{"id":1004104550,"date":"2014-09-28T19:52:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T03:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/?p=294551"},"modified":"2020-04-28T00:52:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T08:52:03","slug":"livability-com-ranks-arlington-third-best-place-to-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/livability-com-ranks-arlington-third-best-place-to-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Livability.com Ranks Arlington Third Best Place to Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>By Adrian Maties, Associate Editor<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_294552\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 310px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/09\/301782_10150731597737776_542561338_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-294552\" title=\"301782_10150731597737776_542561338_n\" src=\"https:\/\/synd.yardi.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2014\/09\/301782_10150731597737776_542561338_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arlington, VA.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arlington is among the tops places to live in the United States, according to Livability.com. The Northern Virginia community won the third spot in the second-annual ranking of the best small to midsize cities in the country, behind only Madison, Wis., and Rochester, Minn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Livability.com\u2019s Top 100 Best Places to Live took a look at more than 2,000 small and medium-size cities throughout the United States. They were judged on criteria including amenities, population data, the local economy, healthcare, housing, education and\u00a0transportation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Arlington, one of the smallest places on the list at just 26 square miles, is described as an upscale community, where the median home price is $600,000. It represents a middle ground for all those looking for something less urban than the District but more suburban than many of the other towns located in the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to Livability.com, Arlington\u2019s status on the list can be traced to a decision made back in the 1960s, when the area was experiencing a great deal of growth and transit was a key concern. Unlike many surrounding areas, Arlington lobbied to run the tracks connecting it to D.C.\u2019s Metro subway system underground, and planned for high-rise and high-density development nearby. What resulted was the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor, with its mix of retail, residential, offices and government buildings. All these amenities help support the city&#8217;s more traditional suburban areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is gratifying recognition of decades of long-term thinking, planning and follow-through by many community leaders,\u201d Arlington County Board Chair Jay Fisette said in a statement. \u201cOur outstanding transportation network, strong neighborhoods, welcoming business climate, mixed-use development\u00a0and great schools were all factors in our ranking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Several other communities in the Washington, D.C. \u2013 Baltimore area were also present on Livability.com\u2019s Top 100 Best Places to Live. They included Rockville(#19), Frederick(#32), Towson(#42), Alexandria(#63), Silver Spring(#72) and Tysons Corner(#94).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Photo credit: <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ArlingtonVA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><em>www.facebook.com\/ArlingtonVA<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arlington is one of the best places to live in the United States. The Northern Virginia community occupies third place in Livability.com&rsquo;s second-annual ranking of the best small to mid-sized cities in the country, behind only Madison, Wisconsin, and Rochester, Minnesota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21742,1615],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004104550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-latest","category-washington-dc"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Livability.com Ranks Arlington Third Best Place to Live - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/livability-com-ranks-arlington-third-best-place-to-live\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Livability.com Ranks Arlington Third Best Place to Live\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Arlington is one of the best places to live in the United States. 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