Anonymous
11/28/2025 09:27
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
I've always considered the DMV to be D.C. and bordering surroundings counties...Montgomery, Prince George's, Arlington, Falls Church, Alexandria...maybe Fairfax. That's it.
Anonymous
11/27/2025 21:57
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:Yes, WV is most certainly part of the DC metro area!!!
Just like Germantown is part of Muy Norte Potomac and Aspen Hill is part of North East Bethesda.
Ignore the haters, op. You are correct.
I lived in North Bethesda and North Potomac before people said those phrases with a straight face.
Just wait a few more generations...
Also, LMAO at Muy Norte Potomac!
Anonymous
11/27/2025 21:52
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
Honestly, I get why people say that about Jefferson County, but I think it really depends on what you’re comparing. Some areas in WV feel pretty similar, but the school options can vary a bit. I’ve been trying to understand the differences myself, especially when looking into good schools for my kid. I came across a list of the best elementary schools in West Virginia that helped me get a clearer picture: https://moonpreneur.com/school/e/wv/.
But I’d still love to hear from people who actually live in Jefferson—does it really feel that different from the rest of WV?”
But I’d still love to hear from people who actually live in Jefferson—does it really feel that different from the rest of WV?”
Anonymous
09/27/2023 12:56
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:West Virginia is a mess, Democrats ruined that state
Ruined? When was it ever good?
Wow. So ignorant.
Was once very prosperous.
so WVA enjoyed one decade - the 1970s - of prosperous times yet it wasn't able to absorb the hit when energy prices bottomed out in the 1980s. and the leaders, even today, have not really pivoted from coal, as they're still hoping for a return to that bygone era. with that 10 year run of "wealth creation", what did the state do?
and yet today it ranks somewhere in or near the bottom 5 of all states for nearly all socio-economic indicators. and it's the 6th least environmentally friendly state in the country. talk about ignorant.
When will the be coal wealth return?
Native WV person here. These tales are all so uninformed.
WV was surveyed by George Washington. A lovely area, but not conducive to farmland because it was once a plateau, with deep river valleys worn over millions of years. The flat parts are the tops of the mountains. The New River is one of the oldest rivers in the world.
First it was attempted farming, then logging old growth. Then coal was discovered and the mineral rights were sold pennies to the dollar, because landowners had no idea.
We are a hardscrabble people. The idea that there are “leaders” is absurd. The issue for the state is that it has mostly been bought and owned by rich barons of many industries, and shysters, and corruption. There is a reason Rockefeller and Byrd were key names. The rest of us are small landowners raking a living from the ground, or under the earth, ir at Walmart if we are respectable. The rest are disaffected, with addiction and other issues.
No one trusts the government. Why would you?
Thanks. I appreciate your response.
Do you, or anyone, follow the documentary series “Soft White Underbelly” on YouTube?
The subjects are varied, but they include works on a family in Odd, West Virginia.
I'm not the pp you quoted.
Do you think that family is representative of WV?
My husband and I started to watch it, but to be honest it's pretty gross. Voyeuristic. Poverty porn. Whatever the "mental disability" version of "poverty porn" is.
We turned it off.
Anonymous
09/27/2023 12:45
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:West Virginia is a mess, Democrats ruined that state
Ruined? When was it ever good?
Wow. So ignorant.
Was once very prosperous.
so WVA enjoyed one decade - the 1970s - of prosperous times yet it wasn't able to absorb the hit when energy prices bottomed out in the 1980s. and the leaders, even today, have not really pivoted from coal, as they're still hoping for a return to that bygone era. with that 10 year run of "wealth creation", what did the state do?
and yet today it ranks somewhere in or near the bottom 5 of all states for nearly all socio-economic indicators. and it's the 6th least environmentally friendly state in the country. talk about ignorant.
When will the be coal wealth return?
Native WV person here. These tales are all so uninformed.
WV was surveyed by George Washington. A lovely area, but not conducive to farmland because it was once a plateau, with deep river valleys worn over millions of years. The flat parts are the tops of the mountains. The New River is one of the oldest rivers in the world.
