Demographics of the DC/MD/VA area

[Vas Deferens]

The suckiest part of Northern VA has got to be the Tyson's Corner area. Man, the traffic there is just unbearable. Hope none of you live there?
 
 Montgomery County is the place to be  

[hijinksandsue]

I used to do the Gaithersburg-to-Tysons commute ... needless to say, I do not miss it at all ...
 
 I never appreciated working from home as much as the day of the first ice/snowstorm where all I had to do was look out the window, say "wow, it sucks out there" and turn on my laptop.

[eltee]

Traffic in VA sucks overall. My cousin came out for Easter and when I began discussing traffic,  he asked "Is it always like this here?" People are just getting crazier around here. Even after that aggressive driving story splashed all over the Post. Even years ago when my dad came out from DC he say VA traffic is the worst.

[alex]

I grew up in the Fredericksburg area and I think that the fact that it was overrun by annoying DC commuters who were moving there from places like Fairfax and Alexandria over the last decade or so turned me off to Nova completely.
 
 So I settled in College Park Maryland when I got a job up here last summer.  I try to avoid Nova as much as possible.

[Guiny]

So why are DC commuters annoying?  Because they want to live in the same place as you?

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by Buck Satan:
  So why are DC commuters annoying?  Because they want to live in the same place as you?

Yeah...those nappie-headed, jigaboo commuters!  :roll:

[alex]

There never used to be major traffic issues in Fredericksburg and the cost of living went way up to the point where it was no longer worth living there.
 
 Not to mention, I still think itâ??s silly for anyone to voluntarily move like 60 miles away from their work, knowing how bad traffic and the environmental aspects already are by doing it.  But whatever, they're free to do it.

[ggw]

I grew up in Northern Virginia and have lived in DC and Virginia.  I donâ??t hate Maryland, but (excluding shows at Merriweather or in Baltimore) I have probably gone into Maryland less than three times in the last five years.  There just isnâ??t anything to attract me there.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Maryland is good for O's games, Soundgarden cd store, cheap brews in Baltimore, and as passage to the Deleware beaches. That's about all I can think of.

[redsock]

I've only lived in the area for 12 years (5 with a car) and while I've never lived in MD, I've certainly spent a fair amount of time in Rockville, Chevy Chase, Bethesda etc. Much more of my life is in NOVA, or was cause my ex-girlfriend lived there, but i still don't have a problem driving to wherever, VA or MD. Am i the only one without road rage in this city?
 
 i grew up in RI, on the Massachusetts line, and we never had problems like this. Or traffic either i guess.

[Frank Gallagher]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  I grew up in Northern Virginia and have lived in DC and Virginia.  I donâ??t hate Maryland, but (excluding shows at Merriweather or in Baltimore) I have probably gone into Maryland less than three times in the last five years.  There just isnâ??t anything to attract me there.

I'm sure Maryland's feeling is mutual.  

[alex]

All I know is that I enjoy that there is less sprawl in Maryland than there is in Nova.  All of Nova just seems like one big unplanned clusterfuck of highways, parking lots and mini-malls, that never seems to end.
 
 But that's just my impression, having never lived there.

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

You've never been to my neighborhood, I guess.
 
 It actually sounds like Rockville that you are describing.
 
 

Originally posted by Brandon Brendall, the thief:
  All I know is that I enjoy that there is less sprawl in Maryland than there is in Nova.  All of Nova just seems like one big unplanned clusterfuck of highways, parking lots and mini-malls, that never seems to end.
 
 But that's just my impression, having never lived there.

[Frank Gallagher]

Did you know that on a typical Saturday there is more money spent on Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD than Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, CA?

[xneverwherex]

i wonder if this is similar to the northern californians who refuse to go down to LA or even consider moving there. In college (santa barbara) it seemed like northern californians (me included) had a lot of animosity to the southern californians (till i dated one). and given that LA was closer than SF i attended lots of concerts there.
 
 i swear its like 2 different states tho. and for the record id NEVER live in LA    
 
 as far as virginia/maryland. i lived in VA for 4 years (but considering im not a native) i never had a problem going to maryland. i went to the AFI a bit and if shows were in b'more would go up there. traffic was never a bother (its mostly still not - aside for the fact i no longer drive in nyc and everything annoys me) and it wasnt as bad as bay area traffic. housing prices were as ridiculous (ok SF is a lot worse). i never understood the whole thing, but then again im the person from cali saying id not live in LA.    
 
 I did meet plenty of guys who wouldnt consider even going out on a date because i lived in virginia. their loss