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Originally Posted by kindlekitten
you haven't spent a great deal of time in Virginia have you?  |
Absolutely, half of my relatives live in Virginia, MD and NC. My parents are from the northern part of NC. Of my cousins that live there, two are dentists, 3 are doctors (2 of the doctors are also married to doctors), one is a commercial architect and the other is a nuclear propulsions engineer aka rocket scientist. Another friend of mine who lives there is a lawyer, and a dear friend of mine that grew up there but lives here is a real estate investor who does extremely well at a mere 28 years old, granted, he had family help, he grew up on 100 acres of land in the middle of Virginia.
The thing about Virginia is that most of the people that do well there do VERY well and live in close proximity to each other. The population that isn't so well off, are spread out mostly in the western part of the state. Are you thinking of W. Virgina perhaps? I'm thinking of areas surrounding Alexandria, Arlington Co. and similar. If you have ever driven through VA on 95 during rush hour, you become well aware of how well off it is. Unfortunately, every time I have driven through it from NJ, I seem to time it perfectly so that I hit rush hour and taken on an addition 2.5 hours. Seems like I just wouldn't learn.