Man I'm going to be literally on the line of decent accumulations vs very little. For reference I'm actually in Ashburn near Broadlands while I wait for my house to be finished. The two letter fellow he's in a rough spot I think
I used to date a woman in Brunswick It's decently NW so yeah your totals are a fair amount lower but your area certainly does NOT speak for the NW burbs. I for one think you should just speak for Brunswick