So we went from college in CT, to the Jersey Shore (real shore not the horrible MTV show), to NOVA then back to the shore. We lived in NOVA for 6 years. Traffic is terrible almost all the time. Used to take me 30-45 minutes to go 6 miles. There was a great diversity of food around DC which we really liked but that was the best part. I worked in government relations but it felt like everything was political. It gets old fast. We have been back in NJ 10 years & I don’t think we will leave again.