Legality of southern flag on residential properties and pole size limits

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Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Rural does not necessarily equal "southern." There are rural parts of New England, the midwest, the Pacific northwest, etc. Bristow does not have "suburbs" Bristow is not even a city. It's not even incorporated and falls under Prince William county for government services, as does Nokesville and the area around the battlefields.
You think National park service preservation of battlefields makes an area "southern" in culture? So Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is "southern" too?

I say rural only because at least in the dc area if it is rural you are no longer in northern virginia. I just mentioned rural to indicate that there are not many northern transplants and suburbanization, and thus it remains ‘southern’ as even northern virginia was historically southern before suburbanization. When Fairfax County was still semi rural in the 1970s and 80s, everyone still had southern accents. I only mentioned the battlefields to show that the preservation of the battlefield and it’s regulations add to the rural and southern feel of the area.

There are TONS of transplants. I am a transplant. My next door neighbors on both sides are transplants. The majority of people I meet through my kid's school or just around my neighborhood are transplants.
How many decades has it been since you've even been in western Prince William?

I have a farm out in woolsey and catharpin , which is deep western prince william in between manassas and loudoun. all the people i’ve talked to are natives or have lived there for many decades, and have distinct southern accents. If you live in a culdesac or a suburban cookie cutter home built in the last 20 years, obviously all your neighbors will be transplants.

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Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Rural does not necessarily equal "southern." There are rural parts of New England, the midwest, the Pacific northwest, etc. Bristow does not have "suburbs" Bristow is not even a city. It's not even incorporated and falls under Prince William county for government services, as does Nokesville and the area around the battlefields.
You think National park service preservation of battlefields makes an area "southern" in culture? So Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is "southern" too?

I say rural only because at least in the dc area if it is rural you are no longer in northern virginia. I just mentioned rural to indicate that there are not many northern transplants and suburbanization, and thus it remains ‘southern’ as even northern virginia was historically southern before suburbanization. When Fairfax County was still semi rural in the 1970s and 80s, everyone still had southern accents. I only mentioned the battlefields to show that the preservation of the battlefield and it’s regulations add to the rural and southern feel of the area.

Huh?

Fairfax semi-rural? Yes. Southern accents? Hardly.

NP here, distinctly remember talking to an older couple who said even by the 80s fairfax had vastly changed from decades prior. those were the last generation dairy farmers and ranchers in fairfax, they’ve all been long gone since those times.

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Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Rural does not necessarily equal "southern." There are rural parts of New England, the midwest, the Pacific northwest, etc. Bristow does not have "suburbs" Bristow is not even a city. It's not even incorporated and falls under Prince William county for government services, as does Nokesville and the area around the battlefields.
You think National park service preservation of battlefields makes an area "southern" in culture? So Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is "southern" too?

I say rural only because at least in the dc area if it is rural you are no longer in northern virginia. I just mentioned rural to indicate that there are not many northern transplants and suburbanization, and thus it remains ‘southern’ as even northern virginia was historically southern before suburbanization. When Fairfax County was still semi rural in the 1970s and 80s, everyone still had southern accents. I only mentioned the battlefields to show that the preservation of the battlefield and it’s regulations add to the rural and southern feel of the area.

There are TONS of transplants. I am a transplant. My next door neighbors on both sides are transplants. The majority of people I meet through my kid's school or just around my neighborhood are transplants.
How many decades has it been since you've even been in western Prince William?

I have a farm out in woolsey and catharpin , which is deep western prince william in between manassas and loudoun. all the people i’ve talked to are natives or have lived there for many decades, and have distinct southern accents. If you live in a culdesac or a suburban cookie cutter home built in the last 20 years, obviously all your neighbors will be transplants.

And that (cookie cutter homes built in the last 20 years) is the MAJORITY of western PW county now. There are far more people living up the road in Piedmont and Dominion Valley than there are in Woolsey, right? So to say the whole area of western PW county is "very southern" because of a single digit percentage of the population/housing is just absurd.

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Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Rural does not necessarily equal "southern." There are rural parts of New England, the midwest, the Pacific northwest, etc. Bristow does not have "suburbs" Bristow is not even a city. It's not even incorporated and falls under Prince William county for government services, as does Nokesville and the area around the battlefields.
You think National park service preservation of battlefields makes an area "southern" in culture? So Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is "southern" too?

I say rural only because at least in the dc area if it is rural you are no longer in northern virginia. I just mentioned rural to indicate that there are not many northern transplants and suburbanization, and thus it remains ‘southern’ as even northern virginia was historically southern before suburbanization. When Fairfax County was still semi rural in the 1970s and 80s, everyone still had southern accents. I only mentioned the battlefields to show that the preservation of the battlefield and it’s regulations add to the rural and southern feel of the area.

