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Arlington: The Rap
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This has been making the rounds of my friends in the DC area. One of them sent it to me last week. And as a 14-year resident of DC--including 5.5 years in the eponymous Arlington--I can vouch for the heavily commercialised, and blandly uniform nature of the neighborhoods along the Orange Line*. If you travel 3 or 4 blocks off this orange-line-strip you'll find real houses, real neighborhoods, and less superficiality.
for the rap, though. Very creative and spot-on in its satire.
*edited to add the following.
The Orange Line is the Metro subway line that runs from the VA suburbs to the MD suburbs across downtown DC. In Arlington County, the municipal planners decided to maximise high-density mixed-use development along this corridor so you get the profusion of condo blocks, big-name shopping stores, and a clean, fastidious "pedestrian-friendly" environment where everyone still drives everywhere. (Just see the queue of cars trying to get into the Whole Foods parking lot on a Saturday morning for an example of how making a place "pedestrian-friendly" does not equate to more people walking to perform their weekly chores.)
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Last edited by dcmacdaddy; Jun 15, 2009 at 10:29 AM.
Reason: More info about Orange Line in Arlington County.)
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One should never stop striving for clarity of thought and precision of expression.
I would prefer my humanity sullied with the tarnish of science rather than the gloss of religion.
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What a faker. 1:24 - German car backfired?
Obviously he doesn't live the life and is simply a product of RIAA marketing trying to sell him off a trumped-up, falsified street-cred. That guy ain't legit.
Keep it real, homies.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Mankind's only chance is to harness the power of stupid.
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There is a nice Apple Store across the street from that Whole Foods.
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