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Arlington, Virginia is one of those places people think they know until they spend a day walking it. From a distance, it can look like a dense stretch of commuter neighborhoods just across the Potomac from Washington, D.C. Spend a little time here, though, and the county starts to reveal a more layered personality. Arlington carries the weight of national history, the rhythm of a modern urban county, and the intimacy of a place where neighborhoods still have distinct identi

Arlington has a way of revealing itself in layers. At first glance, it can feel like a compact urban county just across the river from Washington, D.C., a place of office towers, transit lines, and busy sidewalks. Spend a little time here, though, and the picture deepens. Arlington is also a landscape of old roads, wartime memory, neighborhood parks, quiet residential streets, and local businesses that keep daily life moving in practical, unglamorous ways. That mix of hi