06-21-2006, 02:02 AM
Just curious, how hard would it be for you to leave NoVa? I know a lot of people from JMU start out in the region, because of its job market and proximity to where a lot of JMU people are from, but why do some of you think it has a death grip on you? My family has owned our house in Chantilly since '91, and I can already tell its NOT a place I want to live and work...it seems to get exponentially worse...more crowded and more of a general eyesore....
There is hope for you though....take Nevada County, CA where I'm from....
"Lyman Gilmore, a contemporary of the Wright Brothers, developed early powered aircraft and operated the world's first commercial air field in Grass Valley. There is also evidence he may have flown before the Wright brothers.
Charles Litton Sr., a resident and entrepreneur of Nevada County, assisted Raytheon in the development of the magnetron tube.
Atari developed its first home computer video games in Nevada County.
The Olympics, NASA, and virtually every TV broadcast station around the country utilizes video/broadcasting equipment designed and manufactured by The Grass Valley Group, founded in Grass Valley, and still flourishing in Nevada County today.
Electronic medical dosing equipment was first developed and manufactured in Nevada County.
The first commercially viable picture-phone was developed in Nevada City.
Over 50 high tech and applied tech companies, and more than 1,000 hardware and software design and development professionals call Nevada County home. The county is sometimes referred to as the "Silicon Valley of the Sierras".
What does Nevada County look like?
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I hope those of you who want to get out, can :?
There is hope for you though....take Nevada County, CA where I'm from....
"Lyman Gilmore, a contemporary of the Wright Brothers, developed early powered aircraft and operated the world's first commercial air field in Grass Valley. There is also evidence he may have flown before the Wright brothers.
Charles Litton Sr., a resident and entrepreneur of Nevada County, assisted Raytheon in the development of the magnetron tube.
Atari developed its first home computer video games in Nevada County.
The Olympics, NASA, and virtually every TV broadcast station around the country utilizes video/broadcasting equipment designed and manufactured by The Grass Valley Group, founded in Grass Valley, and still flourishing in Nevada County today.
Electronic medical dosing equipment was first developed and manufactured in Nevada County.
The first commercially viable picture-phone was developed in Nevada City.
Over 50 high tech and applied tech companies, and more than 1,000 hardware and software design and development professionals call Nevada County home. The county is sometimes referred to as the "Silicon Valley of the Sierras".
What does Nevada County look like?
I hope those of you who want to get out, can :?