We found the person who gets really worked up when MD/VA people say they're "from DC"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Before I moved here I was insistent we live in the city limits. It didn't take long for me to realize that aside from like one neighborhood we couldnt afford, there was no place in DC that didn't remind me of either a small town after a neutron bomb had been dropped on it or a suburb. The streets were deserted. The list serves were full of natives complaining that people from Maryland and Virginia drove down on 'their' streets.

Thinking we could move someplace I didn't hate quite as much, we moved to a close-in burb.

Reader. It's exactly the same.

You sound fun. They were complaining about cut through commuter traffic. That's a huge quality of life issue and it has nothing to do with whether you're a "native" resident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before I moved here I was insistent we live in the city limits. It didn't take long for me to realize that aside from like one neighborhood we couldnt afford, there was no place in DC that didn't remind me of either a small town after a neutron bomb had been dropped on it or a suburb. The streets were deserted. The list serves were full of natives complaining that people from Maryland and Virginia drove down on 'their' streets.

Thinking we could move someplace I didn't hate quite as much, we moved to a close-in burb.

Reader. It's exactly the same.

You sound fun. They were complaining about cut through commuter traffic. That's a huge quality of life issue and it has nothing to do with whether you're a "native" resident.

It’s not cut though it’s just traffic, what do people think living closer to the bullseye would entail. Bonus points for on a gird to disperse the traffic

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before I moved here I was insistent we live in the city limits. It didn't take long for me to realize that aside from like one neighborhood we couldnt afford, there was no place in DC that didn't remind me of either a small town after a neutron bomb had been dropped on it or a suburb. The streets were deserted. The list serves were full of natives complaining that people from Maryland and Virginia drove down on 'their' streets.

Thinking we could move someplace I didn't hate quite as much, we moved to a close-in burb.

Reader. It's exactly the same.

You sound fun. They were complaining about cut through commuter traffic. That's a huge quality of life issue and it has nothing to do with whether you're a "native" resident.

It’s not cut though it’s just traffic, what do people think living closer to the bullseye would entail. Bonus points for on a gird to disperse the traffic

Moat suburbs are designed to be places where people who don't live there have no reason to go to. They have massive main arteries that are ugly and dangerous and hundreds of winding roads that go nowhere. This is by design.

People who move to DC often have this mindset and do not understand that their neighborhoods are adjacent to other places. Truthfully, more traffic, both foot and road, makes everyone safer and is a vital part of urban life. But DC is not a town that values that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Alexandria was part of DC until 1846...

Tell them you're from inside the Boundary Stones. That will surely impress a history buff or cartophile.

I love you

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Before I moved here I was insistent we live in the city limits. It didn't take long for me to realize that aside from like one neighborhood we couldnt afford, there was no place in DC that didn't remind me of either a small town after a neutron bomb had been dropped on it or a suburb. The streets were deserted. The list serves were full of natives complaining that people from Maryland and Virginia drove down on 'their' streets.

Thinking we could move someplace I didn't hate quite as much, we moved to a close-in burb.

Reader. It's exactly the same.

You sound fun. They were complaining about cut through commuter traffic. That's a huge quality of life issue and it has nothing to do with whether you're a "native" resident.

It’s not cut though it’s just traffic, what do people think living closer to the bullseye would entail. Bonus points for on a gird to disperse the traffic

Moat suburbs are designed to be places where people who don't live there have no reason to go to. They have massive main arteries that are ugly and dangerous and hundreds of winding roads that go nowhere. This is by design.

People who move to DC often have this mindset and do not understand that their neighborhoods are adjacent to other places. Truthfully, more traffic, both foot and road, makes everyone safer and is a vital part of urban life. But DC is not a town that values that.

Its like city mouse and country cousin's story.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of people feel that way. I dont mind anyone who grew up in the close in suburbs (the suburbs where you can legitimately get to DC in less than 20 minutes and probably go in regularly to grab lunch, go shopping, run errands, etc- so Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Alexandria, Silver Spring, etc) but the fact is there are many transplants from God knows where who live out in Gaithersburg and want to slip into an "I'm from DC" deception because they think it makes them seem more glamorous. Come on, everyone sees through it, which is why people write articles making fun of it. It's wearing your insecurities on your sleeve for everyone to see

Oh get off your high horse. It's you who wants to think living in DC makes someone glamorous. I don't know anyone who is a true DC native or someone who lives in a DC area suburb who think that. The only reason why I would I'm from the DC suburbs is because no one outside of the DMV area knows where Gaithersburg is. Why would anyone who live in Gaithersburg have insecurities about where they live? Anyone presuming this is a wannabe social climber. Just stop. You're painfully embarrassing yourself.