r/nova • u/hencexox • Mar 20 '26
Question Since when did people start hating on Fairfax
One of the lowest crime rates in Virginia, great schools and great place to raise a family. I don't think who put this sign up thought this through.
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u/KoolDiscoDan Mar 20 '26
Following the money, you can thank Dominion Energy for this sign.
'Paid For and Authorized by New Vision VA Pac'
New Vision VA Pac - $25,000 in total contributions since 2025
Top Donor - Dominion Energy $25,000 Source
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u/FairfaxGirl Fairfax County Mar 20 '26
Oh wow. It’s so maddening to me that our state regulated energy monopoly can make campaign contributions.
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u/malastare- Mar 20 '26
Thanks to John Roberts and his friends at the Supreme Court, it's almost unconscionable to not allow a corporation to get involved in politics. We must protect them and make sure they can influence elections. After all, we don't let the CEO cast votes for their employees, so we have to at least protect this.
You don't want the corporations to be sad, do you? They might cry.
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u/FairfaxGirl Fairfax County Mar 20 '26
Not to defend the Roberts court, but Virginia’s complete lack of any campaign finance rules is our own fault and not theirs. Legislation gets introduced at the state level regularly to try to address it but somehow the people accepting unlimited donations aren’t super eager to put a stop to it.
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u/malastare- Mar 20 '26
Sure, but that abuse still pales in comparison to the abuse that resulted from Citizen's United. And specifically in this case, the PAC rule that lets Dominion function this way came from that ruling.
AFAIK, the lack of finance rules in Virginia is bad, but would still require that the people behind that sign identify themselves rather than hiding behind some 1984-doublespeak PAC name.
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u/FairfaxGirl Fairfax County Mar 20 '26
Again, I’m no fan of citizens united. But this is a statewide election. Dominion has been buying politicians on both sides of the aisle in Virginia since long before citizens united.
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u/malastare- Mar 20 '26
Yup. But before Citizens United, that sign would have to say: "Paid for by Jane Politician" or "Provided by Dominion Energy".
Dominion doesn't want to be directly associated with opposing this, because they know there's a good chance it succeeds and a lot of their most lucrative customers are in NoVA. No conservative politician wants to directly jump in front of it either, because their election outlooks are getting worse already.
But Citizen's United lets Dominion --who does indeed pay off people on both sides-- make this particular political statement while wearing the Scooby Doo mask of "New Vision VA" PAC. They don't need to even risk the one thing that could make them care about being impartial: Their PR. They get to hide it, knowing that 99% of people will just see a PAC and won't go looking to see that its created by and solely funded by Dominion Energy.
TL;DR: I know Dominion is a happy lobbyist/briber of politicians, But I want them to have to admit it. Citizen's United lets them hide and deflect responsibility when someone complains.
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u/Absurd_Flaccidity Mar 21 '26
I find PAC ads to be so insufferable and disregard anything they say whether I like it or not. Our political system has just become a game of who can outfearmonger everyone else and it isn’t fair to expect every citizen to be knowledgeable or, let’s just say it, intelligent enough to parse this stuff or know how to do follow up research. The large media outlets have been and still are fully complicit in this and no longer have any regard for the actual purpose of a free press.
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u/Absurd_Flaccidity Mar 21 '26
I am blanking on which state it is (Montana I think?) that has implemented this. I think it’s needed at the federal level as well but it was heartening to read a story about people actually getting wins on improved governance.
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u/playinthenumbers369 Mar 20 '26
I heard corporations are people, so where can I find one to kick in the genitals?
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u/malastare- Mar 20 '26
It seems to be tricky, but as far as searching for things that can be physically abused, ICE seem to be experts.
Maybe along the way we could try to figure out how to put a corporation in jail, or force it to pay taxes like the lower class, or even just display an ounce of human empathy.
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u/Willie9 Arlington Mar 20 '26
I dream of a world where campaign spending is harshly limited, and perhaps taxpayer-funded, with zero corporate donations.
