Same

It’s wonderful. I typically don’t travel with a suitcase/check in so it’s such a breeze. Saves me $150 on international trips ($75 in and out).

The other problem is that I don’t see why group 3 is “a problem”. Not an easy conundrum to fix.

Exactly my answer

People shouldn’t be shot.

It WAS worse in the 1990s.

I don’t see the lie in either statement.

Did DC libraries make a decision a few years ago to “have fun” with the architecture of their libraries? Love them. They are inviting unique designs.

Don’t know how particular you are but FYI I’m seeing Soundcheck and Echostage recs—just know those are generally a lot more trance or dubsteppy than house.

Good musical deep or tech house would be Flash or depending on the night Eighteenth Street Lounge.

The random nature of this is alarming:

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/man-accused-killing-metro-mechanic-potomac-metro-station-appears-court/65-425c4a81-01f4-4380-9be4-b8a5545150b7

>and in unit laundry (usually in the basement).

Forget the game rooms and the concierges, but once you've had in-unit washer dryer it's really hard to go back from that.

Keep in mind those are in luxury buildings in prime locations, so I wouldn't say "save", but agree that the building/rooms appeal to some. And there's nothing wrong with that per se.

This is why I rent. Because I don't want to have to move to Laurel or Fredericksburg to find a lower priced mortgage. I like the city, and like waking up in the city and taking a walk on the mall and tidal basin. So if I'm not meant to be a homeowner on this earth, ce la vita.

They are partnered with my building and I’m curious too. But they don’t answer emails, I can’t tell exactly what type of service they are. Do they mop floors and clean bathroom?

I’m good with no snow if we are getting highs in 40s (which we are). What’ll be annoying is if we aren’t in mid-60s for most of March.

“A foot of snow per winter” 🥹

• The trails. All of them.

• Distinctive neighborhoods—Anacostia is not like Georgetown which is not like Wharf which is not like NoMa. It’s a GOOD thing to have different neighborhoods with their own vibe, and to have a mix of the historical stuff with new shiny modern things.

Re: jail as a deterrent (a bit rambly)

One of the tragedies of criminal justice, is the perverse glorification of getting “locked up” by far too many young kids. So like jail is not a deterrent. I was listening to this podcast on Drink Champs and Bobby Shmurda was basically saying , “eh, jail! All good I know folks there, I’m good, what’s a couple of years”…and yet you also don’t want to indimiscritely ruin people’s lives for weed. But you don’t see C Murder glorifying jail because once you are behind bars for 20, 30 years now that makes you think. It’s not just 2 years then you out and you are almost (from their perspective) better off for it with the cred and connections of jail.

I hope people will see the larger point I’m making—and yes ofcourse 13 years is bullshit.

Folks got the wrong impression but it's on me for how I worded the original post. Intent was actually the opposite of "shit testing". It was to demonstrate that there are folks with strong roots to DC (however you want to define it) that are here to stay.

I keep seeing folks will be like "DC is so transient" or "everybody is a transplant" here, suggesting implying some type of shallow or inauthentic collective (or individual) connection to the city. My view is that this is not true.

>we can be a little elitist about who qualifies as a DC native! I think you should have a caveat for transplants who've lived here for over ten years, not that I'm one, though! My family moved here during the New Deal to work. I was born in DC, brought up in Cheverly, moved back to DC as a teen.

That's my point, but I didn't communicate it clearly :)

That there are plenty of people with real tangible ties to DC. It's not just all these transients passing through, or that nobody identifies with the place, or that it isn't a real true home to thousands.

There's nothing wrong with transplants, hopefully that's not what you got out of my post, happy to edit if that's it the impression.

I'm just pushing back on the "everyone is a transplant here" mantra.

<< Do you call this place home and do you want to make it better? >>

Totally agree.

My point was actually that there are plenty of people in DC (in real life) and on this sub "from DC".

>While I'm definitely not FROM here, I've lived here longer than I've lived anywhere else, and my child was born here.

I don't think you'd be wrong per se if you were out in St. Louis at a conference happy hour and you said you were "from Washington".

Where are you from, what's home?

Where you live?

Where you have lived the longest?

Where you are born?

Where you grew up? (if it's different from where you were born and also where you live)

Where in your heart you identify with?

All of the above? :)

>I would say my friends and acquaintances are about 50/50 native and transplant. But the transplants have almost all been here at least a decade. We’re lifers.

I knew those existed in this city! I was starting to wonder 😉

I think what people mean to say is "a high number [or many] young white-collar professionals in their 20s are transient and often from elsewhere". It's a very specific demographic to which that applies to, and they're often friends with each other and so folks just apply it as a blanket statement. And even that might be too general, it's the Hill/public policy/IR/poli sci crowd even within the white-collar professionals that are disproportionally transient, but to be fair DC has a relatively higher number of this crowd than probably any other city in the US (the world?).

I'm not even being that pedantic, outside of that demographic there's quite a bit of lifers and people here in DC for the long haul!

Yea I didn't even want to or feel the need to go there, but that's true. Even without that, I'm surprised by how much stuff like "everybody in DC is transient" or "nobody is from here" is just thrown around and accepted at face value. Very odd.

Apartment or SFH/condo?