Sean, you're funny.

Chess, the beer culture in the Pacific Northwest is so highly evolved that all other regions compare as inadequate. There are enough craft brewers and beer bars in DC/VA to avoid despair, but I was frequently relegated to beverages "imported" from either Europe or California.

I think many US baby-boomers are retiring from civil service, and their replacements are moving to VA. Or maybe there's still no growth industry that compares to the federal government.

bibere usque ad hilaritatem