Why do Marylanders think Virginia sucks?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey Marylanders, how many wineries do you guys have? Crabs sure are yummy (unless they itch), but you can't beat VA's rolling hilltop wineries. BTW, VA has over 200 wineries, arguably top 5 in the country for wine behind the West coast and my beloved NY.

The beauty of LOUDOUN County.

Former Californian, current Marylander here. I'm sorry, but I will never get "Virginia wine" as a reason to look past legalized discrimination based on sexual orientation, racism, legislated vaginal ultrasounds, and personhood conferred on what - fertilized eggs?

I do appreciate that NoVA is different from the rest of the state, but the wingnuts in the rest of the state legislate much of this garbage.

You should feel at home with high taxes and tons of illegals. you may miss the celebraties unless you think politicians count.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey Marylanders, how many wineries do you guys have? Crabs sure are yummy (unless they itch), but you can't beat VA's rolling hilltop wineries. BTW, VA has over 200 wineries, arguably top 5 in the country for wine behind the West coast and my beloved NY.

The beauty of LOUDOUN County.

Former Californian, current Marylander here. I'm sorry, but I will never get "Virginia wine" as a reason to look past legalized discrimination based on sexual orientation, racism, legislated vaginal ultrasounds, and personhood conferred on what - fertilized eggs?

I do appreciate that NoVA is different from the rest of the state, but the wingnuts in the rest of the state legislate much of this garbage.

So does that mean you don't frequent the 41 other states that recognize marriage as being between a husband and wife? I doubt it.

To expand on your rediculousness, human rights and dignity don't build roads or fund schools, so I'm good with a state that has a robust and growing economy that doesn't get bogged down by fights over pet causes.

Maryland is so backwards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm wondering how 16:03 assumes us Virginians are all racist. I'm not, and I've lived in liberal D.C. and then Virginia for more than 30 years. I've never heard anyone in VA make a racist joke to my face - in fact, I heard more racist jokes in MD schools by both parents and children. And not everyone over here is conservative or Republican either. I keep my mouth shut when it comes to politics, as I've instructed my children.

We we are not "The South" (16:23) when you are speaking ill of the South. But even when I've traveled further "south" in the state I haven't heard any racist comments.

I've never even heard of "Lee-Jackson" day. I hope that was a joke.

To assume that we are all racists, conservatives and from the South is the ultimate in bigotry. I don't assume that everyone in DC or MD are tree hugging liberals.

I think it is all about the American Legion Bridge. I've traveled all my life so the bridge is of no consequence to me, but I can't tell you how many people I've met in MD residents who will say to my face, "I never go over that bridge, but for you, I will." Uh, it's just a bridge. There are lots of bridges in America. You probably cross several a day and don't realize it. For some reason, that bridge is a psychological barrier for some MD people. I live much closer to Bethesda, CC, Rockville, S. Potomac than most people who live in Potomac Village. Also, I don't have that one N/S clogged lane (River Road after the Beltway) to deal with to get to my mansion in Potomac. I have Location, location, location.

I think this person forgot how large Virginia is. I've been all over that state, and I must say, while you're not all racists...it's pretty prevalent in the rural areas. Gay bashing is worse in rural VA.

Virginia isn't just NoVa.

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I'm from MD and still live in MD, and I don't hate Virginia.

Honestly, the MD suburbs and Virginia suburbs seem pretty much the same to me.

I don't know why people have all of these MD-VA debates. I only live on the MD side of DC because of where my partner works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm from MD and still live in MD, and I don't hate Virginia.

Honestly, the MD suburbs and Virginia suburbs seem pretty much the same to me.

I don't know why people have all of these MD-VA debates. I only live on the MD side of DC because of where my partner works.

This sort of implies you'd rather be living in VA. You're point is null and void.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My only issue with VA is the way it's not planned out physically. I feel like my MD 'hood is an extention of DC, with walkability to town, and no strip malls. Haven't found that in VA.

Agree with this. And everything seems older and run down compared to MD. I find it depressing somehow.

+1 I make an exception for Great Falls and parts of Reston, but they aren't an easy commute to DC.

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Anonymous wrote:I liked the diversity of close-in NoVa better than MoCo. And the ethnic restaurants are much better. But it's too close to weirdness for me. I was at the Target in Springfield a few years back and listened as a male customer in line carrying a handgun made a racist comment toward the black cashier. NOT COOL. I have never seen anything like it in 40 years of living in Maryland. Just during my short time in VA.

I'm from MD and live in MD, and I have heard people in MD say racist things. Honestly, I don't see much difference between VA and MD.

[Anonymous]

Lived in MD and VA. VA is turning into a concrete slab, terrible politics no matter how you look at it, tonnes of Virginians that feel the need to talk about how great Virginia is regardless of however irrelevant it is to the conversation, horrible traffic, the already mentioned racism and gay bashing, some weird desire to not consider VA as a Southern state as if attitude determined geography. Really VA isn't that bad compared to someplace like New Mexico but so many Virginian's (some of my own family included) really need to get their heads out of their butts when it comes to honestly evaluating the state they live in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I liked the diversity of close-in NoVa better than MoCo. And the ethnic restaurants are much better. But it's too close to weirdness for me. I was at the Target in Springfield a few years back and listened as a male customer in line carrying a handgun made a racist comment toward the black cashier. NOT COOL. I have never seen anything like it in 40 years of living in Maryland. Just during my short time in VA.

