About Dear Arlington List

Arlington, Massachusetts is a small but lively town located smack dab between funky and progressive Cambridge and stodgy, well monied Lexington. Arlington appeals to a wide range of people.

Townies: Been here forever. Unless your grandparents were born here and you have no idea how to pronounce an "r" you are not a townie.

Displaced Cambridgtonians: You went to Harvard, you ride a recumbent bicycle and recycle your own urine. You loved your small carbon footprint in Cambridge, but then you had a baby and it was too annoying to lug twenty pounds of dirty diapers down four flights of stairs to the community washing machine. You swallowed some of your progressive pride and moved to Arlington where the schools disappoint you, but at least you are not living in Lexington.

Future Lexington Residents: They look over the border into posh Lexington imagining the day when they too will get to enjoy the privilege of living in the land of posh Victorian houses and pre-ivy league public schools. They buy in Arlington and await the day they can sell their East Arlington condo and move into the big leagues.

Grateful Former Somerville and Medford Residents: Somerville and Medford are the grittier less politically correct step-sisters of Cambridge. They smoke and cuss but know how to party. These residents loved the cool cache of living with the hipsters until they had a baby and no longer wanted to kick empty Pabst cans off the sidewalk whenever they took the baby for a walk.

These residents share a common email list where they discuss squirrels, dogs who run off leash, cats who fornicate in kale, and free junk on their curbs. This blog brings the best of the A-List to you.