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itscc2u · #8 (**permalink**) 02-26-2008, 08:57 PM

Let me add that today they announced that on Rte 95 they will be doing the widening between the Fairfax County PArkway and Woodbridge and shutting down the shoulder lane and possible lane closures starting in March during the day and this will last until 2011. Then of course there is still the Beltway (95/495) Construction at The New Woodrow Wilson Bridge at the VA/MD state line with interchange work still going on at the Rte 1 interchange in VA where I live and penidng work at the Telegraph Road interchange plus they are doing the same in MD to make way for the National Harbor or whatever that place is called where they just moved the Awakening statue too.

I was born here, I have lived here my whole live most of it in the same immediate area, I have lived in Prince William County and the other side of Fairfax County and I have watched this whole area build up to the point you cant breathe easily there are very few open spaces anymore few treed areas its bulidings all over , new houses they are killing our environment for that almighty dollar. The traffic is a nightmare and even with a great Public transporation infrastructure its not used like it should be because of the fact that our Metro/Bus system raised prices makes it harder for those who dont make much money to afford a car to even ride the bus to get to work and many are living paycheck to paycheck with the new rate increases. For many its cheaper to drive than take Metro into the City pretty sad estiamted costs for parking at Metro and Round Trip during Rush hour is now over $10 a day some places you can drive for less and pay no parking,

Also MD/DC areas are among one of the top areas for Foreclosures in the country they are up in some areas over 57%. Dare I say a lot of unfriendly people live here, I have seen a lot racism first handed with my nephews who are bi-racial when I have them I have been called nasty names when I am out with them alone without DH. This is NOT the friendly place I was born in and grew up in its plain nasty and others like REad52 can disagree but I am willing to bet if you polled 100 long-term residents of the area in MD/DC/VA more than 80% would talk about how unhappy they are here, its sad but the cost of living actually makes it impossible to try to move as all your take home pay goes to living expenses.

If I were to be told we were to transfer here I would change jobs.