Worse: Montgomery County, MD. Bedroom suburb for Feds and the Fed-adjacent, especially in "public health" -- home to NIH, USHS, FDA, and a quick subway ride downtown to HHS and the rest of the swamp.

People around here are deeply invested in the Cult of the Government Expert -- it's literally their livelihood. Even if they don't work in the public health field, they recognize the threat of lèse-majesté to their interests as a class.