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Washington, DC
Metropolitan Washington DC has experienced explosive growth over the past three decades, driven by:
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- The steady growth of the federal government and an increasing number of government contractors.
- Montgomery County, Maryland's biotech and genomics industry, and its federal medical research campuses such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Northern Virginia's prominent role in the defense and internet technology industries, and its federal intelligence campuses such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
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