US gubmint shutdown + default + subprime sequel?

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I believe he's referring to Northern Virginia, which is known as NoVa in the DC area. It is the most prosperous of the three DC areas (the other two being DC proper and southern Maryland). If that is what he is referring to, he is using it as a disparaging term to indicate that the writer is the equivalent of a 'Washington elite' who is (1) a Democrat, (2) overpaid, and (3) so highly educated he's become stupid.

I thought the overpaid Democrat Washington elites lived in Montgomery County, MD. Virginia (even NoVa) is too red-state for them.