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And its you peoples Tax Dollars that have been funding anti-Growth special interest groups to hijacked the Maryland Demorcat party to make sure that the Maryland Suburbs of DC won't ever attract Business and Economic Growth and Highway building on the same level as your Good Ol Boy region of Northern. A lot of people are growing hip to the under the table schemes that your side of the river have pulling on Maryland for the last 50-60 years.
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Originally Posted by YellowKing
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.
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.
But I see just as many VA plates in MD as anybody else, almost portraying the same demeanor of its MD neighbors as if its where they come to chill.
DC has a large influence on N. VA, which is pretty much just an extension of DC, and the surrounding MD counties. The cost of living is very high and some of the most affluent areas in the country can be found in Fairfax County and the surrounding areas. Once you get 50 miles or so south of DC, then VA begins to take on a very southern feel. The pace and cost of living drop quickly and you start to feel like you are in the south. So, I would say VA is more like NC, except for N. VA.
NOVA is definitely more like Maryland, politically and economically. The rest of the state is more like North Carolina, though, I would argue Southwestern VA is more like West Virginia then anything else.
NOVA is definitely more like Maryland, politically and economically. The rest of the state is more like North Carolina, though, I would argue Southwestern VA is more like West Virginia then anything else.
This is extremely accurate, and I imagine you can also find similarities between Southwestern VA and Kentucky and Tennessee. The Virginia heartland, areas such as Richmond, Charlottesville, Roanoke, Lynchburg, Farmville, Petersburg, and especially Danville and Martinsville are not too dissimilar from a lot of NC areas.
They're all distinct really. Virginia is much more Victorian and colonial.
North Carolina is where the dirt turns red and the people have a much
stronger accent. Maryland seems to be built more compact.
I don't see Richmond VA and even Norfolk VA being more similar to NC cities
Winston-Salem is like a mini-Richmond in a couple of respects (tobacco legacy, artsy vibe/arts schools, higher ed scene, historic industrial buildings, historic districts, etc.). Norfolk is similar to Fayetteville in terms of having a heavy military presence (although that's probably about where the similarities end), and the Tidewater culture extends to northeastern NC.
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