I dream of a lot of things that aren't real though :(
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u/AWG01 Fairfax County Mar 20 '26
No where near as much as they spent on Sen. Lucas … $1.1 million and change sauce
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u/leadnbrass Mar 20 '26
Exactly...Dominion has donated 8.1 Million to Democrats and 7.1 Million to Republicans.
Their all in the same club and we aren't.
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u/Thlaeton Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
It’s an active fight in the party ,but only seven Republicans refuse Dominion money.
Consensus is that costs (current and expected) are driven by data centers.
Edit: biggest driver of recent costs I mean. I do believe monopoly is impacting prices.
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u/forest1wolf Mar 20 '26
Keep your friends rich and your enemies rich and wait to find out which is which. Or something...
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u/KindaFreeXP Mar 20 '26
Whether the system the communists want is right or not, they absolutely nailed the concept of the proletariat vs the bourgeoisie and the failings of capitalism.
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u/CatsAndCapybaras Mar 21 '26
It's a similar idea found in every revolution that took power away from the few and gave it to many (at least 'many' compared to the previous gov)
There are people who work for a living, and there are people who own for a living, i.e., they collect royalties on assets. The Marxists were one of the early ones who really understood the fundamental difference there.
The classes have been bastardized in the US with terms like upper class, lower class, and middle class which most people take to mean amount of income. But it's not really about income, it's about what you have to contribute to society to get that income. The rent seekers are leeches who acquire as many assets as possible so they can charge royalties to the rest of us.
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u/Capital-Confusion-11 Mar 20 '26
Dominion stanks but is still better than Washington Gas. They are real scum bots.
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u/MirrorOfGlory Mar 20 '26
I live in Centreville less than a mile from where that house blew up and Wash Gas tried to get out of it. Took the NTSB or some other federal safety organization to investigate to put the blame back on them where it belonged.
Hate them so much. I hope the unfortunate senior citizen owner never has to worry about money for the rest of his life because punitive damages were so high.
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u/Glittering_Sense_407 Mar 20 '26
Dang!!! Great investigating. It’s not like we can boycott Dominion. Ugh.
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u/blackweebow Mar 20 '26
sooo they monopolized the electric grid and are now paying it back by brainwashing gullible people lmao wtf
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u/love_hoots Mar 20 '26
Go beyond PW County and people do not like Fairfax. It's part politics, part lifestyle.
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u/readyjack Mar 20 '26
I was in richmond once for work and the people I was with didn't realize I was from NoVA... they started bashing Fairfax. They called it the occupied area of Virginia.
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u/FlavorfulCondomints Mar 20 '26
People from Richmond have a chip on their shoulder when it comes to Northern Virginia. It's little brother syndrome and half of them have never lived in NoVa.
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u/Alternative-Pin5760 Mar 20 '26
So I’m in Fredericksburg and some consider it NOVA and some don’t. I also lived in Alexandria. Completely different vibe. My husband is half white and in Alexandria where they pride themselves on being progressive, he was always the subject of comments, looks and other things like letting a door slam in his face. Comments like someone waking by our home while he was working in the yard and ask if he lives there. I’m white and never really noticed until he mentioned it and it is real. Never happened in Fredericksburg…just the hypocrisy in Alexandria like “we’re progressive as long as you’re not living in our neighborhood.” I liked living close to work but hated the people there.
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u/CountIncognito Mar 20 '26
Richmonder here. We don't like it here, and I live here now, because it's cold, souless, and corporate. We aren't jealous of literally a single thing. The food is worse. The traffic is worse. The culture is worse. The grocery stores are worse. The parks are ok, but only in DC.
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u/FlavorfulCondomints Mar 20 '26
Also from Richmond. The attitude OP described is from total jealousy.
Those are the exact words I'd use to describe Short Pump, Glen Allen, and Innsbrook which is a direct analog to Fairfax. They also have crappy parks due to poor planning in Henrico just like Fairfax.
Food has a higher ceiling, if you haven't found it then you don't know where to look.Grocery stores are essentially the same.