First it was attempted farming, then logging old growth. Then coal was discovered and the mineral rights were sold pennies to the dollar, because landowners had no idea.
We are a hardscrabble people. The idea that there are “leaders” is absurd. The issue for the state is that it has mostly been bought and owned by rich barons of many industries, and shysters, and corruption. There is a reason Rockefeller and Byrd were key names. The rest of us are small landowners raking a living from the ground, or under the earth, ir at Walmart if we are respectable. The rest are disaffected, with addiction and other issues.
No one trusts the government. Why would you?
Thanks. I appreciate your response.
Do you, or anyone, follow the documentary series “Soft White Underbelly” on YouTube?
The subjects are varied, but they include works on a family in Odd, West Virginia.
Anonymous
09/27/2023 11:25
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
The DMV was popularized by white suburbanites in the 2010s. I know there is one person insisting it's from the 90s. It was meant to make the suburbs relevant. (They are not).
I agree with everyone saying it was always "the district" or "DC."
The new transplants also say "the city" which makes my skin crawl.
I agree with everyone saying it was always "the district" or "DC."
The new transplants also say "the city" which makes my skin crawl.
Anonymous
09/27/2023 11:12
Subject: Re:Is West Virginia in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“The DMV” is part of black vernacular.
WV is literally one of the whitest states in the country.
So no, not part of the DMV. No soul.
When was this coined? DC Native and did not ever hear until maybe 5-10 years ago. I am in my 40s.
I am from actual DC, so I didn't really even know the difference between MD and VA until I went to UVa.
Sorry not sorry.
Agree. And my family has been here long enough that some still call DC “the District”.
People don’t call DC “the District” anymore??? Hmm. I hear it.
Really? I’m a Black 3rd generation DC Native. My parents’ generation usually said “the District “, while younger people (who are now kinda old too) usually said and say DC. I first heard DMV from white people who lived in Virginia, and transplants, starting around the Obama years
Yep. It's definitely a "newer" term.
Agree that its a newer term in relation to the history of the region, but it originated 25 years ago. Before social media and smart phones, it was popularized by black radio personalities. So it's not a super recent phenomenon.
And it never included West Virginia. It was really just describing the District + the adjacent counties. As far as I know, the term "DMV" isn't really used by the Baltimore natives.
Anonymous
09/27/2023 09:42
Subject: Re:Is West Virginia in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:“The DMV” is part of black vernacular.
WV is literally one of the whitest states in the country.
So no, not part of the DMV. No soul.
When was this coined? DC Native and did not ever hear until maybe 5-10 years ago. I am in my 40s.
I am from actual DC, so I didn't really even know the difference between MD and VA until I went to UVa.
Sorry not sorry.
Agree. And my family has been here long enough that some still call DC “the District”.
People don’t call DC “the District” anymore??? Hmm. I hear it.
Really? I’m a Black 3rd generation DC Native. My parents’ generation usually said “the District “, while younger people (who are now kinda old too) usually said and say DC. I first heard DMV from white people who lived in Virginia, and transplants, starting around the Obama years
Yep. It's definitely a "newer" term.
Anonymous
09/27/2023 09:41
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:Jefferson County, maybe.
But I’m from southern WV, and Md is NOT Appalachia. The Appalachian Mountains go up all the way to Newfoundland, surely we aren’t including that as Appalachia? The mountain range and the cultural region are not the same.
You haven’t been to western Maryland then, such as Cumberland. It’s indistinguishable from West Virginia. Including the ghosts of the Industrial Revolution and the broken American dreams that permeate the entire place.
Anonymous
09/27/2023 09:39
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:West Virginia is a mess, Democrats ruined that state
It’s been a solid red state for a few cycles, I’m not seeing any improvements…
+1.
Opioids ruined WV, not democrats.
Opioids, democrats, republicans, mining, terrain, modernity, mental health, China, global trade all ruined WV
Anonymous
09/27/2023 09:32
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:West Virginia is a mess, Democrats ruined that state
Ruined? When was it ever good?
