Yea. There's a place in Springfield called JAXX, though, I was talking about. Check it out. Some big bands come though there.

Sorry. Trying not to knock too much on Prince William/Woodbridge (I lived there for 3 month). I just hear a lot of people talk crap about Silver Spring when there is so much to do here.

Tons of culture, some of the best food from every corner of the world, big music venues, one of the best theaters of the world, tons of bars. The best bars here are dives (See Quary House). If you can't have fun here, then you have problems :P

Sure you have a lame little soccer-mom style city walk with whiney emo kids running around, but *ALL* the cities in the DC area have that kinda shit. If you like live music, are a film or food buff, this is a great place to be. You don't even need a car to get around, even if you want to hit up places in DC.

I don't see what problem people have with DC either. People are a little uptight but that's any city. DC has probably more culture than any other city all closely packed together. You can walk about 2 blocks and pass about 20 bars all with different themes and restaurants with food from half the countries on the planet. TONS of great music. If you like Jazz, we've got it. If you like Rock, Hip Hop, Metal, etc, the 930 club is always rated the #1 venue by all the critics. The Black Cat is great too. We have probably the best public transit of any city I've been in that rivals NYC and is a FAR cry cleaner than new york. The museums are are great. If you're into history you CAN'T beat the Smithsonian museums, and you don't have to pay or wait in line for HOURS like you do in NYC. Want to see Picassos? DaVincis? Pollocks? Warhols? We got 'em.