# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![MarvinKitFox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@MarvinKitFox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarvinKitFox)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/61 "2020-03-28T06:10:51Z")
Arlington, the place with the Cemetery. Definitely somewhere in america. That is how 95% of the world knows the name. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/62 "2020-03-28T07:23:07Z")
Nowadays I think of Virginia. Growing up in Texas, I always thought of the one in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![Die\_Capacitrix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/die_capacitrix/32/9_2.png) [@Die\_Capacitrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Die_Capacitrix)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/63 "2020-03-28T07:54:38Z")
Arlington Virginia, due to the cemetary, with a vague idea there was another one besides IL or TX. It’s the one in Washington, which is not so far from where I grew up. I went to Girl Scout camp with some girls from the [Love Family](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Family). ---
**Author:** ![CelticKnot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/celticknot/32/3392_2.png) [@CelticKnot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CelticKnot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/64 "2020-03-28T15:17:47Z")
Arlington Baptist Church and School near Baltimore, MD. Then the cemetery, then the ball park. Then, who knows how many others. There are many places in the US that have the same names. Westminster, Sunnyside, and Farmington are such places, and I’ve lived in three. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2020, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/65 "2020-03-28T20:11:34Z")
Virginia. Y’know, down the street a couple miles. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/66 "2020-03-29T00:54:22Z")
The former far-SW DC. It helps I’ve been living here since late 2017. But TX was close behind in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![FrenchDunadan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frenchdunadan/32/5449_2.png) [@FrenchDunadan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrenchDunadan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/67 "2020-03-29T13:52:12Z")
Well, I choose “others” since ,for me, Arlington is a cemetery near Washington… ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/68 "2020-03-29T14:09:04Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > [Arlington](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Arlington,+WA/@48.5013809,-122.7027942,9.67z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x54854979f0b4340d:0xb48a13d1a086f1d5!8m2!3d48.1987118!4d-122.1251418) is 70 miles south of here. When I reach Arlington, it means I’m less than an hour from home in almost Canada. That’s the closest Arlington to me as well (although I’m a bit further south), but I still had to give my vote to Arlington, VA, since it’s where I grew up. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236/69 "2020-03-29T15:13:24Z")
Given where I live now, VA. When I lived in TX, TX. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-think-arlington-is/850236.md?page=3)