This particular post is somewhat of a cheers to John's post about the cultural approach with my own personal reflection of it pertaining to my life.
Aside from my first two years in Maryland, I have lived in various parts of Northern Virginia for the past 20 years of my life. As we all know, Northern Virginia has come to be one huge traffic jam all day every day, it seems. It is stressful and highly populated. It can take almost an hour to go 20 miles. It can be frustrating, and I know traffic in Hampton Roads is not the best either. BUT - I will go so far to say that I prefer NOVA/DC traffic to HRBT tunnel traffic any day, just because that place is home. It is all I have known, and I love every part of it. No matter how beautiful or different or calming someplace else can be, I have never connected with a place quite like Northern VA. I was literally the only person in my group of friends in high school who was sad to be leaving home for college. Everyone else went to Tech or UVA or someplace out of state, and while I am two hours from home, I still make it a point to go back whenever I have a free weekend. This place is who I have been for most of my life, and I cannot see myself feeling this exact way about any other culture or place.
Sitting in the comfort of my house right now, even if I am just here for the weekend, it is something I have been looking forward to.
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