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It's pretty patronizing, as a Virginian, to hear somebody say that Alexandria is an extension of DC. Alexandria far predates DC and there was strong opposition
by oinksoft 14y ago
It's pretty patronizing, as a Virginian, to hear somebody say that Alexandria is an extension of DC. Alexandria far predates DC and there was strong opposition to its integration (Arlington didn't exist at the time; the entirety of Arlington County was part of Alexandria).
Also, perhaps you find Arlington/Alexandria to be the only "tolerable" places in Northern Virginia because they are the only urban parts of this area. If you care about fishing more than clubbing, there are far more desirable places to be (not to say I don't do some great fishing here in Alexandria myself).
- amorphid 14y agoWell, you educated at least one person :) I will stop calling Alexandria DC. My dad lives there, but I tell myself he lives in DC and not NoVa.
- rayiner 14y agoI grew up in Vienna/Mclean, and honestly everyone I know from there says they grew up in D.C. They might admit they grew up in the "D.C. suburbs" if prodded. Regardless of the underlying political divisions, northern virginia is today merely a suburban outgrowth of D.C.
- oinksoft 14y agoNobody is denying that northern Virginia is part of the DC Metro area. That doesn't make it magically not Virginian any more than it makes Prince George's county, etc. not part of Maryland. Your friends would say they were from DC, or the DC area, because that is accurate. Also, DC being a notable city, this is more recognizable to folks not from around here. I say I'm from Virginia because that's accurate and just as recognizable. But some people like to say they're from a big city even if they grew up far outside of it ... to each their own. Growing up in DC is a decidedly different experience from growing up in any part of Virginia and I'd find it disingenuous to claim either inaccurately. You are confusing two different things.