January 12, 2013  America's Richest Counties; Reliance on
Government Spending  Map of Virginia highlighting Loudoun County
Map of Virginia highlighting Loudoun County (Photo credit:
Wikipedia) America’s Richest Counties on Forbes In short, as the
article at Forbes continues, it practically congratulates
Loudoun County building it's own economy on the unreliable.
Especially concerning its closeness to Washington D.C. Which is
what Scott York acknowledges. Yes, it can be considered
something of a 'great achievement'. Yet the tone used, that he
came upon this semi-rural area of Northern Virginia and has seen
it turned it into a modern, affluent community isn't as great as
it seems. Going from 300 dairy farms to only one in the county
isn't something to brag about. Wiping out practicality and local
production for less geographically-important "production" for
modernity isn't, fully, a great decision. Sure, it brings in the
dollars but what happens when reliance on government spending,
even indirect reliance, fall