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Arlington named No. 2 ‘Best City for Millennials’

Arlington "best city for millennials" rankings (via Niche.com)Arlington County is the second-best place for millennials in the United States.

That’s according to Niche.com, the same rankings website that recently pegged Arlington as the “Best City to Live in America” and the No. 7 Suburb to Live in America.

In the latest rankings, Arlington received high marks for the number of millennial residents, job opportunities and access to bars and restaurants. It was dinged only for a high cost of living.

Tech and education hub Cambridge, Mass. ranked No. 1 while Arlington’s neighbor Alexandria ranked No. 3. D.C. ranked No. 9.

The top 10 localities for millennials in 2016, according to Niche, are:

  1. Cambridge, Mass.
  2. Arlington, Va.
  3. Alexandria, Va.
  4. San Francisco
  5. Ann Arbor, Mich.
  6. Minneapolis
  7. Seattle
  8. Denver
  9. Washington, D.C.
  10. Austin, Texas

Police: Drunk man arrested for tossing wine bottles out of Whole Foods window

A customer of Amazon.com acquisition target Whole Foods had a special delivery for cars parked outside its Clarendon location Friday morning: wine bottles and loose change. Police were called to the Whole Foods at 2700 Wilson Blvd around 7 a.m. Friday for a report of someone throwing objects out of a second floor window. When the arrived they allegedly found a 21-year-old Arlington man who was drunk and tossing wine bottles and change at a car below.
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