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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s controversial for Moco folks for a few reasons:

1 Unwillingness to believe it was their political choice that caused the problem. They’ve been voting against business and for immigration for 4 decades and thought it was the right thing and didn’t think about the consequences.

2. Most people in the nice parts of Moco (lots of DCUM) could care less about the decline of the county or don’t even see it and have blinders on. They are keeping up just fine, and only get annoyed around school boundary debates.

3. Disdain for their nouveau riche NOVA neighbors distinct lack of taste. And here’s where I agree with them — all of the business development resulted in a gilded tacky dystopia that will age horribly. With that in mind, it’s hard to believe NOVA is ahead. [/quote]

I think you nailed it. MoCo posters — look, just accept the W that the nicer suburban parts of MoCo are leafier and nicer and more established feeling than McLean etc. That’s a W — however your county has dropped significantly in economic standing while theirs has increased.[/quote]

I don’t wish to accept that. I think the county’s leaders have made a big mistake by spending nearly all of their economic development money on handouts for landlords. If they had spent that money on attracting businesses they wouldn’t have to subsidize market rate apartment builders and would have more money to spend on subsidized housing for people who need it. [/quote]

I love how your answer to MoCo’s lack of business growth is spend money and subsidize the poor. This is why MoCo is declining — because the majority voters want higher taxes, and more spending.[/quote]

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