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Fool doesn't even realize that VA is a Commonwealth, not a state. You can keep LYNCHburg and HATEburg and KKKburg all to yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:No desire to love in a state that's politically in the dark ages.

Clueless much? For one, NoVa is decidedly blue, not red. With respect to schools however, I agree that VA isn't the Shangrila some are hoping for (including MoCo). Class size has swelled and in Fairfax, teacher salary has shrunk. We have a nationwide crisis with waiting for Superman. Not just in DC Proper.

NoVa is not a state, it's a dollop of blue in a sea of red.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm just a Yankee at heart.

Except both MD and VA are south of the Mason-Dixon line

These geographical formalities don't matter to the true Virginian--Marylanders are Yankees. Take it from this native Marylander who went to UVa and was repeatedly referred to as a Yankee.

And for all of you Arlingtonians who think that you're somehow immune to the shenanigans in Richmond, I'll be eager to hear from you when the dead-enders shut down the state government this summer so they don't have to expand Medicaid coverage. And, just so you know, there are plenty of folks in Northern Virginia--yes, even in Arlington--who are deeply affected by this inhumane refusal to provide health care coverage to more than 400,000 people.

Buncha wahoos

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Anonymous wrote:Because it has the best schools in the region, and I'd have much less to fret about here if we lived there.

For a mediocre student, but mine sure ain't mediocre.

Yeah, but their mom's an asshole, so there's that to contend with.

I'd prefer VA, due to taxes and the state university system, but I'd rather not spend the $$ to buy in Arlington, and I don't want to deal with the traffic of living elsewhere. I still may consider Falls Church.

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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 it's okay to live in Texas as long as you live in Austin? It doesn't matter what city you live in if your state govt that you pay your hefty car/property taxes to treats women and gays as 2nd class citizens.

Yes, of course it's "okay" to live anywhere in Texas. Most people choose where to live because of job opportunities, and then you advocate for the things you believe in wherever you live. It's frankly a pretty condescending viewpoint (not surprising on DCUM) to even assume that people have a lot of choice on this and can just relocate on a political whim.

If I believe marijuana should be legalized, does that mean that I have to live in Colorado or Washington? Why can't I live in one of the other states and sign petitions for its legalization, and support candidates who agree? Why is it different for gay rights or women or any other issue that is important to you?

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Anonymous wrote:Amazing....all I hear in this thread is ignorance and prejudice from a group of people claiming to be so enlightened and liberal. I don't think close-mindedness follows state borders, seems we can find plenty of it in DC and MD.

"Enlightened and liberal" does not mean we have to automatically approve of your state's shitty social and economic policies. We've seen the results and it's a bigoted, fascist disaster. VA is a good ol' white boy shithole with an overreaching government.

I like it here!

VA's traffic is far worse than DC's or MD's.

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Anonymous wrote:Amazing....all I hear in this thread is ignorance and prejudice from a group of people claiming to be so enlightened and liberal. I don't think close-mindedness follows state borders, seems we can find plenty of it in DC and MD.

"Enlightened and liberal" does not mean we have to automatically approve of your state's shitty social and economic policies. We've seen the results and it's a bigoted, fascist disaster. VA is a good ol' white boy shithole with an overreaching government.

You are missing the point. The point is that the average NoVa dweller probably has the same opinion about Richmond's policies as you do. But they are able to look past it because they are pragmatists and they realize that NoVa has a lot to offer and most of those policies, and the political culture behind them, don't affect them anyway. Same with a lot of people living in Austin, TX.

It is one thing to disagree with a state's politics, another to refuse to live there because of them (your choice) - but another entirely to judge people who choose to live in a state, as if they are somehow supporting those policies by living there. That's silly. That's stereotyping, like assuming that everyone in DC is black and democrat.

For what it's worth, I live in DC, and I think some of the policies and proposals in DC are really stupid (just look at what they are trying to do with public schools right now), and I think the govt suffers from corruption and incompetence, and as a result is possibly worse than the VA govt. But I still choose to live here for various reasons, and I try to change what I don't like at the ballot box.

Anonymous wrote:Amazing....all I hear in this thread is ignorance and prejudice from a group of people claiming to be so enlightened and liberal. I don't think close-mindedness follows state borders, seems we can find plenty of it in DC and MD.

"Enlightened and liberal" does not mean we have to automatically approve of your state's shitty social and economic policies. We've seen the results and it's a bigoted, fascist disaster. VA is a good ol' white boy shithole with an overreaching government.

+1 if people cannot understand that there is a range of beliefs and values in all states, their loss i guess

Amazing....all I hear in this thread is ignorance and prejudice from a group of people claiming to be so enlightened and liberal. I don't think close-mindedness follows state borders, seems we can find plenty of it in DC and MD.