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se_puede t1_j25gij9 wrote

Reply to comment by giscard78 in Moving from Midwest to DC by Anybody220

Can you pls turn down the volume, bud? There are nicer ways to give OP a heads up about the criminally high prices around here. This jaded phase you're in will pass, I promise.

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giscard78 t1_j25has3 wrote

> This jaded phase you're in will pass, I promise.

This is where I’m from. It’s basically inevitable that midwesterns will get upset about the prices. We will then have another “I can’t believe [thing] costs [money]” thread. Many of them won’t be willing to consider regional price differences in labor and real estate. You’ll eventually spend enough time here to realize that those of us from here aren’t mean, we are direct. The fake politeness that midwesterns do is weird, too.

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se_puede t1_j25jxn6 wrote

I'm a DC kid too, and never enjoyed the OGs w chips on their shoulders.

If you really from here, then we know the priority issue w nightlife is all these WB/IMF kids that knowingly stiff waitstaff on their tips.

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Anybody220 OP t1_j25i046 wrote

Yeah, I’m not sure what I said to him to make him mad. I appreciate the heads up even though I’m fully aware of the cost difference. Do people really think beer are only $2 in the Midwest and apartments are that cheap?

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giscard78 t1_j25j8o5 wrote

I’m not mad. Seriously. There is a cultural difference here you should be aware of. Your midwestern polite sensibilities are not universal. It might sound harsh to you but it’s just to drive a point.

And yes, this sub has common threads “I can’t believe I can’t find x for $y”

https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/yefbrq/cheapest_places_to_eat_in_the_city/

https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/xy75e3/whats_the_most_you_have_paid_for_a_cheap_drink_in/

https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/x2mqol/where_are_the_cheap_tacos/

https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/whr1gl/is_it_possible_to_get_a_cheap_apartment_for_under/

https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/z61qs8/things_you_wish_you_knew_about_dc_before_moving/

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Anybody220 OP t1_j25mug9 wrote

I mean I’ve stepped outside the Midwest before man. I lived out of my car in Pittsburgh for a year, been mugged in Houston, and I travel to Boston and Seattle frequently for work and family. I’m versed on the no one gives a fuck about you in this world. But yeah, I’m overall a polite Midwesterner who would like to find a nice bar and diner in DC.

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