The metaphorical "Beltway" sprawled out too big to be contained by the actual Beltway long ago (helped along by bullshit zoning laws) The metaphorical "Beltway" now goes all the way out to Loudoun County
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FFS educate yourselves
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Hey, I think I can see my house from there!!

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But seriously. My grandfather (mom’s side) moved from Richmond to NW DC because it was a place for black people to live comfortably and set up roots. He was a carpenter who built silos and took to putting up government buildings on contract work after coming back from WWII.
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Even New Zealanders use "beltway" in the the same kind of reference to the New Zealand government, which doesn't have a beltway around it.
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"Inside the Beltway" always really referred to Chevy Chase and Georgetown.
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