Quote Originally Posted by Long Lake View Post
Arlington, VA hasn't done a thing.

They're just fortunate to be in the strongest job market in America, and happen to have the Pentagon and two Metro lines.

Arlington couldn't become a failed city, no matter how hard it tried.

IMO, Arlington, while successful, is about as interesting as Troy or Auburn Hills, and has about 1% of the character of a place like Ferndale, to say nothing of Detroit.
Bullshit. Why doesn't Arlington look like Fairfax County? Why do young talented people opt to live there instead of Outside the Beltway? Why are housing values, for comparable homes, higher in Arlington than in the outer suburbs? Why are companies and people locating there instead of your beloved generic Troy and Auburn Hills, which can be found in any major metropolitan area in America?

The fact is, Arlington *had* failed, or maybe you've selectively deleted the 1980s from your memory.

Detroit had the strongest job market in America in the 1940s. Does that mean Detroit could never have failed?