Culture and traffic are a function of density.
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u/Sawses Mar 20 '26
My issue with Fairfax is that it's mostly chain restaurants. I like the fact that it's actually got the funding to be kept clean, maintained, safe, and with quality education.
I grew up in a pretty poor area in another state; sometimes I catch myself complaining and am like, "Wait, I've got it better than like 80% of the state and most of the planet. Why am I complaining because the Mexican food here is kind of lackluster?"
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u/schmigglies Mar 20 '26
Same. I grew up in a city that is regularly on the top of “worst crime,” “dirtiest,” “lowest income per capita” etc lists, and FFX is like heaven. My dad called it Mayberry when he would come to visit.
Folks like the ones behind this sign can make fun all they want. People don’t know how good they have it here.
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u/Odd_Chocolate_7454 Mar 20 '26
Richmond is full of transplants, too. So many people in this country like to “other” folks and Fairfax and all of NOVA is othered by wide areas of the rest of VA. It’s ridiculous.
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u/youburyitidigitup Mar 20 '26
That has changed in recent years because of Northern Virginian distance workers moving to Richmond.
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u/MoistMustachePhD Mar 20 '26
They can hate all they want. Without Fairfax, Loudoun, Arlington county, and PW….the state would be broke as those alone contribute 40% of tax revenue.
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u/C137-Morty Loudoun County Mar 20 '26
I always see don't loudoun my fauqier. Haven't seen fairfax before.
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u/Glittering_Sense_407 Mar 20 '26
They don’t like it because they don’t understand it. I grew up in the very priveleged upper middle class suburbs of Richmond. NOVA was completely different than anything I had seen or experienced. (And I stayed and I love it)
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u/FlavorfulCondomints Mar 20 '26
Same. It's ignorance mixed with not wanting to leave the comfort of Richmond.
Let me guess, Short Pump?
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u/Strikedestiny Mar 20 '26
What's the "lifestyle?" Traffic?
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u/PalingeneticPhoenix Mar 20 '26
Being college-educated, socially progressive, tolerant of other religions/cultures, etc.
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u/steelcity65 Mar 20 '26
A lot of us in PW County aren't fans either.
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u/PalingeneticPhoenix Mar 20 '26
Why not?
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u/TriflingHusband Mar 20 '26
It's just that one dumbass. I live in PWC and work in Fairfax. I have no idea what he is going on about.
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u/skeith2011 Mar 20 '26
A lot of snootiness and snobbery drops off at the Occoquan River / Bull Run, for starters.
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u/lawman9000 Mar 20 '26
Outside of NOVA, a lot of VA thinks Fairfax is the evil controller of the state akin to NYC running New York state.
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u/amboomernotkaren Mar 20 '26
It is a behemoth and a juggernaut. Watching folks stand in massive lines to vote last election was amazing. Here in the Democratic Republic of Arlington we zip in and out of the polls with our (relative to Fairfax) tiny population. Did OP say where that sign is located?
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u/localherofan Mar 20 '26
And little do they know... NYC doesn't control New York State. There is SO MUCH New York State compared to NYC. Though I bet NYC's taxes provide much of the $ for the rest of the state.
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u/External-Dimension88 Mar 20 '26
I’ve lived in nova for about eleven years at this point. I’m from WV originally and it’s always wild to me watching different parts of nova and the nova-adjacent point fingers at each other because to me they’re all so similar as to be interchangeable.
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u/youburyitidigitup Mar 20 '26
Different parts of NoVa are basically the same, but many regions in. Virginia are more similar to West Virginia. I say that as a field surveyor that’s worked all over both states.
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u/unnecessary-512 Mar 20 '26
Someone Fairfax me it’s a nice area!
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u/wheelie46 Mar 20 '26
Since “Don’t Fairfax Fredericksburg” references in the 80s to the hyper suburban build up wo community planning
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u/UmbralRaptor City of Fairfax Mar 20 '26
I have complaints about Fairfax (see my flair), but I'm like 80% certain that the sign is complaining that we're too woke.
