Reviews & Comments
Fredericksburg, VA
re: Fredericksburg VA region - 11/27/2012 -
5/8/2014Fredericksburg is not a hell hole. However, I could see how someone with a silver spoon jammed up their *** might think so. Why?
The way I'd put it...Fredericksburg is Virginia...not Northern Virginia. I'm not talking in terms of geography, but attitude. By that, I mean that Fredericksburg stil has southern values. People like it here for some of the reasons that people like eisa dislike it. i.e. Country music (this is the south...after all), southern heritage (i.e. Civil War reenactments), etc.
In this area though, you can't expect the locals to embrace you when you roll into town with a northern attitude/superiority complex (this coming from someone that has yankee roots), and an overall disgust for the people. It's clear from your review (eisa) that you look down on the locals. The people that you think are too ignorant to tie their shoe laces in the morning pick up on that vibe.
The one point that I'll agree with the original poster on is that the cost of living in this area sucks. I've lived all over the country...and Virginia...to include Leesburg, Yorktown, Radford, and Fredericksburg. While the cost of living isn't as astronomical as Leesburg, it is still well above the national average.
Fredericksburg, VA
Traffic -
5/8/2014I like Fredericksburg, as a whole. My main issue with it at the moment (I've lived here for five years) is that the traffic is terrible...and it seems to get worse as time goes on. Depending on the time of day that you set out to go somewhere...you can count on a x < 10 mile drive taking well over 30 minutes. That's not counting the morning or afternoon rush hour...if you time that right...the same x < 10 mile drive will set you back well over an hour. I suppose if you're from Fairfax, VA or Los Angeles,CA...that would be an improvement.