title: Adding items to the List at creation time in VB.Net
body: <p>In c# I can initialize a List at creation time like</p>
  
  <pre><code>var list = new List&lt;String&gt;() {"string1", "string2"};
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>is there a similar thing in VB.Net?
  Currently I can do it like</p>
  
  <pre><code>Dim list As New List(Of String)
  list.Add("string1")
  list.Add("string2")
  list.Add("string3")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but I want to avoid boring .Add lines</p>