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Most people from Virginia don't hate Maryland. It's only the people in Northern Virginia and DC that hate Maryland because they have to deal with the dregs of MD on a daily basis. When you see both 495 bridges completely crowded coming into VA every day with Marylanders (and empty going the opposite direction) who drive like punks, have hoopties that aren't inspected and half the time don't have working brake lights running around on 24 inch rims 40 miles deep into Virginia every day, it gets old. When you live in one of the closer communities like Alexandria and 80% of the violent crime is committed by people from Prince Georges, it gets old. When every shopping center is full of MD plates and loud, obnoxious people from MD that come to Virginia because stores closed up shop in MD due to the crime, it gets old. When there's a 24 screen imax theatre just across the bridge that has to keep active duty police there at all times because 90% of the patrons are from PG, it gets old.
Maryland has some wonderful places, like the inner harbor of Baltimore, Annapolis or even the north western suburbs, but the crappiest people and crappiest place happens to butt up against Virginia and it really makes Virginians who have to deal with their antics come to be bitter about them.
Lol as someone who lives in NoVA this is not true and not to mention it's super ignorant to stereotype all people from Maryland/PG.
Do you even live in the DC area? If you did you'd know that the DC suburbs in MD and VA are both equally affluent.
Pentagon City Row/Mall, Anywhere on Route 1 or Duke Street in Alexandria, AMC Hoffman movie theater and shops. It's obvious they're from MD because of the parking lots are completely full of MD plates.
No one goes to National Harbor to shop, unless you mean the outlet mall. The Harbor itself is full of crappy, overpriced chain restaurants and DC parking costs. I would venture a guess that most people's first visit to National Harbor is also their last.
That's one thing I can agree with you on regarding NH. Over than Tanger Outlets and the upcoming MGM Casino/Resort, the shopping scene at NH is really boring and lackluster. I find the boutiques across the river in Old Town more interesting IMO.
Pentagon City Row/Mall, Anywhere on Route 1 or Duke Street in Alexandria, AMC Hoffman movie theater and shops. It's obvious they're from MD because of the parking lots are completely full of MD plates.
No one goes to National Harbor to shop, unless you mean the outlet mall. The Harbor itself is full of crappy, overpriced chain restaurants and DC parking costs. I would venture a guess that most people's first visit to National Harbor is also their last.
Okay, I'll check out those places the next time I'm over that way. I usually see mostly Virginia license plates in NOVA and only a few Maryland plates here and there.
For the real cities category, what about Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, St. Louis, Oakland, St. Paul-Minneapolis, Buffalo, Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans? Where do you think Miami should be?
I think you're mostly right. I left out several simply because I couldn't think of them at the time.
Do you even live in the DC area? If you did you'd know that the DC suburbs in MD and VA are both equally affluent.
Northern Virginia is closer to being consistently affluent. Maryland has much starker contasts near Washington, D.C. Places like Bethesda, Chevy Chase and Potomac and very affluent - in the top 1%. Whereas places like Bladensburg, Capitol Heights and Oxon Hill have much lower median incomes.
These kinds of extreme contrasts don't really exist in Northern Virginia until you get considerably farther out. That's why they are less noticeable.
Virginia is not as run-down as busy DC and MD.
I mean VA puts in work but they keep things
more organized. Most of the roads stay repaired
unless you're in Richmond (I don't know why)
and they're not as windy as Md or diagonal and
awkward as DC.
This is how I see it. Don't get mad. VA is
still very strict and conservative tho, so
don't go there thinking you can just do
anything and get away with it. That will
not work lol.
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