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2 responses to “Graph of the Day: People Still Leaving Virginia”

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   Reed Fawell 3rd

   February 8, 2017

   This chart tells two trends although only one is fully acknowledged in article.

   Several years back I opined the Fairfax County was dying. These figures confirm that opinion, rending it current fact.

   Why?

   In a Nutshell, today a couple in their thirties with two kids will EACH spend up to 4.5 hours a day commuting between their home in Woodbridge Virginia to their job in Tysons Corner or thereabouts unless they pay up to $60 a day in tolls. This takes a horrible toll daily on parents and kids so they move out.

   Where do they Go?

   Note that suburban Maryland right across the Potomac river is thriving. Note also that smaller towns in the Carolinas that are well managed are exploding with growth. Note also that smaller towns not property managed are dying.

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      Reed Fawell 3rd

      February 8, 2017

      Note also how the chronic lifestyle and transport failures that have festered for so long in Fairfax County now infect and despoil the entire region of northern and central Virginia, all within commuter range of Fairfax and Washington DC.

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