Reviews & Comments
Fredericksburg, VA
re: Fredericksburg VA region - 11/27/2012 -
1/29/2013So Dayna, why is my opinion lesss valid than yours?? You do not defend Fred'burg you only personally attacked me. See folks this is the kind of mentality we deal with around here - can't argue a point intellegently so they resort to personal attacks. Read the other reviews, they are not that positive overall; so don't single me out.
Huntsville, AL
re: Very boring place to live with crappy weather -
1/29/2013My husband lived there in the mid-1960's -- nothing seems to have changed.
Fredericksburg, VA
Fredericksburg VA region -
11/27/2012If you can avoid it do not move to this area (other parts of VA are fine). I know there are many who love Spotsylvania county and Fredericksburg, however, those are people who have never lived anywhere else and know no better. This is a hell hole for those of us who desire more than Food Lion grocery stores, Big Box and discount retailers, and would like employment that pays enough to live & work without communting 2-4 hours a day. Housing is over priced for salaries (o.k if you work for local or federal gov't or commute north; there is no culture, unless you count corvette shows and Lynrd Skynrd concerts as culture; sales staff and other "customer" service is either lazy, stupid or both; locals love to suck off the government teat but do not want to pay taxes (every other person seems to be on some kind of disability); a classic example of highway planning "it's been on the 6 year plan for the last 18 years" [direct quote from a co. supervisor] Yes there is a train, but you need a car to get there and it cost more to commute by VRE than to drive.They finally figured out around 2009 or so that they should bring a bus to the VRE station BEFORE the last train leaves. Local elections are more about popularity than progress - basically it is an area where the faded prom queen and "has been" quarterback breed and talk about the good ol' days while drinking Bud and smoking Marlboro's, complaining about them uppity "come he-ya's" and all them taxes they seem to want(yeah but we are the ones paying their kids/grandkids welfare bill). My husband and I are counting the days to his retirement (roughly 900 left) so we can leave.