Why does NoVA look like a 3rd world country if everyone is so 'rich'?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This might be the dumbest thread of the day.

You are being generous

[Anonymous]

Nova doesn't look like a third world country; it has less character than that.

Nova looks like bland mid 2oth century suburbia. A little land use planning in Nova would have gone a long way, but I guess Virginia wouldn't tolerate that type of regulation.

[Anonymous]

Because in the dc area decent housing costs 1 million and 500k is rich.

[Anonymous]

Wait -- I thought 250k was rich... or was that 450k?

Oh never mind, that's the subject of a dozen other threads!

[Anonymous]

I agree. NOVA does have a dump like quality. I just cannot believe that the "rich" choose to live there. They must be tucked away in their mansions somewhere.

[Anonymous]

There are no rich here. Why on earth would you live in an overcrowded run-down dump if you're actually rich. You can barely leave your house around here due to the sheer number of incompetent morons that are constantly piling in to get a slice of the giant government-agency pie.

If any actual rich person lives in NoVA I would question their sanity. What attracted them, the shitty weather, shitty people, or shitty government?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are no rich here. Why on earth would you live in an overcrowded run-down dump if you're actually rich. You can barely leave your house around here due to the sheer number of incompetent morons that are constantly piling in to get a slice of the giant government-agency pie.

If any actual rich person lives in NoVA I would question their sanity. What attracted them, the shitty weather, shitty people, or shitty government?

Yes, because the weather is SO MUCH worse in NOVA than in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are no rich here. Why on earth would you live in an overcrowded run-down dump if you're actually rich. You can barely leave your house around here due to the sheer number of incompetent morons that are constantly piling in to get a slice of the giant government-agency pie.

If any actual rich person lives in NoVA I would question their sanity. What attracted them, the shitty weather, shitty people, or shitty government?

The lower taxes.

[Anonymous]

Is it the millionaire next door kind of thing?

[Anonymous]

It looks like an emerging market country, not a low income country.

Why? Because the US massively underinvests in public goods. Hence crappy infrastructure, potholed roads etc.

Also, Americans have lost what little aesthetic sensibility they had, hence everything man-made is also extremely ugly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church all look like 3rd world countries. The traffic, the run down repulsive housing, and the nasty office buildings and strip malls. It's hilarious how people pay so much to live in such a shithole, then come on a forum that looks like it was made in 1995 to talk about how rich they are.

Hey, I like the 1995 look. It's simple and easy to navigate. No login screen, no extra features I don't want and would never use. This is one of the best message board formats I know of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church all look like 3rd world countries. The traffic, the run down repulsive housing, and the nasty office buildings and strip malls. It's hilarious how people pay so much to live in such a shithole, then come on a forum that looks like it was made in 1995 to talk about how rich they are.

Get around much? I could easily find you parts of Montgomery County that fit the same description... so your point is what exactly (other than that you stereotype and over-generalize)?

[Anonymous]

Some aspects of NoVa and MoCo actually look worse than a third-world country. Go to southern Morocco, near Sahara. You'll see that the utility poles and nice and straight, made out of cement, not rotten wood. Roads are nicely paved, not full of potholes. Same in Thailand. Rural Russia would be the closest analogy I can think of.

[Anonymous]

Oh how I yearn for Montclair, NJ. Now *there's* a town with great aesthetics. If only the job market were better and the property taxes were (way) lower.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Arlington, Alexandria, and Falls Church all look like 3rd world countries. The traffic, the run down repulsive housing, and the nasty office buildings and strip malls. It's hilarious how people pay so much to live in such a shithole, then come on a forum that looks like it was made in 1995 to talk about how rich they are.

Get around much? I could easily find you parts of Montgomery County that fit the same description... so your point is what exactly (other than that you stereotype and over-generalize)?

+1. OP is looking to be rude and has succeeded.

Ugly sections of just about any village, town, city, county or state. Usually at least a few attractive portions of the same places.

"NoVA" is big. Del Ray looks nothing like Arlington's Country Club Hills looks nothing like Annandale looks nothing like Ashburn.