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To: TimF who wrote (9624)1/24/2006 12:11:59 PM
From: Dale Baker  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541733
 
The UK is more or less a scale model of the US in terms of urbanization, immigration, general culture, etc. A disparity of 400x under those circumstances is very striking and significant IMHO.

Comparing a postage stamp like DC with unconventional government and a history of specific problems to Virginia as a whole or even Arlington doesn't hold up. I say that having lived in Arlington-Alexandria several times for brief periods.