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Debating on the trajectory of Arlington, TX
Posted on 2/14/26 at 2:48 pm
Posted on 2/14/26 at 2:48 pm
I was having a debate with someone about the trajectory of Arlington, TX. I thought the Cowboy Stadium and Texas Live! would really catapult the city forward but that hasn't been the case. The quality of AISD was BETTER before those two major things than afterwards. For example, Lamar High School which used to be top tier highly desirable upper middle class high school is now a complete shite show. The median home prices have had very slow growth compared to the suburbs up north. Parks Mall is not what it used to be and gotten more dangerous in the last decade. Outside of the entertainment district, I haven't seen much improvement and growth in the right direction for Arlington.
I personally think Arlington will be the next Irving if you know what I mean. The person I was debating with (Arlington resident) think it's still on the up and up.
What do you think?
I personally think Arlington will be the next Irving if you know what I mean. The person I was debating with (Arlington resident) think it's still on the up and up.
What do you think?
This post was edited on 2/14/26 at 3:12 pm
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Posted on 2/14/26 at 2:54 pm to PelicanState87
The area just a few hundred yards from the stadium is a complete shite hole
Posted on 2/14/26 at 2:59 pm to PelicanState87
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For example, Lamar High School which used to be top tier highly desirable upper middle class high school is now a complete shite show.
Locusts will always find the healthy crops.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 3:01 pm to PelicanState87
Like many metro areas, people who can move out. I lived in North Arlington 2003-2004. Would never move back. My in-laws have left the area as well.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 3:09 pm to PelicanState87
I thought Arlington was basically little Guadalajara
Posted on 2/14/26 at 3:14 pm to CajunInVirginia
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Like many metro areas, people who can move out. I lived in North Arlington 2003-2004. Would never move back. My in-laws have left the area as well.
Once the Wholefoods close, North Arlington will officially be done. I'm surprised it's still open
Posted on 2/14/26 at 3:19 pm to Cosmo
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I thought Arlington was basically little Guadalajara
That's what I mean by it's turning into Irving lol. Irving used to be a highly desirable suburb. Now that desire part of the suburb is a small portion of the city and undesired parts are the majority.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 3:24 pm to LSUtoBOOT
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Locusts will always find the healthy crops.
Not always. Arlington was cheap to live for a long time and still is among the cheapest today. Keep things expensive, keep the locusts out. Arlington had way too many cheap apartments in the area ... that'll do it every time. Most of the locust came from those cheap apartments
This post was edited on 2/14/26 at 3:26 pm
Posted on 2/14/26 at 3:25 pm to PelicanState87
Arlington is a shithole lol
Posted on 2/14/26 at 3:26 pm to PelicanState87
I could detail for you what happened & what is going on but posters like SFP & 4Cubbies would try to get me banned.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 3:30 pm to Hetfield
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I could detail for you what happened & what is going on but posters like SFP & 4Cubbies would try to get me banned.
I know what's going on. All the good folks are moving further out. Mansfield is next. In 10 years Mansfield and Arlington gonna be much more like a mix of South Dallas and Irving
This post was edited on 2/14/26 at 3:33 pm
Posted on 2/14/26 at 4:34 pm to PelicanState87
As long as Dino’s stays open, Arlington will be alright in my book 
Posted on 2/14/26 at 4:35 pm to Cosmo
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I thought Arlington was basically little Guadalajara
That's the HEB area now (Hurst-Euless-Bedford). Feels like you need a passport to go to stores there.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 6:01 pm to PelicanState87
Are the demographics changing? If so, all of the building projects in the world won't stop the slide.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 6:06 pm to Hetfield
Posted on 2/14/26 at 6:10 pm to Cosmo
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I thought Arlington was basically little Guadalajara
Arlington is very multicultural.
Lots of hispanics, blacks, some middle eastern. A TON of Vietnamese.
Indians don't seem to be there in big numbers probably because the ISD is no longer something to brag about.
I knew people that graduated from Lamar 20 years ago (these were white people who went to college). I get the feeling there isn't much of that anymore.
I will say I think if you own any decent house near ATT stadium there are going to be some crazy high Air BNB rates for the world cup.
This post was edited on 2/14/26 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 2/14/26 at 6:13 pm to DesScorp
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Are the demographics changing? If so, all of the building projects in the world won't stop the slide.
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"Demography is destiny," often attributed to 19th-century philosopher Auguste Comte, posits that a population's size, age structure, and growth rate determine a nation's long-term economic, social, and political future.
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“Demography is Destiny.” It was a phrase first popularized in the 1970 bestselling book The Real Majority by Democrats Richard Scammon and Ben Wattenberg in which they argued that the Democratic Party was veering leftward (particularly on social issues and “law and order”) and that, to win, the Party had to pay attention to the demographics of the rising middle class. To a large extent, their thesis echoed that of Republican Kevin Phillips, who the year before had written The Emerging Republican Majority.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 6:15 pm to Kafka
@McGregboi69
Posted on 2/14/26 at 6:18 pm to PelicanState87
Pretty surprising so many people in this thread have quite a bit of experience in Arlington. Didn’t know it had such a big LSU following.
Posted on 2/14/26 at 6:26 pm to S
quote:english translation?
@McGregboi69
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