Is West Virginia in the DMV

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:“The DMV” is part of black vernacular.

WV is literally one of the whitest states in the country.

So no, not part of the DMV. No soul.

When was this coined? DC Native and did not ever hear until maybe 5-10 years ago. I am in my 40s.

I am from actual DC, so I didn't really even know the difference between MD and VA until I went to UVa.

Sorry not sorry.

Agree. And my family has been here long enough that some still call DC “the District”.

People don’t call DC “the District” anymore??? Hmm. I hear it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jefferson County is like the red-headed step child of WV.

How is it any different from the rest of West Virginia?

Its economy is not based on coal mining, gas wells, timber or other resource extraction, or tourism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:West Virginia is a mess, Democrats ruined that state

It’s been a solid red state for a few cycles, I’m not seeing any improvements…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Jefferson County WV is part of the DC area.

lol lol NO it's not.

My God we’ve been over this already. I’ve posted a link.

Here’s a excerpt:

“The Washington metropolitan area, also sometimes referred to as the National Capital Region or colloquially as the DMV (named after District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area containing Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.”

The West Virginia part is Jefferson County.

Where's the WV in DMV?

Do you even understand what “colloquial” means?

For statistical purposes, the US Census Bureau and other federal agencies include Jefferson County as part of the DMV.

The posters on DCUM are extremely pedantic and literal. You might have noticed this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jefferson County is like the red-headed step child of WV.

How is it any different from the rest of West Virginia?

It’s by far the wealthiest, for one thing. It’s the only West Virginia county where the median family income is higher than the national average. It’s also much more moderate politically. While it went for Trump in 2020 like literally every county in the state, it and the county where WVU is located are the only two that came close to 50/50.

Monongalia county? I wonder how they calculate who counts in the population for those kind of stats? Do students count? About half the population of Morgantown is students.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Virginia is a mess, Democrats ruined that state

Ruined? When was it ever good?

Wow. So ignorant.

Was once very prosperous.

so WVA enjoyed one decade - the 1970s - of prosperous times yet it wasn't able to absorb the hit when energy prices bottomed out in the 1980s. and the leaders, even today, have not really pivoted from coal, as they're still hoping for a return to that bygone era. with that 10 year run of "wealth creation", what did the state do?

and yet today it ranks somewhere in or near the bottom 5 of all states for nearly all socio-economic indicators. and it's the 6th least environmentally friendly state in the country. talk about ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Jefferson County, maybe.

But I’m from southern WV, and Md is NOT Appalachia. The Appalachian Mountains go up all the way to Newfoundland, surely we aren’t including that as Appalachia? The mountain range and the cultural region are not the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Virginia is a mess, Democrats ruined that state

Ruined? When was it ever good?

Wow. So ignorant.

Was once very prosperous.

so WVA enjoyed one decade - the 1970s - of prosperous times yet it wasn't able to absorb the hit when energy prices bottomed out in the 1980s. and the leaders, even today, have not really pivoted from coal, as they're still hoping for a return to that bygone era. with that 10 year run of "wealth creation", what did the state do?

and yet today it ranks somewhere in or near the bottom 5 of all states for nearly all socio-economic indicators. and it's the 6th least environmentally friendly state in the country. talk about ignorant.

When will the be coal wealth return?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jefferson County WV is part of the DC area.

lol lol NO it's not.

My God we’ve been over this already. I’ve posted a link.

Here’s a excerpt:

“The Washington metropolitan area, also sometimes referred to as the National Capital Region or colloquially as the DMV (named after District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area containing Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States. The metropolitan area includes all of Washington, D.C. and parts of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. It is part of the larger Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area.”

The West Virginia part is Jefferson County.

Where's the WV in DMV?

Do you even understand what “colloquial” means?

For statistical purposes, the US Census Bureau and other federal agencies include Jefferson County as part of the DMV.

The census might, but I bet most people would not consider WV as part of DMV.

Most people around here would not consider Frederick County MD as part of the DMV, meaning the DC area. Charlestown WV is about equidistant to DC as Frederick, so why would Charlestown be considered part of the DMV?

The DMV is basically the DC area which includes the suburbs of DC. Neither Howard County MD nor Frederick County MD is a suburb of DC, and neither is any WV county.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Virginia is a mess, Democrats ruined that state

Ruined? When was it ever good?

Wow. So ignorant.

Was once very prosperous.

so WVA enjoyed one decade - the 1970s - of prosperous times yet it wasn't able to absorb the hit when energy prices bottomed out in the 1980s. and the leaders, even today, have not really pivoted from coal, as they're still hoping for a return to that bygone era. with that 10 year run of "wealth creation", what did the state do?

and yet today it ranks somewhere in or near the bottom 5 of all states for nearly all socio-economic indicators. and it's the 6th least environmentally friendly state in the country. talk about ignorant.

When will the be coal wealth return?

if only Trump brought back the coal jobs.

[Anonymous]

NO

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“The DMV” is part of black vernacular.

WV is literally one of the whitest states in the country.

So no, not part of the DMV. No soul.

When was this coined? DC Native and did not ever hear until maybe 5-10 years ago. I am in my 40s.

I am from actual DC, so I didn't really even know the difference between MD and VA until I went to UVa.

Sorry not sorry.

Agree. And my family has been here long enough that some still call DC “the District”.

People don’t call DC “the District” anymore??? Hmm. I hear it.

Really? I’m a Black 3rd generation DC Native. My parents’ generation usually said “the District “, while younger people (who are now kinda old too) usually said and say DC. I first heard DMV from white people who lived in Virginia, and transplants, starting around the Obama years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:West Virginia is a mess, Democrats ruined that state

It’s been a solid red state for a few cycles, I’m not seeing any improvements…

+1.
Opioids ruined WV, not democrats.

[Anonymous]

"North Potomac" isn't even DMV. Darn hillbillies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“The DMV” is part of black vernacular.

WV is literally one of the whitest states in the country.

So no, not part of the DMV. No soul.

When was this coined? DC Native and did not ever hear until maybe 5-10 years ago. I am in my 40s.

I am from actual DC, so I didn't really even know the difference between MD and VA until I went to UVa.

Sorry not sorry.

Agree. And my family has been here long enough that some still call DC “the District”.

People don’t call DC “the District” anymore??? Hmm. I hear it.

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For a long time DMV because the metropolis surrounding it has swelled to over 7 million. DC is the heart of DMV in my opinion but the legal and arms are important too!

If WV was part of DMV it would have to be changed to DMVWV.

Not just geographically but culturally and politically, WV really does not feel part of this metropolis.