There are TONS of transplants. I am a transplant. My next door neighbors on both sides are transplants. The majority of people I meet through my kid's school or just around my neighborhood are transplants.
How many decades has it been since you've even been in western Prince William?

I have a farm out in woolsey and catharpin , which is deep western prince william in between manassas and loudoun. all the people i’ve talked to are natives or have lived there for many decades, and have distinct southern accents. If you live in a culdesac or a suburban cookie cutter home built in the last 20 years, obviously all your neighbors will be transplants.

And that (cookie cutter homes built in the last 20 years) is the MAJORITY of western PW county now. There are far more people living up the road in Piedmont and Dominion Valley than there are in Woolsey, right? So to say the whole area of western PW county is "very southern" because of a single digit percentage of the population/housing is just absurd.

Sure, there may be more transplants living in western PW, but much of the land area is controlled by farmers who are southerners, thus making the overall landscape of western PW more southern. If you had 1000 people living in a town in arkansas of whom 800 moved here in the last 20 years, sure the overall population may be not so southern but the region itself is.

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Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Rural does not necessarily equal "southern." There are rural parts of New England, the midwest, the Pacific northwest, etc. Bristow does not have "suburbs" Bristow is not even a city. It's not even incorporated and falls under Prince William county for government services, as does Nokesville and the area around the battlefields.
You think National park service preservation of battlefields makes an area "southern" in culture? So Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is "southern" too?

I say rural only because at least in the dc area if it is rural you are no longer in northern virginia. I just mentioned rural to indicate that there are not many northern transplants and suburbanization, and thus it remains ‘southern’ as even northern virginia was historically southern before suburbanization. When Fairfax County was still semi rural in the 1970s and 80s, everyone still had southern accents. I only mentioned the battlefields to show that the preservation of the battlefield and it’s regulations add to the rural and southern feel of the area.

There are TONS of transplants. I am a transplant. My next door neighbors on both sides are transplants. The majority of people I meet through my kid's school or just around my neighborhood are transplants.
How many decades has it been since you've even been in western Prince William?

I have a farm out in woolsey and catharpin , which is deep western prince william in between manassas and loudoun. all the people i’ve talked to are natives or have lived there for many decades, and have distinct southern accents. If you live in a culdesac or a suburban cookie cutter home built in the last 20 years, obviously all your neighbors will be transplants.

And that (cookie cutter homes built in the last 20 years) is the MAJORITY of western PW county now. There are far more people living up the road in Piedmont and Dominion Valley than there are in Woolsey, right? So to say the whole area of western PW county is "very southern" because of a single digit percentage of the population/housing is just absurd.

actually it really isnt, if you research the rural crescent in western prince william, the law requires all single family homes to be built on at least 5 acres in order preserve the rural nature of the region.

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Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Rural does not necessarily equal "southern." There are rural parts of New England, the midwest, the Pacific northwest, etc. Bristow does not have "suburbs" Bristow is not even a city. It's not even incorporated and falls under Prince William county for government services, as does Nokesville and the area around the battlefields.
You think National park service preservation of battlefields makes an area "southern" in culture? So Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is "southern" too?

I say rural only because at least in the dc area if it is rural you are no longer in northern virginia. I just mentioned rural to indicate that there are not many northern transplants and suburbanization, and thus it remains ‘southern’ as even northern virginia was historically southern before suburbanization. When Fairfax County was still semi rural in the 1970s and 80s, everyone still had southern accents. I only mentioned the battlefields to show that the preservation of the battlefield and it’s regulations add to the rural and southern feel of the area.

There are TONS of transplants. I am a transplant. My next door neighbors on both sides are transplants. The majority of people I meet through my kid's school or just around my neighborhood are transplants.
How many decades has it been since you've even been in western Prince William?

I have a farm out in woolsey and catharpin , which is deep western prince william in between manassas and loudoun. all the people i’ve talked to are natives or have lived there for many decades, and have distinct southern accents. If you live in a culdesac or a suburban cookie cutter home built in the last 20 years, obviously all your neighbors will be transplants.

And that (cookie cutter homes built in the last 20 years) is the MAJORITY of western PW county now. There are far more people living up the road in Piedmont and Dominion Valley than there are in Woolsey, right? So to say the whole area of western PW county is "very southern" because of a single digit percentage of the population/housing is just absurd.

actually it really isnt, if you research the rural crescent in western prince william, the law requires all single family homes to be built on at least 5 acres in order preserve the rural nature of the region.

I will never understand the point of a 5 or even 10 acre lot. Too small to be useful but big enough to be a pita. The ugliest and most useless density level in our region.

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Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Rural does not necessarily equal "southern." There are rural parts of New England, the midwest, the Pacific northwest, etc. Bristow does not have "suburbs" Bristow is not even a city. It's not even incorporated and falls under Prince William county for government services, as does Nokesville and the area around the battlefields.
You think National park service preservation of battlefields makes an area "southern" in culture? So Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is "southern" too?

