re: Anybody here have anything to say about Winchester/Frederick County VA?

I lived further South in Roanoke but assumed that whole I-81 corridor was guns and Jesus territory. It definitely is further down. Where will you be moving from?

My take- I feel like no matter where you live, you're going to spend 90% of your time inside a certain radius from your house, call it your bubble. Our bubble was really solid, low stress, no traffic, people were friendly, beautiful country, great outdoors, hiking, mtn biking, etc... Just enough restaurants and other amenities to have everything that you need. I assume Winchester is similar.

That said, every now and then, you need to get away for a long weekend to go to some better restaurants go to a concert, or whatever. We only had a regional airport that required connecting and made travel difficult. I think the difference maker for Winchester is that it would only be an hour drive from Dulles where you can fly direct to almost anywhere. If you're looking for a city that size, proximity to a major airport is a good thing to have. Just my $.02.