I too am originally from the "midwest"; specifically Mpls/St Paul.
DC is NOT Virginia.
Traffic throughout the Eastern parts of the Commonwealth sucks due to
years of neglect to transportation issues by a sorry sequence of
politicians in Richmond.
?City life? ?DC? ?Ruralsville?
If you can't find something to do beyond the end of the metroline then
you aren't looking or you are overly dependent on others to
provide "entertainment".
Some areas of VA ARE recession resistant but in todays climate
unemployment statewide is higher than in previous years. If an
individual doesn't possess unique, or high demand skills odds are
they'll be looking for a good while.

On 10/24/09, I moved from the midwest wrote:
> After living most of my life in the midwest, there was a lot of
> adjustment. The landscape is beautiful and the winters are pretty
> mild by comparison. The closer you are to DC the worse the traffic
> is and it is bad. If you like city life then you don't want to
> venture too far from DC because you are in ruralsville and there
> isn't much to do. The cost of living in the metro area is high,
> much like most major cities.
>
> The area is more recession resistant than other areas so there are
> jobs available in teaching, government and private industry

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