On the recent anniversary of an online referendum on the fate of one of Arlington's largest "buy nothing" groups, some 400 people gathered in a Rock Spring back yard. Wandering among tables set with everything from gardening items to designer purses, members of Buy Nothing Arlington (Northwest), VA perused and picked out finds from dozens
Thursday morning, Marsea Nelson woke up to a foreboding text from a friend. He told her "he didn't have 'My Buy Nothing Facebook group got too political' on his 2023 Bingo card," she tells ARLnow. Arguing that a local Facebook group for giving and receiving free stuff had gotten too big to be effective, the