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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They wanted to build Dulles airport in Burke because there was so much undeveloped land. Let that sink in for awhile. The residents banded together and opposed that.

[b]It was considered very modern and healthful to have classrooms without walls in the 70s. Eg orange hunt, lake Braddock. Literally as soon as they were built people realized this was stupid and impractical but it took many years to renovate.[/b]

There was no Fairfax county parkway until the 80s. Just a lot of 2 lane country roads. Plenty of farms and country folk who yes, had a very specific old nova accent and said things like “warshington”. But, there was a lot less traffic, too.

Fairfax county had a budget surplus in the 90s from all the construction so all these county programming was free. The county employees also voted themselves massive pensions and built a glass and marble monument to themselves in the form of the Fairfax county government center.

Children took a test in 2nd grade to track them as smart or stupid—the “smart ones” were segregated into GT classes away from their base schools. Not sure if that is still a thing.

George Mason was the school you went to “if you dont want to go to NOVA”.[/quote]

My middle school was that way! [/quote]

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