Update 10: Arlington and the Surrounding Areas! LARGE update! Over 40 pictures!
Today's update will be about the City of Arlington and its surrounding suburbs. Arlington is located about an hour and half away from Auburn. Arlington is a very affluent city because the city has its own downtown, sports stadium, college, and an excellent mass transit system! Arlington residents make a median income of $160,000. Welcome!
Riverhead is located about 20 minutes north of Arlington and has a population of 3800. Riverhead is home to a small number of gangs and thugs. Each side of Riverhead has its own gang making Riverhead dangerous at night. Local police cannot control the gang problem. Residents are looking to political leaders for help but those pesky politicans are secretly for gang activity due to the fact that they get a bribe every week to keep out of gang activity.
North Riverhead and South Riverhead are connected by the 2PAC Memorial Bridge. Ofen at night each gang will dump a body into the St. Christopher River. You don't want to be a passerbyer when a event like this happens. No sirrebob! Riverhead General serves the residents of this small town and is often busy treating gun shot wounds.
Soccer is popular in Riverhead. Each side has its own Little League soccer team. Games can sometimes get very out of hand and parents often get involved. As you can see Riverhead is a very divided community.
Located about 15 minutes from Downtown Arlington is the small town of Aspengrove. Aspengrove is located on Arlington Island and has a population of 3,900.
The central part of Aspengrove. The park in front of City Hall is used as a recreation area for families and buisnesspeople during the day. Other times it becomes a meeting place for the whole community and is often used for political rallies.
The regional rail system passes thru Aspengrove connecting the town to the rest of the county.
Aspengrove has some beautiful homes located around the downtown area of Aspengrove:
About 30 minites North-East of Arlington is the town of Ravenswood. Ravenswood has around 12,500 people living in the city limits. Ravenswood is know for its canal that runs thru the city. Welcome to Ravenswood!
The canal that cuts the town in half:
Raveswood is also connected by the regional rail line.
Trains pass the allyways of Ravenswood. Allyways along the tracks are an uncommon feature in Ravenswood. You can often see people in their ally washing their car, neighbors talking to each other and weekly BBQ's on a sunday afternoon. The residents of Laval Street are very proud of their ally!
Ravenswood has very nice neighborhoods...
and some not so very nice
Arlington Point is the poorer section of Arlington. Wealthy residents of Arlington want nothing to do with Arlington Point unfortunetly its a part of their city that they are ashamed of.
Finally! We have now come to the City of Arlington! Arlington is home to 50,000+ residents. now you may ask why there is a downtown as big as this for a city of only 50,000. Well as mentioned above, median income is $160,000 making it a very rich city. Arlington has its own college, art gallery, transportation, and even its own airport!
John Burnell was an Arlington cop when he was killed outside his home by the Falcotti Family. He was the cop that arrested the head of the Falcotti Family when Arlington was a terrible place to live. The city decided to name the clock tower in his name. Since then numberous citizens and politicans have stood up against crime in Arlington. Improvements have made this city extremely rich!
City Hall is home to the Arlington City Governemnt. Mayor Justin Burch has enjoyed a 12 year term and is up for re-election next year. He is loved by 92% of the city. We will get to his home soon.
Between City Hall and the Arlington Market is City Park and City Park Station. The park provides green space for hungry downtown works during the lunch period. Downtown busnesspeople can often by seen eating on the grass and peacefully enjoying the noise of the freeway traffic.
Arlington Market is home to over 100 venders that sell things from flowers to chow mein. Everything can be found in the Market District. Next to the Market is the City Art Gallary home to over 150 paintings.
Arlington Community College is home to 6,000 students. The area is often packed during the day. The College District is also home to a large number of Greeks. St. Pauls's Church can fit 1,200 inside. Tons of Greek resaurants and stores are around the church.
Arlington has its own AAA stadium. The Bombers of Arlington have won the championship 3 times. Arlington Stadium can fit 12,400 fans at one time.
Near the stadium is the richest part in the entire city. The average income here is $1.2 million dollars. Welcome to Belmont!
Arlington outskirts:
Arlington has its own airport as mentioned above. The airport serves the city and runs regional flights only. The airport can get quite busy in the evenings.
Heading back downtown is Church Street. The church however is not located on Church Street ironicaly.
Downtown is home to numberous headquarters and firlms. One of those headquarters is Chase Back:
The Fashion District is home to 4 large demartment stores. Just don't go there around 5PM:
Harborside District is home to residental buildings as well as commercial buildings. It is a very expensive place to live or buy space.
SoDo or South of Downtown is a residential area and is home to 3,400 residents. It one of the most popular districs in the city!
The endless suburban sprawl:
Finally, Mayor Justin Burch's house. The milti-million dallar mansion sits on the water and overlooks the city. Mayor Burch can be seen playing with his five kids, in the garden or swiming in the pool. The Mayor makes around $350,000 a year drives a Mecerdes Benz S-Class AMG and sends his kids to the best private school in the city. He is truly living the dream! Tip your hat to Mayor Burch: a sucess story!
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