Residents on the southern side of Arlington, still considered reasonably priced, are furious that the prices ...
Residents on the southern side of Arlington, still considered reasonably priced, are furious that prices in the region will rise. What does this mean to us as investors?
Local community members have since expressed more-mixed reactions to the news. Among them are longtime tenants and business owners in South Arlington, a multiethnic area south of US Route 50 that is less than two two miles from the tech behemoth's prospective home. Some told Curbed in recent interviews that they fear the new Amazon campus will accelerate rising housing costs, though they also hope it will spur equitable investment. A smaller number said they were unaware that Amazon's offices would open so close to where they live.
In the minds of many Virginians, South Arlington has long stood in contrast to the north side of the county and the affluent, large white communities that live along Metro's Orange Line. The south side has remained an enclave for Salvadoran, Bolivian, and Thai immigrants as well as African-American families whose roots there stretch back decades. (Arlington Public Schools students collectively speak more than 100 languages, according to the county.)
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