Anonymous
Post 04/14/2014 18:50     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
Anonymous wrote:"With a supermajority in both houses in Virginia...."

Just to be accurate, the super-majority is in the House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia is 40 seats evenly divided: 20 GOP and 20 Dem with the Dem Lieutenant Gov. casting tie votes, when necessary.


Thanks. I sit corrected.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2014 17:59     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
"With a supermajority in both houses in Virginia...."

Just to be accurate, the super-majority is in the House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia is 40 seats evenly divided: 20 GOP and 20 Dem with the Dem Lieutenant Gov. casting tie votes, when necessary.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2014 17:25     Subject: Re:Why wouldn't you move to va?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Same-sex couple, no legal protections for our family in VA (in particular no second-parent adoption).


Because I would never move to a state that doesn't treat my friends or family as equals (see PP). I actually think a bit less of people who live in VA.


Ahhh, that makes me a little sad. I live in Va in part because I can actually make a difference. My vote can actually change things. I guess all of the liberals in NoVa could just throw up our hands and move to DC or Md, but that would likely be very detrimental for everyone. So, I guess think less of me if you wish, but I am happy with my decision.


NP here. If you live in NoVa, then your vote has less impact than you think. Virginia has long been torn between the very liberal NoVa and the very conservative RoVa and unfortunately when it comes to state politics, RoVa has more sway than NoVa does. With a supermajority in both houses in Virginia, you'll continue to see rightward swaying legislation. Liberals need to move further out from DC and further South to have the type of impact that they want. As one half of a biracial couple, I frankly am uncomfortable in Virginia and have absolutely no faith that my rights, my wife's rights, the rights of my children and the rights of my same-gender friends are at all guaranteed and I do not wish to be a guinea pig for conservative doctrine.

I applaud those liberals who live there and try to make a difference, but I won't be one of them.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2014 17:09     Subject: Re:Why wouldn't you move to va?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Same-sex couple, no legal protections for our family in VA (in particular no second-parent adoption).


Because I would never move to a state that doesn't treat my friends or family as equals (see PP). I actually think a bit less of people who live in VA.


I call B.S. on this. No educated person would ever espouse such a belief. It's no different than saying, "I actually think a bit less of people who are Muslim."

Put another way, if you were interviewing for a job, would you really tell the interviewer that you judge the worth of people depending on which state they live in? If not, save us your faux tough talk.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2014 10:04     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
I can't drive in Virginia without getting lost, even with GPS. It doesn't happen anywhere else. I am so adverse to driving in Virginia that I will travel twice as far to some place in Maryland (if need be) than cross into the Commonwealth.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2014 09:51     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
After growing up in a blue city in a blue state, and living in DC for 7 years, I have to say I'm loving living in a blue part of a swing state where my vote actually counts.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2014 09:44     Subject: Re:Why wouldn't you move to va?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Same-sex couple, no legal protections for our family in VA (in particular no second-parent adoption).


Because I would never move to a state that doesn't treat my friends or family as equals (see PP). I actually think a bit less of people who live in VA.


Ahhh, that makes me a little sad. I live in Va in part because I can actually make a difference. My vote can actually change things. I guess all of the liberals in NoVa could just throw up our hands and move to DC or Md, but that would likely be very detrimental for everyone. So, I guess think less of me if you wish, but I am happy with my decision.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2014 09:40     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We are planning to move to N Arlington if DC schools don't work out. Both for the vibe (bethesda too fancy for us), the commute, and the better state university system. Am I happy about living in the land of men in brown flip flops? No. But I will do it if I have to.[/quote

Each to there own, I'll take your school place then


Glad to see you are planning to go back to school...you seem like you need it.
Anonymous
Post 04/14/2014 08:49     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
Anonymous wrote:We are planning to move to N Arlington if DC schools don't work out. Both for the vibe (bethesda too fancy for us), the commute, and the better state university system. Am I happy about living in the land of men in brown flip flops? No. But I will do it if I have to.[/quote

Each to there own, I'll take your school place then
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2014 21:16     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
I lived in Alexandria and it just seemed like everything was more of an effort. Driving on streets named after Confederate Generals just wigged me out even if the locals were solid blue. Everytime I have to go there not on a a Sunday morning at 7:00 am is just painful in terms of traffic. I have friends kids at well regarded FFX schools and they are trying to figure out how to move their kids into private if they don't get into TJ.

I know my NoVa friends have similar lists about DC, we can't all live in the same place, so it works well we like to live in different places.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2014 20:42     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
I'm just a Yankee at heart.
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2014 20:31     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Because there are negatives with VA schools, too, particularly with Alexandria City and Fairfax County.


What's wrong with FFX county schools?


Fcps schools are way less disfunctional. The lowest performing fcps elementary would likely be in high demand in dcps
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2014 20:27     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
But you'll come for employment haha
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2014 20:26     Subject: Why wouldn't you move to va?
But you'll cone for employment haha
Anonymous
Post 04/13/2014 20:21     Subject: Re:Why wouldn't you move to va?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Same-sex couple, no legal protections for our family in VA (in particular no second-parent adoption).


Because I would never move to a state that doesn't treat my friends or family as equals (see PP). I actually think a bit less of people who live in VA.


I live in DC and don't desire suburban living of any variety, but I have heard this before, in bold, and I think it is weird. I know a lot of progressive people in NoVa. There are a lot of good reasons to live there, not just the schools, which are generally very good. Look at the Obama vote count, by county, for both of his elections. Arlington isn't even purple - it's blue.

Of course PPs are correct to say Arlington is bound by Richmond's laws and I've spoken with gay people who refuse to live there for very practical reasons, like, a desire to receive survivor's pension ! But given how messed up DC can be on schools and other issues, and given the relatively poor commute from many parts of MoCo, I definitely understand why people would move to NoVa, and I don't think anything less of them.