Although I grew up all over Northern Virginia (the joke in my family is that we moved every few years because my Mom hated redecorating) the place I think of when I think of my childhood is Arlington.  We moved there when I was in 7th grade and stayed through the end of 10th grade and those were some formative years for me.  The Arlington of the late 70s and early 80s that I remember was a little rough around the edges, with neighborhoods like Ballston and Clarendon epitomized by retail strips that had seen better days and some neighborhoods that were teetering on the edge of going to seed.  Well in the 80s the Orange line of the Metro system was finished and the stops in Arlington attracted all kinds of development and there isn't much of Arlington, the smallest county in Virginia and located right across the Potomac from DC, that hasn't be redeveloped. Heck, it's downright upscale these days. That's what makes this video, Arlington: The Rap so funny.  Thanks to my buddy Rich for sending me the link.