03-07-2004, 01:13 PM
I was born in Pakistan, but came to the US when I was 3 and have lived in Northern VA ever since. I've lived in Alexandria VA for the last 19 years I guess. I guess I'm about 5-10 miles from Washington DC. I don't live in the best part of town, but it's gotten better than it was when I was a kid.
There's actually lots of things to do up here if you want to waste time. We'd never think of hanging out at a Wal-Mart. We actually didn't even know what Wal-Mart was until like 5-10 years ago sicne that's when they built some up here. But they're still not all that close. We got a bunch of malls around here. I never knew this but we have the 10th largest amll in the nation, Tysons Corner. The reason I know this is because I saw it on the news the other day since they're building a new wing on to it and it will soon be the 6th largest mall in the nation.
No Nascar stuff or streets named after Nascar drivers or anything like that. That must bea southern thing because Nascar isn't very big up here at all.
Only problem up here is that cost of living has to be higher than it is for you guys in NC. Jobs, especailly IT jobs, have been kinda scarce up here as well since they've been laying people off the last few years. The real estate market is through the roof though and thats why I decided to try and become a real estate agent. Most houses have nearly doubled in value over the last 4-5 years. It's crazy.
Not sure what else to tell you guys. Weather changes with the seasons. so we get really cold in the winter and really hot in the summer. No tornadoes or hurricanes or anything like that to worry about up here though. what else sucks is the roads though. Since we do get snow and ice followed by nice weather at times, we have potholes all over the palce. that pisses me off. You always have to be on lookout for those in the winter months.
There's actually lots of things to do up here if you want to waste time. We'd never think of hanging out at a Wal-Mart. We actually didn't even know what Wal-Mart was until like 5-10 years ago sicne that's when they built some up here. But they're still not all that close. We got a bunch of malls around here. I never knew this but we have the 10th largest amll in the nation, Tysons Corner. The reason I know this is because I saw it on the news the other day since they're building a new wing on to it and it will soon be the 6th largest mall in the nation.
No Nascar stuff or streets named after Nascar drivers or anything like that. That must bea southern thing because Nascar isn't very big up here at all.
Only problem up here is that cost of living has to be higher than it is for you guys in NC. Jobs, especailly IT jobs, have been kinda scarce up here as well since they've been laying people off the last few years. The real estate market is through the roof though and thats why I decided to try and become a real estate agent. Most houses have nearly doubled in value over the last 4-5 years. It's crazy.
Not sure what else to tell you guys. Weather changes with the seasons. so we get really cold in the winter and really hot in the summer. No tornadoes or hurricanes or anything like that to worry about up here though. what else sucks is the roads though. Since we do get snow and ice followed by nice weather at times, we have potholes all over the palce. that pisses me off. You always have to be on lookout for those in the winter months.
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