Spent a decade in Northern Va (NoVa) 85 - 96 and all I can say is that it was experiencing the greatest development/construction build out in the Country during the period when the Fed Govmint began to migrate from D.C. to NoVa. There was a crazy WaPo article earlier which had printed a blast radius/survivability map, and CoG (continuity of govmint) plan to begin to move a NatSec priority-driven schedule of govmint agencies outside this radius. While most development headed south to NoVa, the relatively isolated no such agency stayed at Ft. Meade, Md and began a build out of its own. Worked in the construction-legal niche industry while we called "recession proof" as the govmint was ALWAYS spending beau coup money in the area. When I go back to NoVa now, it is nearly unrecognizable due to the never-ending growth.
While much of the growth was spurred by the always sky-rocketing housing market and associated retail matching the consistently steep growth of the Fed govmint since the early 70s, the "Belt-Way Bandits" of the MIC military-industrial complex along with the shadow govmint bevy of "Think Tanks" were part of this move as well. BTW, any discussion of these Think Tanks on this board seems like
"The Empty Chair"
missing from the GA, as it is the worst kept secret
that these red-headed bastards (sorry to my beloved ginger mounded one and all the other RHs who have graced our breads these last two years)…that these red-headed step-children are the dangerous parasites of our Constitutional Republic's Shadow Govmit wherein the mover and shakers of the Deep State have hatched and issued their diabolical and unconstitutional plans of action.
Surely the White Hats know this and have closely monitored their comms and graphed out (((their))) rat lines but they seem to have been purposely left out of this 2-year unfolding of the GA. A very good visual example of this was that wonderfully choreographed (for our/the World's benefit) political drama of Poppy's funeral. All of the main actors gave great performances except for the one and major perp, who like all good perps, knew where the cctv cameras were located and kept his hoodie up and face down: "Snarling" Dick Cheney.
Are he and the other Shadow Govmit neocon slugs being saved for last? Are (((their))) cages being left un-rattled for some reason? I think so anons. And so ends my long-winded and convoluted reply to anon's question about the Commonwealth of Virginia.
P.S. NoVa's public areas, sidewalks, etc. (plantations) are kept impeccably manicured by a massive army of hard-working Mexican Latin/South American workers who also seem to make up the entire construction and general labor force. Contrast this with D.C. which is strictly maintained by the govmint's Afro-American labor, maintenance and LEO workforce.