Is anyone happy living in NOVA? (Richmond, Charlottesville: house, college, cost of living)

[blueva]

Originally Posted by stacylee926

Northern VA is the NORTH. You can rarely find Sweet Tea at restaurants.

Go South of Richmond, and you have all the Sweet Tea you can drink.

Last time I checked NOVA was below the Mason Dixon line. And I live in Richmond and we have plenty of sweet tea here

You can get sweet tea in NOVA- just not as much. Try ordering a sweet tea in Saratoga, NY. They will look at you funny.

[blueva]

Originally Posted by stockdale.35

It really depends where you go in NoVa to find sweet tea, just doubt that many people know of these places.
1.Rocklands BBQ
2.Sweet Water Tavern
3.The Cracker Barrel
4.Any BBQ in VA
5.The Polo Grill
6.Wawa Gas station(I know its odd)
7.Find the small places, especially outskirts of the beltway.

BTW, the metro area is a category of its self, NOT North not South, its mid atlantic. I have been to NJ NY PA MD and DC is nothing like them.

other than that like stacy said head to Richmond, all along the way you will find it. Bojangles, and other places like that start popping up. DC is not North its Mid atlantic, its nothing like MD PA NJ NY MA. Its its own category

I sooooo agree ! DC may not be the real South, buts its definitely not the Northeast! I grew up in the DC area and I consider myself Southern- well- my family is mostly from Richmond and points SOUTH

Anyways, even in the city of DC- I walk into a coffee shop- the girl at the counter smiles at me and asks me how Im doing. Try getting that in NY, Boston, or Philly?

Also we have much milder weather in DC. So yeah- Mid-Atlantic works fine for me. Really its the gateway to the South. When you hit Richmond- I always notice you see the signs for Durham-Atlanta- you know your'e truly in the SOUTH.

[Artsywoman]

Originally Posted by walkingnoelle

Sorry to break some people's bubble, but there is actual crime in northern Virginia. Plenty more in DC and Maryland, so if you are using them as the comparison, then yes, this is probably the safest part of the DC region.

Is this some kind of cult-brainwashing where people cannot acknowledge that crime exists here?

Wait until you get to Florida if you want real, gritty, dirty and bizarre crimes. D.C. has nothing on Florida and I am a native of D.C.

[Fern435]

Originally Posted by Artsywoman

Wait until you get to Florida if you want real, gritty, dirty and bizarre crimes. D.C. has nothing on Florida and I am a native of D.C.

True...that's why Carl Hiaasen has so many interesting ideas for his novels.

[car54]

Would someone please explain:

a. What is sweet tea?
b. Why is it mentioned so regularly....is it THAT good?
c. Would I like sweet tea? (hot and iced tea make me gag!)

[blueva]

Originally Posted by car54

Would someone please explain:

a. What is sweet tea?
b. Why is it mentioned so regularly....is it THAT good?
c. Would I like sweet tea? (hot and iced tea make me gag!)

Sweet tea is simply iced tea that has been sweetened during the brewing process. You never heard of it?

I think if you normally dont like tea of any kind- you would actually probably like sweet tea.

Sweet tea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[car54]

Originally Posted by blueva

Sweet tea is simply iced tea that has been sweetened during the brewing process. You never heard of it?

I think if you normally dont like tea of any kind- you would actually probably like sweet tea.

Sweet tea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thanks, blue, I'll have to try me some if I ever run acrossed it.

I just assumed if it had the word "tea" in it...I wouldn't like it.

I've tried to acquire a taste for regular tea....because the stuff is supposed to be good for you....has "oxidants" or some such in it.

[NOVA.123]

I grew up on sweet tea. I don't know a restaurant in town that doesn't ask you when you order whether you want sweetened or unsweetened tea. Even McDonald's carries sweet brewed tea.

Now, at my age, I order unsweetened and control myself. Car, Sweet Tea is regular brewed tea with lots of sugar added during brewing time.

[blueva]

Originally Posted by NOVA.123

I grew up on sweet tea. I don't know a restaurant in town that doesn't ask you when you order whether you want sweetened or unsweetened tea. Even McDonald's carries sweet brewed tea.

Now, at my age, I order unsweetened and control myself. Car, Sweet Tea is regular brewed tea with lots of sugar added during brewing time.

Which town do you live in? In Richmond you certainly can , but even when I was growing up in NOVA during the 80s and 90s it wasnt all that easy to get sweet tea.

[Flamingo13]

Originally Posted by car54

Would someone please explain:

a. What is sweet tea?
b. Why is it mentioned so regularly....is it THAT good?
c. Would I like sweet tea? (hot and iced tea make me gag!)

IMO (and you know what those are worth - it's WAY too sweet for my taste (unless you like your teeth to hurt).