They paper over the decay with government money here. Falls Church might look ok but that’s because a large number of people get decent sized checks from the government and othrs feed off of that. But go down to apartments behind strip malls and you will see fixer cars on the street being fixed. Same as the barrios in California although not as bad here, yet.
In the late 50s to mid 60s Arlington was still America. A shame what’s happened to N VA