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[quote=Anonymous]The school system is a big part of the problem. Some of the best schools in the DMV are on the west side of the county and some of the worst schools in the DMV are in the east. Crime is high on the east and low in the west. The needs are very different between the two areas.

Potomac really screwed itself years ago when it fought the second bridge crossing. The west didn't want VA commuters diverting through MD to get into DC. It never occurred to them that a decade later they would all be traveling to VA to work. Today a family that is looking in the 1M+ range is more likely to have at least one spouse working in VA rather than two working in DC. Now there is no money for a second crossing and the east has no interest in improving anything for the west so the west is declining.

The east has a huge problem with poverty and with DC /VA becoming more expensive the poverty is getting pushed into SS/MoCo and PG county. Despite all the investment in infrastructure on the east, building the ICC, and reallocating more and more school dollars to the east its gotten worse not better over the years. 
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