# Where do you think Arlington is? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 25, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236 "2020-03-25T08:40:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/1 "2020-03-25T08:40:48Z")
Poll coming. If I mention the city name ‘Arlington’ to you, where do you think of first? ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/2 "2020-03-25T08:45:17Z")
Arlington Virginia is what pops in my mind but I guess it is in fact a county, damn! ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/3 "2020-03-25T08:49:35Z")
> [@pool](#): > > Arlington Virginia is what pops in my mind but I guess it is in fact a county, damn! That’s quite ok, because it’s exactly what I thought too. And I bet some people will think Arlington racetrack in Illinois without any idea of the city. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/4 "2020-03-25T09:20:03Z")
Nothing in the OP suggested that any of them were or had to be cities. Wiki lists 38 Arlingtons in the US and 3 in Canada including Yukon. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/5 "2020-03-25T09:25:37Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Poll coming. If I mention the **city** name ‘Arlington’ to you, where do you think of first? > [@jtur88](#): > > Nothing in the OP suggested that any of them were or had to be cities. Wiki lists 38 Arlingtons in the US and 3 in Canada including Yukon. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/6 "2020-03-25T10:22:07Z")
I think of Arlington, Virginia first because of the famous cemetery there, which I’ve visited several times. But of course there’s Arlington, Texas, the site of a famous factory explosion. The 75th anniversary was pretty recent. I don’t know of any others offhand, though. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/7 "2020-03-25T10:39:26Z")
Arlington is nowhere near close enough to our President. {QUIET SMILE} {TAPS} ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/8 "2020-03-25T10:45:02Z")
Even tho I voted for VA (as a Merrylander, it’s the obvious choice), I will mention that my inlaws lived for a time in Arlington, FL - an area of Jacksonville. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/9 "2020-03-25T11:34:56Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > I think of Arlington, Virginia first because of the famous cemetery there, which I’ve visited several times. > > But of course there’s Arlington, Texas, the site of a famous factory explosion. The 75th anniversary was pretty recent. > > I don’t know of any others offhand, though. I think of Arlington, TX, mostly because it’s where the Texas Rangers baseball team plays. And also where the Dallas Cowboys have played for the past ten years. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/10 "2020-03-25T11:57:53Z")
Virginia, baby. "Ivana’s a sculptor She tending bar She’s piercing her nipples In the name of art And Rick’s an accountant Who likes tattoos Keeps 'em all hidden So his boss approves It’s the suburb of the week… [Arlington](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeV8Zv4yQig)" ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/11 "2020-03-25T12:01:32Z")
Arlington, TX - Where I was born and grew up. Although have not lived there in more years than I actually lived there. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/12 "2020-03-25T12:30:48Z")
Arlington, MA. I lived there for a decade and it’s just down the road. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/13 "2020-03-25T12:37:30Z")
My uncle has lived in Arlington, VA for fifty years. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/14 "2020-03-25T12:42:42Z")
Arlington, VA, because of the cemetery. I’ve been there, so… Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/15 "2020-03-25T12:42:47Z")
I can’t even find Waldo. Has Arlington gone missing too? ---
**Author:** ![Gus\_Gusterson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85f322/32.png) [@Gus\_Gusterson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gus_Gusterson)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/16 "2020-03-25T12:47:44Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Arlington, MA. I lived there for a decade and it’s just down the road. I live two towns away but I thought of Arlington, VA first when seeing the thread title because I knew that nobody would ask this question about Arlington, MA. ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/17 "2020-03-25T12:48:38Z")
Depends on where we’re having the conversation, and who the speaker is. For Dale, since he’s an East Coast guy, (NY Giants fan too, IIRC), I’d guess he was referring to VA. For a speaker in a store here in Houston—when we can actually go to the store again—I’d guess the speaker was referring to the suburb of Dallas. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/18 "2020-03-25T13:25:53Z")
The city of Arlington, TX population is 398K. The county of Arlington, VA has a population of 237K. So there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/19 "2020-03-25T13:47:53Z")
I’ve only visited (Heights), Illinois and its locally well known race track but I’d assume Virginia if someone simply said Arlington. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2020, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/20 "2020-03-25T14:00:28Z")
On the Columbia river [in NE Oregon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington,_Oregon). A bit further south from where it used to be thanks to the reservoir behind the John Day Dam. Hometown of Doc Serverinsen. It’s on I-84 it so a lot of people have passed thru it. Been thru and in it (and the old town) many times. Known people from it. Etc. First “Arlington” I think of. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236.md?page=2)