I say rural only because at least in the dc area if it is rural you are no longer in northern virginia. I just mentioned rural to indicate that there are not many northern transplants and suburbanization, and thus it remains ‘southern’ as even northern virginia was historically southern before suburbanization. When Fairfax County was still semi rural in the 1970s and 80s, everyone still had southern accents. I only mentioned the battlefields to show that the preservation of the battlefield and it’s regulations add to the rural and southern feel of the area.

There are TONS of transplants. I am a transplant. My next door neighbors on both sides are transplants. The majority of people I meet through my kid's school or just around my neighborhood are transplants.
How many decades has it been since you've even been in western Prince William?

I have a farm out in woolsey and catharpin , which is deep western prince william in between manassas and loudoun. all the people i’ve talked to are natives or have lived there for many decades, and have distinct southern accents. If you live in a culdesac or a suburban cookie cutter home built in the last 20 years, obviously all your neighbors will be transplants.

And that (cookie cutter homes built in the last 20 years) is the MAJORITY of western PW county now. There are far more people living up the road in Piedmont and Dominion Valley than there are in Woolsey, right? So to say the whole area of western PW county is "very southern" because of a single digit percentage of the population/housing is just absurd.

actually it really isnt, if you research the rural crescent in western prince william, the law requires all single family homes to be built on at least 5 acres in order preserve the rural nature of the region.

Yes, it is. You are honestly arguing that the majority of western Pw's housing and population live in the rural crescent?

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Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Rural does not necessarily equal "southern." There are rural parts of New England, the midwest, the Pacific northwest, etc. Bristow does not have "suburbs" Bristow is not even a city. It's not even incorporated and falls under Prince William county for government services, as does Nokesville and the area around the battlefields.
You think National park service preservation of battlefields makes an area "southern" in culture? So Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is "southern" too?

I say rural only because at least in the dc area if it is rural you are no longer in northern virginia. I just mentioned rural to indicate that there are not many northern transplants and suburbanization, and thus it remains ‘southern’ as even northern virginia was historically southern before suburbanization. When Fairfax County was still semi rural in the 1970s and 80s, everyone still had southern accents. I only mentioned the battlefields to show that the preservation of the battlefield and it’s regulations add to the rural and southern feel of the area.

There are TONS of transplants. I am a transplant. My next door neighbors on both sides are transplants. The majority of people I meet through my kid's school or just around my neighborhood are transplants.
How many decades has it been since you've even been in western Prince William?

I have a farm out in woolsey and catharpin , which is deep western prince william in between manassas and loudoun. all the people i’ve talked to are natives or have lived there for many decades, and have distinct southern accents. If you live in a culdesac or a suburban cookie cutter home built in the last 20 years, obviously all your neighbors will be transplants.

And that (cookie cutter homes built in the last 20 years) is the MAJORITY of western PW county now. There are far more people living up the road in Piedmont and Dominion Valley than there are in Woolsey, right? So to say the whole area of western PW county is "very southern" because of a single digit percentage of the population/housing is just absurd.

Sure, there may be more transplants living in western PW, but much of the land area is controlled by farmers who are southerners, thus making the overall landscape of western PW more southern. If you had 1000 people living in a town in arkansas of whom 800 moved here in the last 20 years, sure the overall population may be not so southern but the region itself is.

I guess I don't understand what you mean by "region itself" if that doesn't include the people inhabiting it. The actual land *IS* south of the Mason Dixon line....so geographically I guess you could say it is southern.

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Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Rural does not necessarily equal "southern." There are rural parts of New England, the midwest, the Pacific northwest, etc. Bristow does not have "suburbs" Bristow is not even a city. It's not even incorporated and falls under Prince William county for government services, as does Nokesville and the area around the battlefields.
You think National park service preservation of battlefields makes an area "southern" in culture? So Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is "southern" too?

I say rural only because at least in the dc area if it is rural you are no longer in northern virginia. I just mentioned rural to indicate that there are not many northern transplants and suburbanization, and thus it remains ‘southern’ as even northern virginia was historically southern before suburbanization. When Fairfax County was still semi rural in the 1970s and 80s, everyone still had southern accents. I only mentioned the battlefields to show that the preservation of the battlefield and it’s regulations add to the rural and southern feel of the area.

There are TONS of transplants. I am a transplant. My next door neighbors on both sides are transplants. The majority of people I meet through my kid's school or just around my neighborhood are transplants.
How many decades has it been since you've even been in western Prince William?

I have a farm out in woolsey and catharpin , which is deep western prince william in between manassas and loudoun. all the people i’ve talked to are natives or have lived there for many decades, and have distinct southern accents. If you live in a culdesac or a suburban cookie cutter home built in the last 20 years, obviously all your neighbors will be transplants.