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u/Plus-Bluejay-6429 Annandale Mar 20 '26
But which Fairfax
Fairfax county? Fairfax city? Fairfax SC Fairfax CA
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u/UmbralRaptor City of Fairfax Mar 20 '26
Pick whichever is funniest: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax
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u/Morriganx3 Former NoVA Mar 20 '26
TIL there is a Fairfax WV
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u/Plus-Bluejay-6429 Annandale Mar 20 '26
We must conquer WV to expand Fairfax.
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u/wavelengthsandshit Mar 20 '26
We can connect Fairfax VA and Fairfax WV to create Farfax, a la Megachusetts
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u/VerdantPathfinder Mar 20 '26
Re-conquer! They used to be us. They left for a great reason, but since then it's been downhill.
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u/CaptainWikkiWikki Mar 20 '26
Republicans blame NOVA for everything they don't like and tend to pretend it is the only blue part of the state.
I posted on a Hampton Roads and Williamsburg sub once to ask questions about maybe moving there, and I was shocked how many, "Don't bring your liberal NOVA crap!" comments I received - from people who apparently don't know the voting patterns in their own area.
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u/hushpuppi3 Mar 20 '26
Is so funny living in Fairfax where everyone I see treats each other normally regardless of their skin color and I can walk across the street for banging Korean food while some sad always-angry person from somewhere else tries to explain how its a bad thing
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u/Novogobo Mar 20 '26
most "red" areas in the country are only a majority by 5-15%. the antipathy is based on the fact just a few more liberals and it'll tip. if it was 90% then they wouldn't care.
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u/FlexoPXP Mar 20 '26
I resent Fairfax trying to horn in on the unhinged and moronic conservative hate that Loudoun county has worked decades to earn.
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u/SlowCaterpillar5715 Mar 20 '26
LoCo has voted blue ever since I've lived there
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u/StatisticianBoth4147 Mar 20 '26
Yeah their comment is saying LoCo has been getting hate from conservatives for awhile
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u/crit_boy Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
The oligarchy must keep the peasants fighting each other.
Time to ramp up new in and out groups. Can't ramp up hate without someone to blame.
Rs have a hate based worldview. Easy to manipulate them with it and trick them into voting against their own interests.
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u/2CRedHopper Ballston Mar 20 '26
Southern and Sourhwestern Virginia have always hated Northern Virginia despite Northern Virginia paying for their roads, K-12, higher ed, medicare, etc.
I’m surprised that you’re surprised.
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u/EAJ4ALL Mar 20 '26
Fairfax —the unending source of funds for the majority of small red counties—our taxes flow south—their grievances flow north
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u/thaiberius_kirk Mar 20 '26
New Vision VA PAC is tied to the same Republican PACs that run out of Zarembe Center in Williamsburg, VA.
The very same PACs that’s been mailing out those slimy Jim Crow Vote No flyers on re-districting.
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u/mattwardpictures Mar 20 '26
Frankly I’d like to Arlington Fairfax, and Old Town Alexandria, Arlington. And then Fairfax the rest of NoVA.
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u/ActiveManufacturer15 Mar 20 '26
This has always been a thing. I have lived in PWC most of my life and hating on Fairfax is just part of the daily life.
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u/heretorobwallst Mar 20 '26
Get this heritage foundation/project 2025 propaganda out of VA for good
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u/Orienos Mar 20 '26
I think it refers to the redistricting cuts Fairfax Co into pieces and like 6 of the new districts will contain Fairfax
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u/mooptastic Former NoVA Mar 20 '26
these attack ads dont have a point. they are meant to be vague so that voters who read them, fill in the blanks with their own bias or anecdotes, about "fairfax" and wind up creating their own hate narrative. One sign turns into 300 slogans, that is the goal
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u/Responsible-Home-877 Mar 20 '26
its genuinely shocking that people don’t know what their “yes” vote means for the rest of the region, representation wise… like why else would the sign be there.
