In the end only kindness matters...

and work in DC. And I am Russian. And am driving back and forth every day. I perfectly understand why you love your hometown, and I do recognize practically every place on your photos, except your parents' house of course, but I think, you are misleading your readers by portraying it as something nostalgically sweet, because even I do appreciate your effort, if your readers one day will come to Manassas, they will be greatly disappointed. I understand, it is all your childhood, but Manassas is not some quiet, cozy, and serene place. It was ruined long time ago by immigrants from Mexico, especially East and North parts of it. Don't get me wrong, but when driving Sudley Business East, I am not even crossing further than Prince William Hospital line. Dorogie sootechestvenniki, ne priezzhajte v Manassas. Nichego zdes' horoshego net. I Manassas Battlefield park - samyj skushnyj park v mire. Manassas itself is probably ugliest town of whole of Northern Virginia with crime higher than the state's average. BUT it is located in one of the richest (West Prince William county, yah..) part of the whole country, what is a sort of paradoxical; Just because Manassas is surrounded by some prestigious subdivisions and large, new and expensive housing developments like Piedmont, Dominion Valley, and such, so, this area, in general, is very developed, but towns like Gainesville or Haymarket are so much nicer, cuter, and more attractive for visitors. Sorry, I did not mean anything bad. We Russians are such mean spoilers, ah? Well, I think, my 20 years here mean something... and 30 years in Moscow before that too...