For decades, Arlandria has thrived as a working-class enclave amid upscale homes and condominiums.
A man walks into a community forum on the pending opening of Amazon's second headquarters, held at a church in the Arlandria neighborhood of Alexandria, Va., on March 12.
“I love the diversity of Arlandria, but, unfortunately, it’s going away,” said Jen Walker, a real estate agent who has lived in the area since 1997. “I can see, 10 years from now, Arlandria becoming Del Ray.” But advocates say the government must do more, especially with the world’s most valuable public company moving in nearby.
“We plan to hire people who live here and grow gradually so the impact on the region will be minimal,” the statement said. “We will continue to share our growth plans with the County so they can plan ahead to address the needs of the community.” “We have a diversity of people who come in here — African American, Spanish, Indian guys,” said Brasil Perez, who mans the front counter and cash register. To him, the Amazon headquarters means construction jobs for his clients.
Median household income in Arlandria was just over $54,600 in 2017, compared with $93,370 in Alexandria as a whole. More than half of residents are younger than 30, and nearly half were born in Latin America, according to the 2017 U.S. Census American Community Survey. Median monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $1,856, compared to $3,142 in Old Town and $2,733 in Pentagon City.
People walk down the street and past a mural depicting the Latino immigrant experience in the Arlandria neighborhood of Alexandria, Va. Decades of challenges Arlandria, named for its location on the Arlington and Alexandria border, flooded 80 times between 1965 and 1980, with Hurricane Agnes in 1972 causing $14 million worth of damage and forcing out hundreds of residents.
Dina Martinez arrived in 1985 and never left, joining other tenants to resist a developer’s plan to turn 3,000 apartments into luxury rentals. They filed lawsuits, worked with religious leaders and staged protests, their unrelenting chants forcing the city council to abruptly adjourn one meeting in 1987.
Things quieted down by the early 2000s. But the exodus of thousands of federal jobs from Crystal City, a result of cuts in defense spending and then the 2008 recession, stopped real estate investment cold.
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