What recession? The economic doldrums have been felt in the NOVA/DC area, but only slightly when compared to the rest of the country. An excellent article and discussion of this is HERE.
Beyond all the discussion about how now government jobs are both secure AND lucrative, past the contractors who do not really have to concern themselves with the amount of consumable income possessed by their customer b/c their customer is Uncle Sam, there is the issue of isolation.
I really think that being economically isolated from the rest of the country (as in, "the "Great Recession" isn't so bad..., I don't know anyone who's lost their job") exacerbates the typical isolationism of being of the "Beltway Mentality". And that is one factor that
No comments:
Post a Comment