The Shenandoah Valley is a beautiful area. Winchester is in Frederick County, I am from Shenandoah County, the county to the south. The area is still fairly conservative. Unfortunately, the state is not. Things won’t change until we can move large chunks of the federal government out of Washington, DC. I have been in favor of moving whole federal departments to areas in the name of urban renewal- Detroit, Chicago, etc.
We need to start pressuring our government to start abolishing departments, agencies, bureaus, commissions, and whatever they can.
As a “tradeoff”, we can enlarge the House of Representatives, since we’re pushing at a million constituents per member. (We’re around three quarters of a million as is.)
U still in Shen Val?
Has it changed for you over the years?
My mothers family were near Orkney Springs and I spent my summers age 5 to 15 there. Was last back 3 years ago and it has not changed that much.
Bryces resort and many resort homes but still quaint.
I see from earlier posts your Navy and. AF connections.
Too far to commute to D.C. But my family did weekend commutes from the 1920s. Where the jobs were.