Wow, I never realized how terrible the gap is between in MoCo vs NoVa for jobs

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Anonymous wrote:Those companies in Nova are leaving because of Youngkin. He and other republicans hate Nova.

If he attempts anything with abortion, then me and my woman-owned business are out of here.

-VA resident

Why don't you give your employees free birth control so that they will not need so many abortions?

All women have the right to bodily autonomy and safe abortions.

That's right but why do you hire such irresponsible that they do not exercise their right to bodily autonomy and become impregnated by randos?

There are many reasons why a woman may want to end her pregnancy. It doesn’t matter what misogynistic POSs like you think because it her decision - not yours.

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Anonymous wrote:The inferiority complex of VA folks never ceases to amaze me.

Really? What inferiority complex? Because when I look at these threads I usually see VA posters let the data and facts around things like job growth speak for themselves, while many DC and especially MD posters sit around taking potshots with the maturity level and ignorance of a 10 year-old.

Seems like you might be projecting your own inferiority complex, PP.

What's the point of all these threads? So VA folks can feel good about themselves? Stick it to MoCo?
Inferiority complex

Again, I ask, why do VA people consistently compare *ONE* county in MD with the entire state of VA. That screams *insecure* to me. And I'm originally from out west.

They're not. They're mostly comparing Arlington/FFX/Alexandria and sometimes Loudoun/Prince William.

I mean do you want to include PG county in with Moco? I'm not sure it's a favorable comparison and it would make Maryland look even worse.

So, it's the whole NoVa Vs one county in MD.

Most people compare MoCo and Fairfax. Both have about the same population and geographic size. And back in the year 2000, they were economically equivalent. Since then their paths diverged dramatically.

Re-read this thread, and all the other threads comparing both -- it's always NoVa vs MoCo. VA people never include HoCo in the discussion even though HoCo is about equidistant to DC as Loudon is, but they always include Loudon.

Why is that? It's really bizarre.

It's because Loudoun is a major employment center and Howard is not.

Also because MoCo is the closest comparison to several VA counties, including Arlington, Fairfax, and Loudoun. Do MD folks really want to drag in PG into the debate? The comparison gap will only widen.

The shameful part is that while MoCo WANTS to compare themselves to N. VA MoCo can’t even compete with Prince George’s County in terms of job growth!

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Anonymous wrote:Those companies in Nova are leaving because of Youngkin. He and other republicans hate Nova.

If he attempts anything with abortion, then me and my woman-owned business are out of here.

-VA resident

Why don't you give your employees free birth control so that they will not need so many abortions?

All women have the right to bodily autonomy and safe abortions.

That's right but why do you hire such irresponsible that they do not exercise their right to bodily autonomy and become impregnated by randos?

There are many reasons why a woman may want to end her pregnancy. It doesn’t matter what misogynistic POSs like you think because it her decision - not yours.

When one human decides to kill another human, it is always the killer's decision, that's true. It just that in one case its called abortion, and the other murder. Don't get me wrong, prior to the 3rd trimester its not a viable human, so the term abortion is acceptable (it is not murder) and it is the woman's choice. Agreed. I also fully support a woman's right to chose to have unprotected sex with me. I may refuse, but they have the right to accept (or offer) if I am interested.

Question, does a woman have the right to have sex for money or pose nude or pose in a swimsuit or underwear? Why or why not? I think they should. It is their body and their choice. Why do many of the same people that argue for a woman's right to choose then act like a woman shouldn't have the right to sell their body/looks for money? Very inconsistent and hypocritical. Once a woman is an adult they should be able to do whatever they want with their body.

Do you agree or not and why? (Again, assuming the woman is not being forced to sell their body)

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Oh look. The provinces are having some kind of a competition. How quaint.
- The District

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Anonymous wrote:Oh look. The provinces are having some kind of a competition. How quaint.
- The District

This would be cute if D.C. was the region’s dominant center of population and jobs.

It’s neither.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh look. The provinces are having some kind of a competition. How quaint.
- The District

I am not exactly sure what DC produces other than hot air.

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Anonymous wrote:Those companies in Nova are leaving because of Youngkin. He and other republicans hate Nova.

If he attempts anything with abortion, then me and my woman-owned business are out of here.

-VA resident

Why don't you give your employees free birth control so that they will not need so many abortions?

All women have the right to bodily autonomy and safe abortions.

That's right but why do you hire such irresponsible that they do not exercise their right to bodily autonomy and become impregnated by randos?

There are many reasons why a woman may want to end her pregnancy. It doesn’t matter what misogynistic POSs like you think because it her decision - not yours.

When one human decides to kill another human, it is always the killer's decision, that's true. It just that in one case its called abortion, and the other murder. Don't get me wrong, prior to the 3rd trimester its not a viable human, so the term abortion is acceptable (it is not murder) and it is the woman's choice. Agreed. I also fully support a woman's right to chose to have unprotected sex with me. I may refuse, but they have the right to accept (or offer) if I am interested.

