What if during or following the Civil War, Virginia north of the Rappahannock and Rapidan Rivers had been carved off as a state of Northern Virginia, to be settled by Union veterans and Freedmen?
We might not have the mess we have now. Richmond treats Northern VA and the Hampton Roads area as its personal ATM, and we are sick and tired of it.
Many think the VA counties of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William plus the MD counties of Montgomery, Prince Georges and Anne Arundel need to succeed and form the State of Beltway...
Why would that be Scott's land? He was born in southern Virginia. (As a matter of fact, he was born in my home county).I hereby name this new state Scott'sland.
We might not have the mess we have now. Richmond treats Northern VA and the Hampton Roads area as its personal ATM, and we are sick and tired of it.
Many think the VA counties of Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William plus the MD counties of Montgomery, Prince Georges and Anne Arundel need to succeed and form the State of Beltway...
I live in Loudoun County and work in Fairfax County (and lived in Fairfax County before that); you're right when you say it's a big understatement.
You see roads down south being repaved that don't need it while roads in Northern VA are literally falling apart because Richmond takes our money and gives it to counties that don't provide their fair share of taxes...