Hi there! I’m not that far from you. (Well, 4 hours-ish) I’m in Southern Virginia and every time I drive through Alexandria I just want to get through it as quickly as possible. Of course, it’s not possible, and there I sit, in gridlocked traffic. When I was a kid, I remember staying in Alexandria with my family when we went to DC and it was nothing like it is now. It seems to be congested like this all around the metro DC area.
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