Okay, explain the first 2 in the context of the 1980s or 1990s of people leaving the northeast, “Virginia or BUST!!!!” I never heard of Virginia as a hotspot or future destination from those of the north. Yes I heard of the northeasterns moving to Florida, well because it’s Florida and I was one of them. Where were these jobs or booming economy coming from? Tobacco?
Government. They’ve all moved to VA to feed on the government pork/teat.
At least NOVA (Northern Virginia). It has become Maryland.
Virginia has a very diversified economy.
Bio-tech, internet, defense contractors, it was a paper plant that offered my dad a job in 1977 that resulted in my being here.
The growth of Fedzilla has driven much of the growth in Northern Virginia.