Just south across the Potomac in Virginia lies Fairfax County, a built-up area including the satellite city of Arlington and the larger suburbs of Alexandria, McLean, and the more upscale Fairfax.
This is hardly the whole Northern Virginia story — the sprawling D. The super-suburbs especially west include such names Reston, Herndon, Ashburn and extend to Leesburg, all very large and mostly new residential suburbs, some well-planned and some not. Extensive commercial and corporate developments lie along the corridor with new-economy names like AOL, Nextel, Siebel, Oracle, IBM and Accenture mixed with numerous other businesses and government contractors.
Employment in the greater DC area is strong in general and particularly strong in this zone. Many do commute to the DC area proper but more often commute to other places in the suburbs. Areas east of the city are more industrial and generally uninspiring, while the Maryland suburbs along I northwest through Bethesda, Silver Spring, Rockville, and Gaithersburg have been split off into another metro area.
The dominance of the U. Government and its impact on the local economy and culture cannot be overstated. Not surprisingly, the area has a high percentage of well-educated citizens.
But a significant number of educationally and economically disadvantaged people are also within its borders. Arts, entertainment and cultural assets in total are among the best. The Cost of Living Index is high but not exorbitant for this type of area. Housing options and costs have escalated in recent years, but there are signs of softening. Growth and sprawl is a major concern, with development and business activity flung farther out into the countryside and even across venerated Civil War historic sites.
Public transportation works well as far out as Dulles Airport and northwest into Maryland, but whether it relieves traffic issues further out is yet unclear. Bottom line - Washington, D. It does have downsides, and they are becoming strong enough even in the suburbs to negatively impact the ranking.
The D. Washington lies at the western edge of the mid-Atlantic Coastal Plain, about 50 miles east of the Blue Ridge Mountains and 35 miles west of Chesapeake Bay. The immediate area is flat with rolling hills starting just outside the city to the northwest and southwest. The climate is coastal continental with a subtropical influence. Summers are warm and humid with occasional hot, sticky spells and thunderstorms. Winters are cold but not severe.
Precipitation is uniformly distributed throughout the year. Potomac floods can result from heavy rains, sometimes augmented by snowmelt and high tides. Normal winter snowfall is 18 inches, but occasional heavy snows of 25 inches or more do occur. Detailed online map of Poolesville, Maryland.
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Nearest cities: Lansdowne, VA 2. Daytime population change due to commuting: -1, Carbon Monoxide CO [ppm] level in was 0. This is significantly worse than average. Closest monitor was Nitrogen Dioxide NO 2 [ppb] level in was 5. This is about average. Closest monitor was 0. Sulfur Dioxide SO 2 [ppb] level in was 3. Ozone [ppb] level in was Closest monitor was 9.
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