Question, does a woman have the right to have sex for money or pose nude or pose in a swimsuit or underwear? Why or why not? I think they should. It is their body and their choice. Why do many of the same people that argue for a woman's right to choose then act like a woman shouldn't have the right to sell their body/looks for money? Very inconsistent and hypocritical. Once a woman is an adult they should be able to do whatever they want with their body.

Do you agree or not and why? (Again, assuming the woman is not being forced to sell their body)

How old are you?

Maybe before you form opinions about controlling women’s bodies you should learn more about human reproduction. Maybe ask about it in your next sex ed class.

Yes, I’m fine with women making safe/informed decisions about her own body.

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Anonymous wrote:Top employers in MoCo:

https://commerce.maryland.gov/Documents/ResearchDocument/MajorEmployersInMontgomeryCounty.pdf

Top employers in Fairfax:

https://www.fairfaxcountyeda.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Major-Employers.pdf

So basically, MoCo relies entirely on govt jobs and some crappy low paying service sector jobs at places like Giant, Safeway, and Target. Meanwhile in NoVa, the top employers are major banks, super high end tech and software companies, top consulting firms, and other major professional services firms. I never knew MoCo was getting its lunch eaten this bad. NoVa has way, way better jobs and a far better diversity of jobs/firms. MoCo relies entirely on govt, clearly has a severe lack of innovative firms that pay high salaries when compared to NoVa, and a large portion of their residents working in very low quality service sector jobs that probably pay just over minimum wage. How is MoCo not doomed with this flimsy of a tax and employer base?

The fact that every third car coming down/back on Georgetown Pike has MD plates told me this a long time ago. That and the traffic from same cars on back roads near the beltway in McLean

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Anonymous wrote:Oh look. The provinces are having some kind of a competition. How quaint.
- The District

I am not exactly sure what DC produces other than hot air.

Lol. The fact that DC is surrounded by the richest counties in the nation and some of the largest employment centers and still is barely above a Detroit tier city by most measures is hilarious

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Anonymous wrote:In defense of NoVa…. Northern Virginia OVERWHELMINGLY did not vote for Youngkin. And the more dems we get to move to NoVa from DC, the more likely we can fully turn Virginia blue. So any Democrats considering moving to NoVa but turned off by our horrifying governor should know that a) they would not be surrounded by conservatives and b) they’d be doing a “good deed” for the Democratic Party by moving here and voting Democratic!!!

Sounds good. You bringing your crime?

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Anonymous wrote:Google just bought a Reston tech company for $5.4 billion

My kid works there. Hope he doesn’t stay

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Anonymous wrote:Getting its lunch eaten? How old are you?

Many people would never live in a state as backwards as VA. Youngkin? Absolutely not.

And yet, MD drivers clog up VA roadways because they come here every day for their JOBS. Imagine that! And learn to drive, btw.
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Thankfully any can work from home now.

Well, you can't do service sector jobs from home -- Marylanders work in nursing homes, restaurants, day care centers, and other low skill low pay jobs. And the fact that they have to cross a bridge to make $15 an hour is sad

Is that why MD is the wealthiest state?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh look. The provinces are having some kind of a competition. How quaint.
- The District

This would be cute if D.C. was the region’s dominant center of population and jobs.

It’s neither.

The big power, decision makers jobs are in DC.
Your IT sweatshops jobs are not.

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Anonymous wrote:Fairfax left MoCo in the dust years ago. VA left MD behind years ago. This isn’t new news. And the cheap potshots you hear about VA being “backwards” is nothing more than masked jealously.

Hahaha. Not in the least, honey, but you keep telling yourself that.

Okay, honey, but you keep telling yourself that MoCo is a little enclave in Maryland because the rest of the state is an economic and political mess. Baltimore has a high murder and crime rate, Hagerstown is full of loony Trump supporters, Western Maryland's economy is based on prisons and pot, the eastern shore has second rate beaches and agra business - that will go away as global warming continues. Yes -- compared to the rest of the state MoCo looks pretty darn good

DP: Well, compared to Western Virginia…. If you really want to talk loony Trump supporters, prisons, pot farms, Confederate flags, and even meth labs, I think Virginia is the state to wallow in. And when it comes to global warming, Virginia — from beaches to naval bases — is going to get hit as least as hard as MD. Funny, PP, do you think global warming will somehow acknowledge state lines?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh look. The provinces are having some kind of a competition. How quaint.
- The District

This would be cute if D.C. was the region’s dominant center of population and jobs.

It’s neither.

The big power, decision makers jobs are in DC.
Your IT sweatshops jobs are not.

Speaking of power, DC doesn’t produce its own energy. It doesn’t produce food. It doesn’t manufacture anything of note.