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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would Ashland/Hanover be a good place to raise a family? Are there local amenities nearby, and does it feel suburban? [/quote]

It feels more rural/exurban with definitely some “country boy” thrown in. Lots of trucks, and not the $70k UMC dad type. I’m sure it’s a fine place to raise a family but whether or not it would suit you who knows. Would you be using public schools?[/quote]

It’s definitely not all “redneck country”. Some of their homes are pricey with decent schools.

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Where did I say that? I said SOME country boy, and I stand by that 100%. [/quote]

There’s some county people in almost every state and city lol you’re not saying anything special. [/quote]

Are you claiming that Ashland and Betheda both have "some country people" and therefore have the same vibe?

There are definitely lots of country people in Hanover and Ashland. [/quote][/quote]

You can’t compare Bethesda, a suburb located 5 minutes outside a city, and Ashland, which is located 45 minutes out from Richmond. Yes, Loudoun and Prince William both have some country people. [/quote]

But PP said “country people” are everywhere! So distance doesn’t matter! Of course PP’s comment was absurd and that was my point. My description of Ashland was accurate. It’s country. And having million dollar homes doesn’t negate that. [/quote]

What? I live in McLean and know of at least 5 families who most would consider “country”.

What’s your beef with country people anyway? They have skills that many city people do not have. As long as they’re nice people, why does it matter? Are you insinuating that country people are poor or uneducated? [/quote]

I had a country boy friend when I was younger, he was nice and kind and could fix anything  that broke in my house or on my car, I’d pay for parts but that was about it, which often wasn’t much because he knew how to go to the junk yard to find parts. Who knew about such things???

Anyway he was a real salt of the earth person, but every once in a while he would let the N bomb fly and it always took my breath away, and it was hard to describe but he’d use even that word in really creative ways, never towards a person, but more as an adjective to describe a thing.

He’d feel really bad afterwards, and strangely I’d feel bad for him too, because he was such a kind person, he was just country, and raised differently and didn’t have the education or reserve to keep some things to himself. We’d talk about how where he came from, rural Va., that kind of talk was normal, but that he wanted to be better, and I believed him.

Anyway we later parted ways when he married a low down country girl, who was full on Jerry Springer drama, she did a number on his head, stole his pickup truck and ran off with their brand new double wide, his best guitar and his best friend.

He started drinking too much Bud, and chewing to much chaw and lost his job. He became quite bitter and eventually he ended up reverting back to his roots. We lost touch.

It’s great to have a variety of friends from different kinds of background. I grew up in Nova in that sweet spot, 1970-80s and it used to be the kind of place where country mashed up against city, the son’s of farmers and mechanics went to school with the son’s of Senators and diplomats and that was a good thing.

Is this area racially diverse? Yes it is, but it’s also more socially segregated along race, political and economic lines and very Tribal and that’s not a good thing. It feels odd.

I wonder if Richmond is like Nova 30-40 yrs ago.[/quote]

Where in nova was this? [/quote]

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