How often do you cross over to NoVa? (Greenbelt, Goddard: 2015, living)

[bufflove]

The historic bits of NoVa are very cool. Towns and cities of varying sizes - Alexandria, Middleburg, Occoquan, etc. - are definitely worth a stop if not an overnight. Areas built up more recently? Meh. Why go to Arlington when we have Bethesda? Why go to Annandale when we have Rockville? Why go to Tysons when we have...jk, we don't have anything close to the clusterfudge that is Tysons, thankfully.

[skeddy]

I remember pre-Woodrow Wilson Bridge, pre-beltway days, pre-Dulles, pre-Reston, you drove through DC to get to Maryland. Tysons Corner was a single stop light intersecting Rt 123 and the next traffic light was in Leesburg; Route 7 was a two lane road. I bailed about 10 years ago. It all got to be too much.

[Turnerbro]

Originally Posted by North Beach Person

What? Bad traffic and pretentiously obnoxious people? I worked with enough people from NoVA (and enough from Montgomery County have moved down here) to know exactly what I don't miss.

I’ll give you those first two. But you seriously missing out on food, culture, entertainment and scenery.

[Turnerbro]

Originally Posted by skeddy

I remember pre-Woodrow Wilson Bridge, pre-beltway days, pre-Dulles, pre-Reston, you drove through DC to get to Maryland. Tysons Corner was a single stop light intersecting Rt 123 and the next traffic light was in Leesburg; Route 7 was a two lane road. I bailed about 10 years ago. It all got to be too much.

That hasn’t been the case since the late 60’s

[Turnerbro]

Originally Posted by bufflove

The historic bits of NoVa are very cool. Towns and cities of varying sizes - Alexandria, Middleburg, Occoquan, etc. - are definitely worth a stop if not an overnight. Areas built up more recently? Meh. Why go to Arlington when we have Bethesda? Why go to Annandale when we have Rockville? Why go to Tysons when we have...jk, we don't have anything close to the clusterfudge that is Tysons, thankfully.

Arundel Mills isn’t too far off. Columbia town Center and Rio Lakefront in Gaithersburg are getting there as well.

[slowlane3]

Originally Posted by Flamingo13

Based on the plates I see here - either there are a ton of MD and DC drivers in NoVa daily or they've never changed their registrations.

That because P.G. County and Southern MD counties have relatively few quality jobs, so huge numbers of their residents have to commute ungodly distances daily to NoVA to work, which has horrible environmental consequences, as well as reducing the quality time commuters have left to spend with their families.

P.G. County has basically only the SAME few major employers (Federal agencies) today, that were already there 70 years ago when I was born --while its population has increased by 400 % over that period. (And I doubt it will be picked for the new FBI headquarters). National Harbor jobs I would assume are low-paying.

[Veritas Vincit]

Originally Posted by Flamingo13

Based on the plates I see here - either there are a ton of MD and DC drivers in NoVa daily or they've never changed their registrations.

I always assume the majority of those are Uber and delivery drivers. It's almost a cliche to see a mid-sized sedan with Maryland or DC plates speeding through little side streets as suggested by their GPS to save 30 seconds.

[BigCityDreamer]

I usually go to Dulles or Reagan National when flying out or picking up someone at the airport.

BWI has Spirit though.

[Turnerbro]

Originally Posted by slowlane3

That because P.G. County and Southern MD counties have relatively few quality jobs, so huge numbers of their residents have to commute ungodly distances daily to NoVA to work, which has horrible environmental consequences, as well as reducing the quality time commuters have left to spend with their families.

P.G. County has basically only the SAME few major employers (Federal agencies) today, that were already there 70 years ago when I was born --while its population has increased by 400 % over that period. (And I doubt it will be picked for the new FBI headquarters). National Harbor jobs I would assume are low-paying.

Greenbelt was on the verge of getting it pre Trump

[North Beach Person]

Originally Posted by Turnerbro

Greenbelt was on the verge of getting it pre Trump

No, it really wasn't. Lots of reasons but mostly because the employees living in Virginia wouldn't have accepted it.