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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 habit of surprising people. On a map, it looks like a compact slice of Northern Virginia pressed against the Potomac, just across from the monuments and marble of Washington, D.C. On the ground, though, it is much more layered than its size suggests. It has been farmland, battlefield, federal corridor, streetcar suburb, office hub, immigrant landing point, and one of the most closely watched pieces of real estate in the region. If you spend enough time here,