If you drive up to the origin (it’s worth a five-day stop), the four counties/regions ought to be Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, and Georgetown (westside of DC). So then you drive to Montgomery County, MA and Prince George County, MA, and cross over the river to eastern Washington DC’s Anacosta neighbor (don’t stop for any reason). It’s like two separate countries.
I worked with an older guy who’d bought a Arlington house in the early 1970s for around $60k. Brick, ranch-type home, nothing special other than a big yard....today it’s worth probably in the range of $500,000.
If you go and do voting demographics...it’s probably 75-percent Democrat. Then you drive out 20 miles...toward Leesburg and Dumfries....it’s 75-percent GOP.
Maryland is MD.
Maine is MA.