonville?" Obviously, we're agreeing on midtown, right? Not a perfect parallel but you get what I'm trying to point out. (Maybe "Greater Midtown" is more appropriate)
I sincerely don't get the negative reaction. I'm obviously a fan of Atlanta based on my nearly universal positive commentary when it comes up, and from 2011-2016 I considered it something of a second home with the programs I was working on and my regular trips there.
But this is not exactly an offensive or insulting thread for Atlanta. It's kind of analogous to saying "We all recognize Atlanta is more urban than Jacksonville, but what about comparing midtown Atlanta to Jacksonville?" Obviously, we're agreeing on midtown, right? Not a perfect parallel but you get what I'm trying to point out. (Maybe "Greater Midtown" is more appropriate)
It's still a bad comparison since you're cherry-picking arguably the two most urban suburbs (one that used to be part of the core city and the other, an old colonial city) of a pretty urban city to compare to the entire city of Atlanta. It's just not very apples-to-apples at all.
That was exactly my point. It's not offensive at all.
But I think I get it now, if you're saying the OP is purposely trying to make a poor comparison in an attempt to make Atlanta look bad. I hadn't thought of it that way since I didn't think it made Atlanta look bad.
That was exactly my point. It's not offensive at all.
But I think I get it now, if you're saying the OP is purposely trying to make a poor comparison in an attempt to make Atlanta look bad. I hadn't thought of it that way since I didn't think it made Atlanta look bad.
Of course the thread is designed to make Atlanta look bad..."We can beat Atlanta with one hand tied behind our back huhuhuhuhuhuhuh."
Even though most would say that Arlington and Alexandria are more urban than Atlanta, the type of urbanity in Arlington and Alexandria (especially Arlington) seems pretty similar to that in intown Atlanta. There are a bunch of recently built highrise nodes with some walkability and some 1970s/80s subdivisions not too far off. Sure Arlington is more dense than Atlanta, but the type of urbanity in Arlington seems pretty similar to that in Atlanta.
Alexandria seems like a mixed bag in terms of what its development resembles. Old town seems like a gentrified neighborhood in Philly or Baltimore. Del Rey seems like a more tightly built version of intown Atlanta. Everything else seems like nondescript 70s suburbia.
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Lenox Square are more similar to Pentagon City or Tysons Corner?
Do ya'll think that the part of Buckhead near Lenox Square Mall and Phipps plaza is more similar to the Pentagon City area in Arlington or to Tysons Corner?
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Lenox Square are more similar to Pentagon City or Tysons Corner?
