Things I don't miss about home

As much as we have enjoyed living in Arlington, there are plenty of times we've wondered why we live in Virginia, where the politics are dictated by the extreme wing of the Republican party (but hey, the taxes are low!). Then there's this from today's Washington Post: the growing trend of people openly (and legally) carrying firearms. (Interestingly, Switzerland is evidently quite well-armed, in part because so many people serve in the military, but this somehow alarms me less than in Virginia...)