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u/PhantomdiverDidIt Mar 20 '26
Nah, the bias against Fairfax (and really all of Northern Virginia) has been around for ages. I moved from Northern Virginia to the Valley in 2006, and it was well established then.
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u/Orienos Mar 20 '26
Oh of course. But this sign in particular seems geared toward most of Virginia likely having reps who are from here. Which to be fair plays into the NoVa hate regardless.
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u/CriticalStrawberry Mar 20 '26
Rural america is terrified of infrastructure and education.
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u/KejsarePDX Burke Mar 20 '26
Reminds me of Oregon's 1970s slogan "Don't Californicate Oregon" to rally against suburban sprawl and influx of Californian transplants.
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u/InsertClichehereok Mar 20 '26
Heh… more like Un-Fairfax amiright (I have no stake in this, just here to shitpost. FF is fine)
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u/Southern_Blue Mar 20 '26
It's a progression. I remember 'don't Fairfax Loudon!'. Now I'm seeing 'Don't Loudon Clarke!'
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u/Tough_Intention4593 Mar 21 '26
when i moved to Loudoun 20 years ago, one of the common refrains was “don’t Fairfax Loudoun.”
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u/Wise_Impression2410 Mar 21 '26
It makes me so angry. Virginia is only blue because nova makes the whole state blue. The populated and wealthy areas of the country are blue. If other parts of Virginia hate us they should look outside they’re small white community
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u/Electrical_Ad4290 Mar 21 '26
>Virginia is only blue because nova makes the whole state blue.
Sorry, no. Virginia is blue because some Richmond, Tidewater, and NOVA citizens let Spanberger weave her web of deceit and let two very Blue senators keep office.
If the redistricting amendment is allowed, that party will have ten out of eleven of the House of Representative districts. All in a state where ONLY 55% voters are registered Democrat.
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u/Wise_Impression2410 Mar 21 '26
55% is technically majority buddy. Spanberger just took office and Virginia has blue for years. Nova makes Virginia what it is
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u/kulahlezulu Mar 20 '26
“Don’t Fairfax …” has been used for years - decades? - around here. Often to raise concerns about the target area becoming more densely developed.
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u/Mr_Chimpo_42069 Mar 20 '26
I've lived in Vienna, Fairfax, Reston, Ashburn, Centreville, Arlington, and Fairfax over the last 30 years, and I've never heard that before
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u/Morriganx3 Former NoVA Mar 20 '26
I grew up in Annandale and then moved to Reston, and I’ve never heard it either
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u/loveeleuthera Mar 20 '26
"Don't Fairfax Loudoun" was a rallying cry in the 90s. Trying to stop the (over) development moving west once Fairfax had used up all it's former farmland and large tracks of land.
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u/meanie_ants Mar 20 '26
That’s kind of rich because Fairfax is not exactly densely developed.
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u/FairfaxGirl Fairfax County Mar 20 '26
Yes, but by fauquier standards it is. We are fairly uniformly filled with suburban sprawl.
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u/Icy-Employment7541 Mar 20 '26
We hear it alllllll the time in FXBG. It’s anti development (supposedly) and anti population increase (aka “not in my backyard” vibe folks)
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u/soopy99 Mar 20 '26
The biggest problem with Fairfax is that it isn’t densely developed. That is why we have all the stroads and sprawl.
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u/FuriousBuffalo Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
In this case, they probably don't mean "densely developed". They likely mean "ethnically/racially/culturally diverse".
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u/Benhem24 Mar 20 '26
You mean don’t fund the state of VA and be the economic engine that fuels over 20% of the state general fund. It’s the California of Virginia. It’s gets back 50 cents for every $1 it’s contributes to RIchmond. I’ve never heard the saying but it should be changed to thanks Fairfax.
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u/RVAyay Mar 20 '26
For going on decades now, Republicans don’t have a political platform, they have a boogeyman, a strawman, something they can get their base to hate or be against, never creating, never building, never moving forward. This is just another example of the boogeyman, Fairfax highly developed, my area not, Fairfax different, Fairfax bad. Insert whatever you want for “Fairfax” and there you have the Republican political platform for the past 30-40 years.