And that (cookie cutter homes built in the last 20 years) is the MAJORITY of western PW county now. There are far more people living up the road in Piedmont and Dominion Valley than there are in Woolsey, right? So to say the whole area of western PW county is "very southern" because of a single digit percentage of the population/housing is just absurd.

actually it really isnt, if you research the rural crescent in western prince william, the law requires all single family homes to be built on at least 5 acres in order preserve the rural nature of the region.

Yes, it is. You are honestly arguing that the majority of western Pw's housing and population live in the rural crescent?

I think we have different definitions of ‘western Prince William’. If you consider hay market and gainesville as western PW, then you’re right.

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Tons of Rebel Flags in Old Town- many are authentic. Glad to see the history saved.

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You can still buy them online. Just an FYI for all of you history buffs out there on DCUM

https://www.united-states-flag.com/confederate1.html

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Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

You have no idea what you are talking about. Rural does not necessarily equal "southern." There are rural parts of New England, the midwest, the Pacific northwest, etc. Bristow does not have "suburbs" Bristow is not even a city. It's not even incorporated and falls under Prince William county for government services, as does Nokesville and the area around the battlefields.
You think National park service preservation of battlefields makes an area "southern" in culture? So Gettysburg, Pennsylvania is "southern" too?

I say rural only because at least in the dc area if it is rural you are no longer in northern virginia. I just mentioned rural to indicate that there are not many northern transplants and suburbanization, and thus it remains ‘southern’ as even northern virginia was historically southern before suburbanization. When Fairfax County was still semi rural in the 1970s and 80s, everyone still had southern accents. I only mentioned the battlefields to show that the preservation of the battlefield and it’s regulations add to the rural and southern feel of the area.

There are TONS of transplants. I am a transplant. My next door neighbors on both sides are transplants. The majority of people I meet through my kid's school or just around my neighborhood are transplants.
How many decades has it been since you've even been in western Prince William?

I have a farm out in woolsey and catharpin , which is deep western prince william in between manassas and loudoun. all the people i’ve talked to are natives or have lived there for many decades, and have distinct southern accents. If you live in a culdesac or a suburban cookie cutter home built in the last 20 years, obviously all your neighbors will be transplants.

And that (cookie cutter homes built in the last 20 years) is the MAJORITY of western PW county now. There are far more people living up the road in Piedmont and Dominion Valley than there are in Woolsey, right? So to say the whole area of western PW county is "very southern" because of a single digit percentage of the population/housing is just absurd.

actually it really isnt, if you research the rural crescent in western prince william, the law requires all single family homes to be built on at least 5 acres in order preserve the rural nature of the region.

Yes, it is. You are honestly arguing that the majority of western Pw's housing and population live in the rural crescent?

I think we have different definitions of ‘western Prince William’. If you consider hay market and gainesville as western PW, then you’re right.

What do you consider Gainesville and Haymarket if not "western Prince William?" They definitely aren't in eastern Prince William.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The confederate flag is not allowed in the DMV.

By DMV, do you refer to the entire state of Virginia? If not, what constitutes ‘Northern Virginia’, is it the degree of suburbanization or northern transplants? There was a time just 45 years ago when Fairfax County was still culturally very southern, and even today parts of Northern Virginia (ie. Western Loudoun and Prince William, Fauquier, Stafford etc) that feel very southern. Sure many places with northern transplants may not accept these cultural memorabilias, however it is the heritage for many generational virginians even today.

Exactly what part of Prince William county feels "very southern?"

Western Prince William around the battlefields, 5-10 minutes outside of Gainesville, anywhere close to the Fauquier county border, bristow and nokesville outside of the immediate city just to name a few.

Lol, you just mentioned exactly where I am (you can ask Jeff to see where my IP address is from.) It is not at all "southern" feeling around here.

I assume you live in Bristow, because Nokesville especially towards Catlett feel very southern and is very rural. Bristow, depending on the address location has some suburbs with many transplants. I assume you are not referring to around to the battlefields, because those are obviously preserved to be historical landmarks of the south. Regardless of where you live it feels much more southern than Maryland and even Fairfax County.

“…It feels much more Southern than Maryland”? ALL of Maryland? Including Eastern Shore Maryland? Western Maryland snuggled up with West Virginia Maryland? Andy Harris Maryland?

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Anonymous wrote:Are you talking about a monogrammed Lilly Pulitzer flag in a kicky bold pattern—perhaps with a pink crab?

I LOLed about this too, but I am feeling a little guilty about pink and hair bows. Our church had a mission to an orphanage in Haiti. The girls wear pink and white gingham shirtwaist dresses and big white bows in their hair. When I saw the photo, my first though was of Lilly Pulitzer.

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Places where confederate flag is banned.

https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/news/a3...ederate-flag-banned/