Travel every week from Chicago to Arlington VA. Urban area -not bad for diversions but for what it is--am I missing something--it's expensive, kind of stuffy feeling, and food is just okay,

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DC is a legit international city. Arlington is a built up superb populated primarily by frat boys and sorority girls that went to virginia schools.

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Yea you’re in Arlington. It’s like going to Naperville and saying what’s the deal with Chicago - it’s kinda lame!?

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Get out to Annandale for some bomb Korean

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Uber to the 930 club in DC. Best concert venue in the mid Atlantic. Upcoming: deer tick, spoon, wolf Alice.

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Hopefully you’re at least crossing the bridge into DC

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@D2 or Anthem!

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Fiod sucks in DC compared to chicago

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D3, SHOUT OUT TO THE HONEY PIG!

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Walk across Key Bridge, walk up the Exorcist steps (good exercise; feel the burn) and grab a casual dinner at the Tombs with some Hoyas!

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I1 Nah fam, I’m all about that Kogiya life

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Screw your attitude D4

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EY1 is spot on. It's a suburb, it's going to be gross. To Arlington's credit, it's better than everything else in NOVA but not really by much, and only because it's closer and fairly easy to get home drunk on metro.

The cost thing is a little weird, but that's just because DC is dumb and refuses to relax the height restriction on residential buildings well outside of the federal CBD. There's no reason DC couldn't have its own high rises up above Florida Ave to keep people in the city and relax pricing pressures throughout the area.

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Lol metro to work. Fuck. That.

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Anthem is so wack. You must be 11

The butt hurt is strong in you bcg1. It's a terrible venue, you get wanded and their liquor choices are horrendous. I'm glad you love to black out there though

Arlington is pretty soulless. It's the worst part of NoVA. Stay in Alexandria or across the river and Metro to work.

Church Key is close to you.

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