I'm from MD and live in MD, and I have heard people in MD say racist things. Honestly, I don't see much difference between VA and MD.

In my experience as a Virginian and DC citizen I've found much more racism in VA than in MD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not from either. Both are pretty hostile. Drivers suck in both. So its a toss up. If you are not from here, some idiots assume you are from someplace like a small town or worse. This area is extremely closed minded compared to other parts of the U.S. There really is no huge difference between MD and VA, unless you have mostly lived in either area. Then it becomes a p*ssing contest.

If I had to choose one reason, I would say politics.

+1 And I'm from MD. Honestly, I don't think there's much difference between the two. I have a friend who says she would never live in VA because it is so Republican and racist, but then she bought a house in one of the most conservative, whitest counties in MD. I also find that people who say VA is so racist are willing to spend lots more money to buy into a predominantly white school district in MD.

[Anonymous]

17:48 I would add, it's not just Marylanders who are hypocrites. I think the VA people who complain about immigrants are still perfectly content to have them around to pay them slave wages to build their mcmanions, do their landscaping and be their paid-under-the-table nannies.

So yeah, it's this region -- lots of hypocrites who like to talk in political platitudes, but mostly don't live up to the BS they spew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hey Marylanders, how many wineries do you guys have? Crabs sure are yummy (unless they itch), but you can't beat VA's rolling hilltop wineries. BTW, VA has over 200 wineries, arguably top 5 in the country for wine behind the West coast and my beloved NY.

The beauty of LOUDOUN County.

Former Californian, current Marylander here. I'm sorry, but I will never get "Virginia wine" as a reason to look past legalized discrimination based on sexual orientation, racism, legislated vaginal ultrasounds, and personhood conferred on what - fertilized eggs?

I do appreciate that NoVA is different from the rest of the state, but the wingnuts in the rest of the state legislate much of this garbage.

So does that mean you don't frequent the 41 other states that recognize marriage as being between a husband and wife? I doubt it.

To expand on your rediculousness, human rights and dignity don't build roads or fund schools, so I'm good with a state that has a robust and growing economy that doesn't get bogged down by fights over pet causes.

Maryland is so backwards.

Not the pp you are quoting, but for me not wanting to be discriminated against (or have my family discriminated against) is a little bigger than a "pet cause."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I liked the diversity of close-in NoVa better than MoCo. And the ethnic restaurants are much better. But it's too close to weirdness for me. I was at the Target in Springfield a few years back and listened as a male customer in line carrying a handgun made a racist comment toward the black cashier. NOT COOL. I have never seen anything like it in 40 years of living in Maryland. Just during my short time in VA.

I'm from MD and live in MD, and I have heard people in MD say racist things. Honestly, I don't see much difference between VA and MD.

In my experience as a Virginian and DC citizen I've found much more racism in VA than in MD.

I grew up in MD, and trust me, there's tons of racism. In fact, there was an article about schools in MD mostly being segregated. And while people will give a million BS reasons why that has nothing to do with race, it has EVERYTHING to do with race. It's why PG county is majority minority, but RIGHT next to it, AA county is majority white. There is a lot of division along racial lines.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I liked the diversity of close-in NoVa better than MoCo. And the ethnic restaurants are much better. But it's too close to weirdness for me. I was at the Target in Springfield a few years back and listened as a male customer in line carrying a handgun made a racist comment toward the black cashier. NOT COOL. I have never seen anything like it in 40 years of living in Maryland. Just during my short time in VA.

I'm from MD and live in MD, and I have heard people in MD say racist things. Honestly, I don't see much difference between VA and MD.

In my experience as a Virginian and DC citizen I've found much more racism in VA than in MD.

I grew up in MD, and trust me, there's tons of racism. In fact, there was an article about schools in MD mostly being segregated. And while people will give a million BS reasons why that has nothing to do with race, it has EVERYTHING to do with race. It's why PG county is majority minority, but RIGHT next to it, AA county is majority white. There is a lot of division along racial lines.

I stand by my experience. Theres racism in both places and throughout our country but I've experienced more racism in VA than in MD. That racism is also on full display politically and while it exists politically in MD as well it is BLATANT in VA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm from MD and still live in MD, and I don't hate Virginia.

Honestly, the MD suburbs and Virginia suburbs seem pretty much the same to me.

I don't know why people have all of these MD-VA debates. I only live on the MD side of DC because of where my partner works.

This sort of implies you'd rather be living in VA. You're point is null and void.

What? No, I have no preference. I choose where I live based on commute. If my partner worked in VA, I'd live there. If we both worked in the District, we would choose based on where we could find a place in our budget with the best commute to the exact place where we lived.

I wouldn't rather be living in VA. But I also didn't avoid VA in choosing where to live.

the problem is that you missed my point. I never indicated I'd "rather" live in VA.