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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fredericksburg. Halfway between DC and Richmond so you can easily make a (long) day trip out of it if you want to go to either place.[/quote]

Oh, no not Frednecksburg![/quote]

Agree, and no to Harrisonburg, also. Have lived in both.

Blacksburg is really remote for aging people.

Agree with Richmond posters, and would second the Charlottesville / Albemarle suggestion. If you live close to 29 it's pretty easy to get back into DC if needed. [/quote]

i loooooove Harrisonburg! So many artists and interesting people there, plus I personally would be so incredibly happy having such access to all that the shenandoah had to offer. I would absolutely love to movebin town there, i found the perfect home once, but DH wouldn't go for it and the schools blow.

We spend a significant time in H'burg as 2yrs ago my brother got a position at JMU.[/quote]

Harrisonburg is remote and oppressively conservative. When I was there just a few weeks ago, random strangers on the street started bitching to me about "JMU kids and Hispanics" ruining the town--same as when I went to school there in the 90s. Sure, there's artsy enclaves, but generally, no. It's  hard to get over e mountain in bad weather, and no big airport (SVRA is a joke). I'd live in Madison or Greene Co., though, with easy access to C'ville, NOVA, and Richmond. [/quote]

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