Anonymous wrote:I live in Maryland. There are some good and not so good things about our state. I think Virginia's great. Northern Virginia is not part of Virginia- and don't take my word for it, ask somebody from Roanoke, Danville, Richmond...etc. I don't think "Virginia sucks," but I am not a fan of NOVA.

Big fan of NOVA. You can have the rest of the commonwealth.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Virginia (not NoVA) and went to school in Virginia too. I now work in DC but live in NoVA. I will not raise children in Virginia.

Keep those low test scores out of va

Huh? Md is the richest , highest educated and highest scores state in the United States.

Really? wiki source doesn't say that


Rank County State Median Household Income
1 Loudoun County Virginia
$117,876
2 Fairfax County Virginia
$109,383
3 Howard County Maryland
$108,844
4 Hunterdon County New Jersey
$105,186

You don't know the difference between a state and a county? That proves the education stat.

http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/09/21/these-are-americas-richest-poorest-states

http://news.yahoo.com/the-most-educated-states-in-america-203333989.html

MD is the richest state and 3rd most educated behind Mass. And Colorado.

In the context of a DC area discussion, I think only NoVa is particularly relevant. Sure, Maryland may be more wealthy when you consider all of Virginia including the small towns out in the country. But I don't know why being more affluent than Danville or wherever is worth bragging about.

If you want an apples to apples comparison, you need to look at NoVa vs the Maryland burbs of DC.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Virginia (not NoVA) and went to school in Virginia too. I now work in DC but live in NoVA. I will not raise children in Virginia.

Keep those low test scores out of va

Huh? Md is the richest , highest educated and highest scores state in the United States.

Really? wiki source doesn't say that


Rank County State Median Household Income
1 Loudoun County Virginia
$117,876
2 Fairfax County Virginia
$109,383
3 Howard County Maryland
$108,844
4 Hunterdon County New Jersey
$105,186

You don't know the difference between a state and a county? That proves the education stat.

http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/09/21/these-are-americas-richest-poorest-states

http://news.yahoo.com/the-most-educated-states-in-america-203333989.html

MD is the richest state and 3rd most educated behind Mass. And Colorado.

Md loves refugees, immigrants and illegals. This skews the numbers down. They have some of the absolute wealthiest people in the DMV, but they also have tons of first generation with very low income.

Really? Try hanging out in Falls Church or parts of Alexandria. There are tons of illegals there.

Also, whomever said that Northern VA isn't of VA. Thanks for the laugh!

You can always tell who has lived in the DC area for a long time and who hasn't by some of the comparison posts.

Herndon/Sterling is ripe with them, complete with a gangland slaying of a 13 year old for not wanting to join.

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

Same here. I avoid VA as much as possible.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Virginia (not NoVA) and went to school in Virginia too. I now work in DC but live in NoVA. I will not raise children in Virginia.

Keep those low test scores out of va

Huh? Md is the richest , highest educated and highest scores state in the United States.

Really? wiki source doesn't say that


Rank County State Median Household Income
1 Loudoun County Virginia
$117,876
2 Fairfax County Virginia
$109,383
3 Howard County Maryland
$108,844
4 Hunterdon County New Jersey
$105,186

You don't know the difference between a state and a county? That proves the education stat.

http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/09/21/these-are-americas-richest-poorest-states

http://news.yahoo.com/the-most-educated-states-in-america-203333989.html

MD is the richest state and 3rd most educated behind Mass. And Colorado.

Md loves refugees, immigrants and illegals. This skews the numbers down. They have some of the absolute wealthiest people in the DMV, but they also have tons of first generation with very low income.

Really? Try hanging out in Falls Church or parts of Alexandria. There are tons of illegals there.

Also, whomever said that Northern VA isn't of VA. Thanks for the laugh!

You can always tell who has lived in the DC area for a long time and who hasn't by some of the comparison posts.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Virginia (not NoVA) and went to school in Virginia too. I now work in DC but live in NoVA. I will not raise children in Virginia.

