# No. VA dopers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2002, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804 "2002-08-27T18:01:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/21 "2002-08-28T20:50:53Z")
Thanks, **JC** : then MAD I am and proud of it. This corner of NC seems more like a rural appendage of the Hampton Roads area, anyway! ---
**Author:** ![Benanuel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@Benanuel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Benanuel)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2002, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/22 "2002-08-28T21:08:59Z")
the booming metropolis of Dumfries, VA where it’s been all downhill since 1769. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/23 "2002-08-29T00:00:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Chance \* > \*\*State Department? USAID? Or Mil? \*\* State Department. Nominally Consular Affairs, but they’re sending me to do a political officer job. Should be fun, what with the twenty-year civil war and 35000 landmines. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/24 "2002-08-29T00:12:42Z")
MADs checking in, but I’ve only been to Virginia twice. Both for very short periods of time. Weirddave and I reside in Havre de Grace, MD. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/25 "2002-08-29T01:27:10Z")
Vienna, VA … actually like half a mile from Neidhart. ---
**Author:** ![aramis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aramis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aramis)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/26 "2002-08-29T03:07:52Z")
Grew up in Vermont, living in NoVa now. ---
**Author:** ![aramis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aramis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aramis)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/27 "2002-08-29T03:14:41Z")
Grew up in Vermont, living in NoVa now. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/28 "2002-08-29T11:42:11Z")
We lived in King George, VA for 3 years (20 miles east of Fredericksburg) - I miss that area so much! I’ll be a MAD in about 2 years (actually 22 months) - living a bit south of **RTF** in beautiful California, MD. Counting the days till I can leave the hell that is northeast Florida… ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/29 "2002-08-29T12:06:48Z")
Centreville, VA here Born and put in 25 years of hard time in Tucson, AZ ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/30 "2002-08-29T12:10:31Z")
Yeah, Richmonder checking in. There are a couple of other Richmond-area Dopers, but I’ve only met one of 'em and he’s going to school in another state now. I think for the most part we don’t like to admit we’re from Richmond…not as cool as the NoVaDopers, and not as laid-back as the Hampton Roads (Hampton, Norfolk, Newport News) people. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/31 "2002-08-29T12:30:26Z")
I wish I’d have known you guys when I was in DC ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/32 "2002-08-29T15:52:11Z")
Another soul from Centreville, VA. A native of 26 years, unfortunately. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2002, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/33 "2002-08-29T19:08:54Z")
Born here. Second generation northern Virginian. My son is the third Generation, and he occasionally posts too. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/34 "2002-08-30T16:08:26Z")
Vermonter by birth, raised in New Hampshire. DC/NoVA since 1993. Currently in South Arlington. South AL, fool! What? ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/35 "2002-08-30T16:10:48Z")
You know, I went to Chantilly and we had a term for people of the “Centreville” area…I won’t repeat it here though…😉 ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/36 "2002-08-30T17:00:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Meatros \* > \*\*You know, I went to Chantilly and we had a term for people of the “Centreville” area…I won’t repeat it here though…😉 \*\* Oh, come on! As a lifer of the “Ville” there isn’t much that offends me about it anymore… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2002, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/37 "2002-08-30T20:14:57Z")
Richmond doper checking in… though, for the time being, I’m in Charlottesville attending aforementioned University. 🙂 And I’m quite proud of my Richmond status. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/38 "2002-08-31T05:19:25Z")
A lifetime? Wow, I remember when Centreville was an intersection with a gas station, and a really sleazy pool hall that excluded women and beatnics. Tris ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/39 "2002-08-31T11:36:40Z")
Arlington…been in this area for 13 years, but I was born and raised in Arkansas, as my handle suggests. Yes, I wear shoes… ---
**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804/40 "2002-08-31T17:03:21Z")
Roanoke checking in, I’d be willing to drive up maybe. Go Hokies! LSU - Fear the Turkey! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-va-dopers/125804.md?page=3)