[firefoxman1]

I think some areas depend on city size. Moving from New Mexico to (southwest) Virginia I realized that small-town southern cities are extremely backward, especially with racism. However, head North to the northern 1/3 of VA and it's as diverse and accepting as any decent city.

[khuey]

The northern third of VA is basically the DC metro area.

[beachstartup]

northern virginia is a coastal 'elite' area DC metro.

definitely not 'flyover country' as the original post described.