I live in Falls Church and only know Vermont because my kid is at UVM and we’ve fallen in love with your state, like so many on this sub. The DC/Vermont contrast is stark but Fairfax is just a large suburb. Picture a bigger South Burlington with strip malls and neighborhoods. GMU is there. Very car centric. Not surrounded by beautiful mountains or a lake or particularly fresh air. But loads of more variety of places to eat and generally more people.