WaPo article on NoVa vs DC and MD job markets
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Anonymous
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Despite the never-ending schoolyard barbs thrown back and forth across the Potomac Ocean, the reality that NoVa is growing faster than DC and MD is here, and that MD's slow job growth is going to hurt the state over the long-term.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/maryland-news/northern-virginias-economic-growth-risks-leaving-maryland-suburbs-behind/2020/01/04/9c6e7126-1cf5-11ea-b4c1-fd0d91b60d9e_story.html |
Anonymous
| Dems took over and this will slow here in NoVA. |
Anonymous
| Well Amazon is about to inject a large number of NOVA jobs and Loudoun is still the fastest growing county. |
Anonymous
| DC is fine according to the article. It’s Maryland alone that’s truly hurting. |
Anonymous
| The MoCo school busing initiative certainly won't help |
Anonymous
| This is why Maryland real estate is so comparatively cheap. MoCo and PG just can’t compete with what NoVa and DC have to offer. |
Anonymous
And Fairfax opted for a moderate Democrat (Jeff McKay) to replace the prior Democratic chair of the Board of Supervisors (Sharon Bulova), rather than one of the far-left candidates. |
Anonymous
Why would someone want to be in a quickly growing county? I live in Anne Arundel and this pace of growth is more than enough. |
Anonymous
| Some nova execs getting twitchy about the Democratic state assembly and senate. Time will tell. |
Anonymous
But opted for a far left prosecutor? |
Anonymous
Some houses in Bethesda haven’t appreciated much in ten years. |
Anonymous
Dems have been fully in control of Arlington for decades. Still not progressive control, though. Yet. |
Anonymous
Fairfax has one too. |
Anonymous
I don’t think so. The VA General Assembly is not as blue as some NoVa progressives think. |
Anonymous
“ In the first 10 months of 2019, Northern Virginia gained an average of 19,500 jobs from a year earlier, compared to 5,700 jobs in the District and just 200 in suburban Maryland, according to preliminary data from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.”
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