Keep those low test scores out of va

Huh? Md is the richest , highest educated and highest scores state in the United States.

Really? wiki source doesn't say that


Rank County State Median Household Income
1 Loudoun County Virginia
$117,876
2 Fairfax County Virginia
$109,383
3 Howard County Maryland
$108,844
4 Hunterdon County New Jersey
$105,186

You don't know the difference between a state and a county? That proves the education stat.

http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/09/21/these-are-americas-richest-poorest-states

http://news.yahoo.com/the-most-educated-states-in-america-203333989.html

MD is the richest state and 3rd most educated behind Mass. And Colorado.

DP here. I know the difference between a county and a state. I also think county statistics are more closely related to quality of life.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Virginia (not NoVA) and went to school in Virginia too. I now work in DC but live in NoVA. I will not raise children in Virginia.

Keep those low test scores out of va

Huh? Md is the richest , highest educated and highest scores state in the United States.

Really? wiki source doesn't say that


Rank County State Median Household Income
1 Loudoun County Virginia
$117,876
2 Fairfax County Virginia
$109,383
3 Howard County Maryland
$108,844
4 Hunterdon County New Jersey
$105,186

You don't know the difference between a state and a county? That proves the education stat.

http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/09/21/these-are-americas-richest-poorest-states

http://news.yahoo.com/the-most-educated-states-in-america-203333989.html

MD is the richest state and 3rd most educated behind Mass. And Colorado.

Md loves refugees, immigrants and illegals. This scews the numbers down. They have some of the absolute wealthiest people in the DMV, but they also have tons of first generation with very low income.

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Virginia (not NoVA) and went to school in Virginia too. I now work in DC but live in NoVA. I will not raise children in Virginia.

Keep those low test scores out of va

Huh? Md is the richest , highest educated and highest scores state in the United States.

Really? wiki source doesn't say that


Rank County State Median Household Income
1 Loudoun County Virginia
$117,876
2 Fairfax County Virginia
$109,383
3 Howard County Maryland
$108,844
4 Hunterdon County New Jersey
$105,186

You don't know the difference between a state and a county? That proves the education stat.

http://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2015/09/21/these-are-americas-richest-poorest-states

http://news.yahoo.com/the-most-educated-states-in-america-203333989.html

MD is the richest state and 3rd most educated behind Mass. And Colorado.

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

You may be right

If MD isn't racist why did all the whites leave PG and why are most of them leaving Montgomery now?

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

You may be right

New York Times

Cities with the Most College-Educated Residents
Share of residents with college degrees in the 100 largest metro areas, based on data from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Related Article »
Share with college degree
Rank Metro area 2010 1970 Change
1 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 46.8% 22.1% +24.7%
2 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 45.3% 19.3% +26.1%
3 Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 44.0% 17.6% +26.4%
4 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 43.4% 16.8% +26.5%

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Anonymous wrote:I grew up in Virginia (not NoVA) and went to school in Virginia too. I now work in DC but live in NoVA. I will not raise children in Virginia.

Keep those low test scores out of va

Huh? Md is the richest , highest educated and highest scores state in the United States.

Really? wiki source doesn't say that


Rank County State Median Household Income
1 Loudoun County Virginia
$117,876
2 Fairfax County Virginia
$109,383
3 Howard County Maryland
$108,844
4 Hunterdon County New Jersey
$105,186

Anonymous wrote:I live in Maryland. There are some good and not so good things about our state. I think Virginia's great. Northern Virginia is not part of Virginia- and don't take my word for it, ask somebody from Roanoke, Danville, Richmond...etc. I don't think "Virginia sucks," but I am not a fan of NOVA.

How come? NoVa was great back in the 80s and early 90s

Delaware is NOT an extension of MD. That's not even historically accurate.

-signed former DE resident

It's the people, OP.