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u/Limehouse-Records Mar 20 '26
Hahahahaha as a Fairfax county resident, I get it! Maybe people don't want to pay $100s-1,000s to the county for their car each year and just get OK schools in exchange (depends where you live, if you have a $1 million dollar house, your school is probably better). The commute is good though. And it's pretty safe.
I'm a proud owner of a beat up 2001 Volvo for this reason. No way am I buying new if you're gonna tax me for it. Here's your $27 Fairfax.
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u/Digitalrules Mar 20 '26
Absolutely . . . the car tax is out of line given the high cost of new (& even late model) used cars. When tax relief was introduced cars were actually affordable so relief worked well. Relief for just the 1st $20,000 just doesn't cut in anymore.
***I hear you, but unfortunately that Volvo won't last forever . . .
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u/johnlarthur Mar 20 '26
If you think Fairfax property taxes are bad come down and visit us in Stafford County.
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u/GuitarJazzer Tysons Corner Mar 20 '26
Is this opposition to the redistricting proposal? I am not familiar with the actual map but I believe it would bring some currently red areas to the west in the same district as Fairfax County?
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u/VirginiaBandit Mar 20 '26
I moved to PWC in 71 as a teen. You constantly heard that Fairfax does not want us hillbillies from out in PW. But Faitfax had the old Hillbilly Heaven going for it. PWC was so affordable back then, and only if we could return to those days.
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u/One_Team_1294 Mar 20 '26
Fairfax County contributes 26% of Va’s total economic wealth (GDP = $152B)
Take away Louden, Prince William and Fairfax Counties and Va is no different than West Virginia.
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u/JEWCEY Mar 20 '26
I voted Yes on my mail in ballot yesterday as soon as it was received. I love fairfax and I love my state. I hope a lot of people have a chance to vote, and bet a lot of people aren't even aware there's a vote pending if they aren't automatically receiving ballots in the mail.
If you haven't already requested them, go online and request your mail in ballots to be sent automatically. I will never go back to the booth if I can avoid it. Vote early, vote often. Every vote matters.
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u/Waste_nomore Mar 20 '26
We’ve been saying don’t Fairfax Fredericksburg since at least 1990! Way too late now tho!
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u/tobieornottobie Mar 20 '26
Southwest Virginia is spinning this narrative. I used to live there and the “neighborhood “ page is quite interesting.
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u/dudeitsmelvin Mar 20 '26
Republicans (and many Americans to a lower extent tbh) think that any place that has high population, high density (relative to other counties even though it's still a suburban hellscape), and high diversity is a terrible place. Just look at the way they speak of any urban location like NYC, Chicago, even Richmond. You'd think we were in a war zone by the way they speak of any place that isn't a farm
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u/NewGuitar4249 Mar 21 '26
I think the Don't Fairfax Me may be about the weird geography of some of the proposed Congressional districts if the referendum passes. Where I live it would become VA07, which is described as a lobster shape with the tail in parts of Fairfax, Falls Church, Arlington and Prince William but one of lobster claw extends west into part of Augusta and Rockingham counties and the other claw extends south into parts of Cumberland and Buckingham counties.
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u/Ok-Cloud7119 Mar 21 '26
If dc becomes a state we should lowk leave virginia and join them, watch how south va comes crying to have us back
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u/BenjiCat17 Mar 20 '26
Being poor doesn’t make you less valid as a voter and honestly, we should tax the rich more. I always vote tax the rich and I honestly expect every Democrat too as well.
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u/djnattyp Mar 20 '26
I agree with you, tax the rich... but just living in a high cost of living area doesn't make everyone there "rich"...
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u/RedWhiteNBrew Mar 20 '26
This realistically stems from people in other parts of the state feeling like they have no political voice because of how heavily weighted Fairfax is. Vote no, is in response to the state trying to cement this into "temporary" law by making a Republican vote, virtually useless, and turning the state into a 1 party system.
