Anonymous wrote:But both school systems remain highly rated, correct?

Anonymous wrote:As a woman of color, the only place in the DMV I have felt the stings of discrimination has been in DC. Virginia has its issues but to claim DC doesn't have deep racial and gender issues is a fallacy. Ignorance must feel good.

Anonymous wrote:I wondered the same thing as the OP. When researching a potential move based on schools, N. Arlington PS came out on top. Montgomery County and Fairfax are resting on the laurels of previous success. Both MoCo and FFX have an influx of farms and immigrant students and a shrinking tax base. They have been reducing programs and expanding class sizes to an unacceptable level in Fairfax. Montgomery County has the poorly managed 2.0 roll-out and an incredible divide between wealthy and growing low income areas that creates problems.

Anonymous wrote: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.

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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.

Cry me a damn river. What a load of bull. The sky is not falling in NoVa or anywhere in town for that matter. We've long enjoyed a liberal existence in VA without any problems.

So you're straight, huh?

Anonymous wrote:One word - Richmond. Mandatory ultrasounds, laws that actually prohibit gay couples from giving each other power of attorney, terrible traffic due to Republican planning aversion, legislators who want to require women to report miscarriages to police, guns in Starbucks, shortest death penalty appeal process in the nation etc. I don't even shop in VA in order to avoid giving those misogynists a dime of tax money.

Anonymous wrote:I wondered the same thing as the OP. When researching a potential move based on schools, N. Arlington PS came out on top. Montgomery County and Fairfax are resting on the laurels of previous success. Both MoCo and FFX have an influx of farms and immigrant students and a shrinking tax base. They have been reducing programs and expanding class sizes to an unacceptable level in Fairfax. Montgomery County has the poorly managed 2.0 roll-out and an incredible divide between wealthy and growing low income areas that creates problems.