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I used to live in Fairfax county. NOVA is not like the south, southern people just want it to be for some odd reason. LOL good old southerners.
To me, NOVA doesn't feel all that different from general America suburbia that you find in major metro areas, including the South. The northern Atlanta suburbs in particular are a good comparison.
Cary and North Raleigh do NOT feel like Fairfax. Come on, man, just the availability and access to living a 24 hour lifestyle, multiple public transit systems, these alone sepirate Nova from Cary and North Raleigh...
The Research Triangle is a lot like the DC area only without the dense urban core, which only contains a fraction of the region's population anyway. Most of the DC boosters don't even live in DC and would likely get lost if they had to drive anywhere not called Chinatown or U Street.
The real answer, imo, is that it's almost a perfect split between the two. The most obvious difference between DC and Raleigh is the urban core, which offers a more NYC-like lifestyle. The most obvious differences between NYC and DC are long-standing ethnic communities and much older, denser suburbs. The diversity in DC and Raleigh is "new" whereas NYC has large Jamaican, Puerto Rican, Jewish and Italian populations that have had decades to weave themselves into the cultural tapestry of the region.
To me, NOVA doesn't feel all that different from general America suburbia that you find in major metro areas, including the South. The northern Atlanta suburbs in particular are a good comparison.
Much of the Research Triangle suburbia (Cary, North Raleigh) applies, as well.
Washington is the resulting product of the equalized cross-pollination between Boston and Atlanta. Like the sort of place where Atlanta met Boston halfway with regard to most (but not all) things; urbanity, suburbia, form, various other stuff in my opinion.
This bozo @Bajan is always slick dissing. The same guy who once said Richmond has "only one block" of rowhomes...
As I am a DC booster, it's always been understood that I am from VIRGINIA. I don't know who you're talking about doesn't know their way around DC, as I have a sibling who grew up entirely in Northeast and growing up in the suburbs, I've been to The City more than a time or two...
A 24-hour lifestyle to you may not mean the same thing to me. I'm 26 years old. I stopped clubbing at 23-24, so that's unimportant to me. As long as I have numerous dining, fitness, and shopping options at any time of day, I feel like i have access to a 24 hour lifestyle. And Northern Virginia, by extension of The District, certainly offers 24-hour options in shopping, dining, and fitness. Bye, hater...
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