Wow. So ignorant.
Was once very prosperous.
so WVA enjoyed one decade - the 1970s - of prosperous times yet it wasn't able to absorb the hit when energy prices bottomed out in the 1980s. and the leaders, even today, have not really pivoted from coal, as they're still hoping for a return to that bygone era. with that 10 year run of "wealth creation", what did the state do?
and yet today it ranks somewhere in or near the bottom 5 of all states for nearly all socio-economic indicators. and it's the 6th least environmentally friendly state in the country. talk about ignorant.
When will the be coal wealth return?
Native WV person here. These tales are all so uninformed.
WV was surveyed by George Washington. A lovely area, but not conducive to farmland because it was once a plateau, with deep river valleys worn over millions of years. The flat parts are the tops of the mountains. The New River is one of the oldest rivers in the world.
First it was attempted farming, then logging old growth. Then coal was discovered and the mineral rights were sold pennies to the dollar, because landowners had no idea.
We are a hardscrabble people. The idea that there are “leaders” is absurd. The issue for the state is that it has mostly been bought and owned by rich barons of many industries, and shysters, and corruption. There is a reason Rockefeller and Byrd were key names. The rest of us are small landowners raking a living from the ground, or under the earth, ir at Walmart if we are respectable. The rest are disaffected, with addiction and other issues.
No one trusts the government. Why would you?
To adapt a reference from science fiction, West Virginians are the Belters from the Expanse.
Anonymous
09/27/2023 09:29
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
7 pages of answers when there is an objectively accurate answer that all but like 3 commenters refuse to acknowledge.
Jefferson county is part of the DC Metro area per the authoritative agency tasked with developing these boundaries.
The DMV is a pretend thing developed by morning DJs on WPGC. It mostly originated as an area that didn’t extend much past the beltway.
Jefferson county is part of the DC Metro area per the authoritative agency tasked with developing these boundaries.
The DMV is a pretend thing developed by morning DJs on WPGC. It mostly originated as an area that didn’t extend much past the beltway.
Anonymous
09/26/2023 23:40
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:Honest question, I feel like with the expansion of the DC area, the Metro going to Ashburn and the MARC having service out to Martinsburg a case could be made its apart of the area.
No! The dmv is northern VA, not far outside the beltway Maryland inside the beltway maryland and DC.
Anonymous
09/26/2023 21:42
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:West Virginia is a mess, Democrats ruined that state
Ruined? When was it ever good?
Wow. So ignorant.
Was once very prosperous.
so WVA enjoyed one decade - the 1970s - of prosperous times yet it wasn't able to absorb the hit when energy prices bottomed out in the 1980s. and the leaders, even today, have not really pivoted from coal, as they're still hoping for a return to that bygone era. with that 10 year run of "wealth creation", what did the state do?
and yet today it ranks somewhere in or near the bottom 5 of all states for nearly all socio-economic indicators. and it's the 6th least environmentally friendly state in the country. talk about ignorant.
When will the be coal wealth return?
Native WV person here. These tales are all so uninformed.
WV was surveyed by George Washington. A lovely area, but not conducive to farmland because it was once a plateau, with deep river valleys worn over millions of years. The flat parts are the tops of the mountains. The New River is one of the oldest rivers in the world.
First it was attempted farming, then logging old growth. Then coal was discovered and the mineral rights were sold pennies to the dollar, because landowners had no idea.
We are a hardscrabble people. The idea that there are “leaders” is absurd. The issue for the state is that it has mostly been bought and owned by rich barons of many industries, and shysters, and corruption. There is a reason Rockefeller and Byrd were key names. The rest of us are small landowners raking a living from the ground, or under the earth, ir at Walmart if we are respectable. The rest are disaffected, with addiction and other issues.
No one trusts the government. Why would you?
Anonymous
09/26/2023 21:23
Subject: Is West Virginia in the DMV
Nope, what a dumb question.