If you judge by median household incomes, that is.
Maryland takes first place, with New Jersey following right behind ($70,545 v. $70,378), according to new census data released yesterday. Elsewhere in the region, Virginia grabs spot number eight with $61,233, and the District of Columbia has the twelfth highest income with $57,936—both of which still sit [...]

Automobiles: Much more of a Virginia thing.
So much for that windows-down, open-road, wind-blowing-in-your-hair kind of feeling.
People in D.C. are increasingly less interested in owning cars. The Washington Business Journal is reporting "a sharp 5.8 percent decline in registered cars in D.C. since 2005...even as population and household income have gone up." Perhaps, residents are [...]

I hail from Maryland. I like Maryland. I get Maryland. Maryland makes sense to me. 
I don't get Virginia. Virginia is crazy. The broad boulevards make me mad. I'm looking for something, and I miss it. I have to turn around. I lose 15 minutes. I'm trying to find a restaurant, but there's construction blocking the [...]