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Anonymous wrote:Different poster here. VA certainly is deep south and scary (not in a good way, or to your benefit) way to some of us. You may be "proud" of it, but others might not be. Every one is different, thankfully.

I'm from Mississippi originally and I live in Prince William County. Virginia is NOT the Deep South. People from the Deep South don't even think North Carolina qualifies as the "real South". There are parts of Virginia (the southwestern corner particularly) that are pretty southern, but NoVa does not resemble the South in any meaningful way. Lee-Jackson Day and all that stuff are relics of a bygone Virginia. This is a different state now than it was even ten years ago -- just look at its role in presidential politics.

I am afraid of all of those places you mentioned, VA included.

That just makes you a pussy.

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I think its kind of an old DC thing. All the old partners at my firm live in MD, and the young ones in NOVA. I think NOVA used to be very much less desirable, and things have gotten a little more even recently. Wealthy DC commuters have generally gravitated to MD because the schools are better, homes bigger, no bridges. I have housesat for my partner several times in the Palisades however, and I find the traffic just as bad from there as it is from North Arlington. Taxes are also lower in VA. I think it depends who you ask -- the over 45 crowd, MD much better. The younger, under 35 -- its between DC and VA, and DC is obviously considered much cooler. But I still had to pay $700k plus for my wee home in NOVA, so, who knows... obviously some of us want to live there.

VA schools are superior than MD. There are a few good MD schools but the number of good ones in VA greatly greatly outnumber the good MD schools. You can also buy a bigger house in an equally desirable location for less money and taxes in VA (Bethesda vs Mclean).

You do understand the MD has had the best schools in the US for the last 4 years in a row right?

haha

notice that there are many more VA school's in the top 100 and NO maryland schools in the top 10

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/rankings

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/rankings

10:21 is the Fredo of this board.

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I think its kind of an old DC thing. All the old partners at my firm live in MD, and the young ones in NOVA. I think NOVA used to be very much less desirable, and things have gotten a little more even recently. Wealthy DC commuters have generally gravitated to MD because the schools are better, homes bigger, no bridges. I have housesat for my partner several times in the Palisades however, and I find the traffic just as bad from there as it is from North Arlington. Taxes are also lower in VA. I think it depends who you ask -- the over 45 crowd, MD much better. The younger, under 35 -- its between DC and VA, and DC is obviously considered much cooler. But I still had to pay $700k plus for my wee home in NOVA, so, who knows... obviously some of us want to live there.

VA schools are superior than MD. There are a few good MD schools but the number of good ones in VA greatly greatly outnumber the good MD schools. You can also buy a bigger house in an equally desirable location for less money and taxes in VA (Bethesda vs Mclean).

You do understand the MD has had the best schools in the US for the last 4 years in a row right?

That's way too subjective to take much credit for, and just to prove you wrong....

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/05/20/america-s-best-high-schools.html

Let me guess...you got your skooling at an MD institution.

And while I'm sure you're taking K-12, don't you be taking credit for USNA, that's a national asset, not really MD.

Go ahead, reply with your manufactured list created by Governor O'Malley....

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Anonymous wrote:Tysons is an absolute nightmare. I agree with the poster who said they refuse to shop there. Who designed the roads around tysons ?! Poor planning.

They are building the new city of our area in Tyson's. DC and the areas surrounding it will be the suburbs. SUCK it bitches.

You really think Tyson's is going to be the center of Greater Washington once it is completed? You are delusional.

YUP better get ready for it, you'll probably end up moving down there because high taxes are chasing away Maryland more affluent while the illegals suck up more services.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2012/10/22/d-c-now-a-suburb-of-fairfax-county-what-this-means-for-you/

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I think its kind of an old DC thing. All the old partners at my firm live in MD, and the young ones in NOVA. I think NOVA used to be very much less desirable, and things have gotten a little more even recently. Wealthy DC commuters have generally gravitated to MD because the schools are better, homes bigger, no bridges. I have housesat for my partner several times in the Palisades however, and I find the traffic just as bad from there as it is from North Arlington. Taxes are also lower in VA. I think it depends who you ask -- the over 45 crowd, MD much better. The younger, under 35 -- its between DC and VA, and DC is obviously considered much cooler. But I still had to pay $700k plus for my wee home in NOVA, so, who knows... obviously some of us want to live there.

VA schools are superior than MD. There are a few good MD schools but the number of good ones in VA greatly greatly outnumber the good MD schools. You can also buy a bigger house in an equally desirable location for less money and taxes in VA (Bethesda vs Mclean).

You do understand the MD has had the best schools in the US for the last 4 years in a row right?

haha

notice that there are many more VA school's in the top 100 and NO maryland schools in the top 10

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/virginia/rankings

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/rankings

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Anonymous wrote:it's all frame of reference. I'm from New England, and Central PA and below is the south to me.

