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The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan AreaWith the nation's capital at its heart, metropolitan Washington spreads into Maryland and Northern Virginia, stretching from the mountains to the sea. Over 3 million people make it the eighth largest metropolitan area in the country. Most of them live beyond the limits of the District of Columbia. They may drive in from a waterfront home on the Chesapeake Bay or a farm deep in rural Maryland or Virginia, but they are Washingtonians nonetheless. Those who call Washington home may cross from the District to Virginia to Maryland and back again several times a day as they travel to work, to shop or to enjoy city or suburban nightlife. Washingtonians live on the quiet, stately streets of Capitol Hill and in proudly independent Georgetown. They also live amidst the rolling hills in Virginia's and Maryland's hunt country, in modern waterfront communities and quaint fishing villages, in small towns steeped in history and in brand new planned cities, all within the metropolitan Washington area.
No longer can it be said that the District of Columbia is strictly a government town. Today, Washington is a major center for medical, biotechnical, electronics and telecommunications firms engaged in research and development, as well as a growing number of corporate headquarters. Three fourths of those employed in the metropolitan area work in the private sector and the region has the greatest concentration of scientists, engineers and other professionals in the nation. Besides being well educated, the people who live here enjoy generally high standards of living and are vigorous in the pursuit of their careers. The city and its suburbs have become a major national and international business center offering access to top decision-makers and a wealth of technological resources. Those who come here to work also discover a diversity and quality of life unequalled anywhere else. From cosmopolitan and city chic to rural gentry or down-home, down-to-earth country living, Washingtonians enjoy a wide range of lifestyles. Home may be at the very center of things in downtown DC, in historic Annapolis, Old Town Alexandria or stylish Georgetown, or in one of the many new communities flourishing around Metrorail stations reaching out into the suburbs.
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