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On ‘Love Is Blind,’ Arlington’s Ballston gets its 15 minutes of fame

Of course, the contestants landed in Northern Virginia and not D.C.

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Six couples on this season of Netflix's “Love Is Blind” moved into short-term rental apartments at Placemakr Marymount Ballston in Arlington's Ballston neighborhood. (Teo Armus/The Washington Post)
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It had to be Arlington. Of course it did.

When it came time for the D.C.-area couples who got engaged sight unseen on Season 7 of “Love Is Blind” to come back home, did anyone really believe they’d end up in the actual District?

No, the lovebirds on the wildly popular reality TV show moved in with each other and faced the real world in Northern Virginia’s Ballston neighborhood: the capital (or part of it) for saying you’re from D.C. but not actually living there.

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This season, the “Love Is Blind” D.C. cast features 29 singles — 15 are women and 14 are men — and includes lawyers, consultants and veterans. Somehow, there was not a single Hill staffer, but one of The Washington Post’s own and her sister are among the singles looking for love.

The D.C. sightings: We’re excited to see all the D.C. area spots that appear in “Love Is Blind.” The Crown & Crow — which hosted a D.C. watch party — was spotted in the Season 7 trailer, and the couples moved into a luxury apartment complex in Arlington’s Ballston neighborhood.