I am absolutely loving this comment. You are very accurate with the way you describe that subreddit. As someone who was actually born and raised in DC it annoys me when the transplants complain about the city as it is now.

They have no idea how the red carpet has been laid out for them while decades long issues with the native residents continue to go ignored. DC as it is is safer now than it's been in many, many years and they don't get it because they don't know anything about it's history. All they care about is the money that's available for them to make. Once they have satisfied themselves they will be leaving anyway. Unfortunately some of them will end up here.

Frankly, it's very similar here in Baltimore. People move here with no knowledge of the neighborhood they are going to except that it may be trendy and they end up woefully disappointed as a result.

What's so hard about doing a little homework first? Oh wait! That would require initiative and a measure of common sense which sadly is an endangered species these days.

I moved to Baltimore several years ago and made my home here, while I know it has it's warts,bumps, and bruises it also has a lot of charm. Sometimes what shines isn't gold and you have to remember that diamonds are ugly rocks until they are cut the right way, It's all in how you look at it.