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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's going to get worse. MoCo has more Feds who are likely to get cut--scientists, lawyers, regulators--than NoVa. Add this to the lack of private sector jobs in MoCo and you have a bad recipe. We're also facing down much higher assessments and higher income tax. I can't imagine that these apartments in Bethesda--like that new stick-frame monstrosity on OGR "The Cecil"--will be anywhere close to full. The cops also started hitting the f-it button after 2020--no traffic or petty crime enforcement. And, of course, County Council stays 100% Takoma Park DSA types. Pretty depressing.[/quote]

No, it will be worse for NoVA. Defense spending is by far much bigger than all of the other agencies that have been tackled so far. And Arlington/Fairfax have about 20% of residents who are federal employees, which is the same as MoCo. Plus, Nova has way more contractors. Nova has not diversified at all except for amazon, and it is about to suffer the consequences.[/quote]

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