Reply #64: I love Northern Virginia [View All]

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I love getting up in the morning and having six Starbucks within a 3 mile radius. I love the sound of traffic as caffeinated commuters rush off to various high-tech or other service industry jobs to earn their six figure incomes. I love driving through my neighborhood seeing people who have lived her 10-12 years simply wave at me and knowing it will come to nothing more than that. I love being called "shit head" by my male friends, and "excuse me, you're in my way" by the female contingent. I love the camaraderie of massive multi player role playing gamers who spend good weather and bad ensconced indoors donning fake identities and making friends all over the internet. I love seeing this area grow notably more liberal by the year and knowing some day in my life it will be the equivalent of Marin County without the flair. I love the fact that just about everyone here under 25 is a reflexive liberal Democrat. I love living 20 miles from my nation's capital and I yearn for DC to incorporate us into their boundaries and make us a state called "Techtopia, Capitol of the United States." And, I love the fact that internet was developed, built, operated, and improved here.

Now, about those nice smells and friendly neighbors...they're around but just in different form.

I grew up in the West, lived in NYC, and had a hard time moving to Northern Virginia suburbia. However, with rapid economic growth and suburban sprawl, it's becoming more and more like LA...and I love LA!

I appreciated you post a great deal. I just offered this to show that sometimes the South isn't exactly what you expect. I also think the nasty Red State attacks are spurious. I railed against that for a while because the South is both your version and mine and both are commendable in their own right.