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Just because something is geographically south of you does not mean it is "the south." In that case, is Mexico "the south"? How can you really think Pennsylvania is the South?

As a native of Pennsyltucky, I'll say it: Between Pittsburgh and Philly you'll find Alabama.

Hey Marylanders, how many wineries do you guys have? Crabs sure are yummy (unless they itch), but you can't beat VA's rolling hilltop wineries. BTW, VA has over 200 wineries, arguably top 5 in the country for wine behind the West coast and my beloved NY.

The beauty of LOUDOUN County.

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Anonymous wrote:MD is the liberal socialist state of the east (CA's sister). MD will keep raising taxes and inviting all the illegals in with free services. Good for VA!

Maryland is lost.

I know and they are still the richest state with the best schools in the country. Interesting how all of that liberalism works out for them!

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Anonymous wrote:Different poster here. VA certainly is deep south and scary (not in a good way, or to your benefit) way to some of us. You may be "proud" of it, but others might not be. Every one is different, thankfully.

I'm from Mississippi originally and I live in Prince William County. Virginia is NOT the Deep South. People from the Deep South don't even think North Carolina qualifies as the "real South". There are parts of Virginia (the southwestern corner particularly) that are pretty southern, but NoVa does not resemble the South in any meaningful way. Lee-Jackson Day and all that stuff are relics of a bygone Virginia. This is a different state now than it was even ten years ago -- just look at its role in presidential politics.

I am afraid of all of those places you mentioned, VA included.

I live in Arlington, and I don't recognize North Arlington from the way several Marylanders describe it. My husband's commute downtown is 15 minutes in the morning. My commute to my kids' NW school is 15-20 minutes depending on time of day. I don't think most people in DC and Maryland appreciate exactly how close North Arlington is to NW DC.

I don't have anything against Maryland, so I don't get the hate for Virginia. NoVa is not racist and backwards; you are confusing us with about the southern part of the Commonwealth. Nor are we Northern Virginians particularly conservative. Check the precinct results from the 2012 election. Obama won about 70% of the votes in Alexandria, Arlington and Falls Church. Heck, he even beat Romney by about 20 points in Fairfax and Prince William. NoVa is the reason that Obama carried Virginia.

Nor do I think Maryland' sprawl is any more beautiful than Virginia's. Strip malls are strip malls and highways are highways.

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Anonymous wrote:Op, I think its kind of an old DC thing. All the old partners at my firm live in MD, and the young ones in NOVA. I think NOVA used to be very much less desirable, and things have gotten a little more even recently. Wealthy DC commuters have generally gravitated to MD because the schools are better, homes bigger, no bridges. I have housesat for my partner several times in the Palisades however, and I find the traffic just as bad from there as it is from North Arlington. Taxes are also lower in VA. I think it depends who you ask -- the over 45 crowd, MD much better. The younger, under 35 -- its between DC and VA, and DC is obviously considered much cooler. But I still had to pay $700k plus for my wee home in NOVA, so, who knows... obviously some of us want to live there.

VA schools are superior than MD. There are a few good MD schools but the number of good ones in VA greatly greatly outnumber the good MD schools. You can also buy a bigger house in an equally desirable location for less money and taxes in VA (Bethesda vs Mclean).

You do understand the MD has had the best schools in the US for the last 4 years in a row right?

Anonymous wrote:Born and raised in DC. Now live in MD. Always found Virginia to be racist and way too conservative.

Born and raised in MD and always found VA to be racist and way too conservative!

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Anonymous wrote:Tysons is an absolute nightmare. I agree with the poster who said they refuse to shop there. Who designed the roads around tysons ?! Poor planning.

They are building the new city of our area in Tyson's. DC and the areas surrounding it will be the suburbs. SUCK it bitches.

Ha ha ha. Can I propose we use hat as the marketing slogan of your fine, new city?

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Anonymous wrote:Tysons is an absolute nightmare. I agree with the poster who said they refuse to shop there. Who designed the roads around tysons ?! Poor planning.

They are building the new city of our area in Tyson's. DC and the areas surrounding it will be the suburbs. SUCK it bitches.

You really think Tyson's is going to be the center of Greater Washington once it is completed? You are delusional.

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Anonymous wrote:To those of you who say Virginia is ugly: have you seen any of it outside of Fairfax/Arlington/Falls Church? This state is BEAUTIFUL! You get just 50 miles west of DC and it's rolling hills and farmland and mountains. It's really a gorgeous state.

True that. Still wouldn't live there.

I don't want to live anywhere if I have to drive FIFTY miles in order to see significant green space.

Cause there's a lot of that in DC.

Agreed. If that's the case, you probably don't want to live in a big city. And besides, with Rock Creek Park no one in this area has to go fifty miles to find significant green space.