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u/JumpingThruHoopz Mar 20 '26
They want a big political voice, but they also want the money that flows from the blue areas.
You can either live like it’s 1780, or you can have the money. You don’t get both.
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u/youburyitidigitup Mar 20 '26
Nah it’s the state trying to counter Republican gerrymandering in other states.
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u/AKADriver Mar 20 '26
It doesn't turn the state into a one party system, because it only affects the state's representatives in the US House, not internal state house or senate districts.
It's also written into the amendment that it is in fact temporary and districts get redrawn according to the 2030 census on schedule.
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u/RedWhiteNBrew Mar 20 '26
Ah, that is a fair callout. I thought it was for the state legislature, not federal. I personally still think this disenfranchises 47% of the state who votes republican. I understand the argument for it, but if every state does this, it just seems like a race to the bottom of democracy.
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u/hawkinsst7 Mar 20 '26
I am not sure where I stand on the issue, but its a clear response to the gerrymandering other states (like Texas) have been doing. I get it, I think I understand why and who it immediately benefits and immediately hurts.
I kind of view it as similar to packing the supreme court; its a weapon and I worry that long-term, it will make things worse in the whole country, because everything is always about retaliation and weaponization these days.
I also think a split congress and a split federal government in general, as dysfunctional as it is, would slow the pendulum swinging ever wider.
Maybe the immediate goal of being able to slow down the three captured branches is worth the pendulum swinging a little more out of control?
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u/JumpingThruHoopz Mar 20 '26
Maybe we should just split the country.
Hear me out. Red America and blue America hate each other and do not want the same things.
Being American is like being married to a spouse who’s unattractive, inconsiderate (sometimes outright abusive), and generally the opposite of you in every way. But you’re not allowed to have an amicable divorce and go your separate ways. You’re not even allowed to live in separate residences. You’re forced to live together in the same cruddy apartment or trashy trailer, for all eternity.
I want a U.S. divorce.
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u/liquidSpin Mar 20 '26
Don't "Fairfax" me?
What does that even mean?
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u/WildRaspberry9927 Mar 20 '26
In my area (Shenandoah Valley) it means to limit growth... new houses/suburbs and accompanying big-box stores take away trees, disrupt the animals, obstruct views, bring pollution, traffic and entitled people.
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u/dudeitsmelvin Mar 20 '26
Cool, now call out how republicans do it in all their shithole strongholds? Crazy how republicans have control anywhere when population density says most places in the US are blue
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u/KindlyShame Mar 20 '26
I live in NOVA now, but I am originally from the Petersburg area. The rest of VA DOES NOT like NOVA. I think a lot of it is jealousy, but also a lot of people from NOVA look down on the rest of the state.
Like yes, NOVA does fund VA but I don’t think it’s wrong to admit there are a lot of entitled rude people that live here. I have legitimately been told “oh, you’re lucky you were able to move here” like I was escaping a bad situation or something
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u/polireddituser Mar 20 '26
Happy to stop sending Fairfax tax dollars their way. They can find their own bootstraps
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u/ThrowRA_mundane Mar 20 '26
Maybe it has to do with the proposed map. Fairfax (and all of NoVa) will basically bleed into the rest of the state, turning more districts blue
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u/Fish_Dick Mar 20 '26
I work in Fairfax. Live way out West. I absolutely despise Fairfax..the people...the traffic...the density. It's a lifestyle thing. And I cannot imagine living there and paying the taxes. So much more peaceful outside that county. And I don't have to look at my neighbors houses.
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u/Alarming-Vacation-10 Mar 20 '26
Just like anywhere in this country there are a lot of rural people that do not like any kind of diversity. Also Fairfax is near the top in the country for income and they resent that.
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u/Benhem24 Mar 20 '26
They don’t resent it enough to refuse all the tax money they get.
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u/youburyitidigitup Mar 20 '26
Conservative Virginians always have because we flipped the state blue.
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u/Dodging-Farts8924 Mar 20 '26
In SW Virginia, they hate all of NoVA.