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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former nothern NJ resident here. I wanted to love NOVA when we moved here -- the lure of lower taxes and good public colleges were two reasons. [b]Alas, most of NOVA is just really ugly. It's as if the town and county planners didn't even consider smart growth or aesthetics at all. MOCO is only marginally better, TBH, but it's a step closer to looking like someone actually cared[/b].[/quote]

So damn true. [/quote]

I really think NoVa just might be the ugliest suburban area in the United States.  At least of what I've seen.[/quote] Go to many parts of LI or Northern NJ and then get back to me...

-Signed a former LI'er[/quote]

I've seen plenty of them.  NoVa takes the cake.  [/quote]

I don't see any criticism of NoVa as anything other than resentment of its position regionally.  The greatest concentration of wealth in the region is in NoVa, NoVa has the most good public schools, and NoVa has the best shopping.

I know that doesn't sit well with people who wish DC was more like NYC or are saddened by the decline of Montgomery County, but it's just the way it is. [/quote]

More wishful thinking.  We've been over the numbers time and time again.  At this point, Nova cannot compete with Montgomery County, nor with Northwest DC.

I get that NoVa resents being the butt of the joke on DCUM, or being bashed in terms of appearance- which I agree is unnecessary and rude.  However, NoVa does not help things when it makes claims to grandiosity which are easy to contradict with cold hard data.[/quote]
Your "cold hard data" consists of a few factoids that don't change the basic conclusions and only underscore the resentment felt towards NoVa.  It's OK, we understand.  We'd be crabby too if our best days were all behind us.[/quote]

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