Why do people say they are from DC when they are not?

[Anonymous]

I used to have a friend from super-rich Connecticut for whom this "people saying they are from DC when they are not" was a major issue. She lived in a--literally--rat-infested basement apartment in Adams Morgan and was prouder than a pig in sh*t about it. She still enjoyed a sail on Daddy's sailboat when she returned home on vacation, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok, I know it seems like OP has gone overboard... but part of me wonders if there IS some truth to the whole thing... wait, hear me out. I'm not saying DC is better than VA or MD. I love all three places as equally as I do my three different and unique children. BUT, maybe it does make sense to stop grouping the three states together into "DC". They are close in proximity (somewhat) but in New York City, people from Jersey don't say they are from New York City. They calmly accept that they are from New Jersey, a great state in its own right, and may appreciate or even acknowledge their close proximity to New York City, but they never say "New York City". That's my 3 cents.

This is a joke, right? I'd say over 60% of the people I met from "New York City" live in Jersey.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Alexandria and always tell people I am from Alexandria. I once met a woman who said "only someone fron Alexandria would saw that"!!!

[Anonymous]

"This how-many-generations thing is so bizarre to me. DC was actually at its largest in the 1950s (a mere 800,000-ish, I think), but its relative triumph was brief. It was such a backwater until WWII development happened, then lost so much population and vitality after the riots. Until recently, DC was nothing. It is in fact newcomers who are starting to fix this place up, seeing as how it's supposed to be a world capital and all. I'm proud that my antecedents and I spent the past hundred years in several major cities all over the world, not here."


THANK YOU. SOMEONE WITH MORE BRAIN THAN PRIDE AT LAST!!!!!!!!! Whew!

[Anonymous]

I just can't imagine how any of this matters...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"This how-many-generations thing is so bizarre to me. DC was actually at its largest in the 1950s (a mere 800,000-ish, I think), but its relative triumph was brief. It was such a backwater until WWII development happened, then lost so much population and vitality after the riots. Until recently, DC was nothing. It is in fact newcomers who are starting to fix this place up, seeing as how it's supposed to be a world capital and all. I'm proud that my antecedents and I spent the past hundred years in several major cities all over the world, not here."


THANK YOU. SOMEONE WITH MORE BRAIN THAN PRIDE AT LAST!!!!!!!!! Whew!

Why would she have any DC pride? She's not from here. In fact, it sounds like she's proud that she's not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"This how-many-generations thing is so bizarre to me. DC was actually at its largest in the 1950s (a mere 800,000-ish, I think), but its relative triumph was brief. It was such a backwater until WWII development happened, then lost so much population and vitality after the riots. Until recently, DC was nothing. It is in fact newcomers who are starting to fix this place up, seeing as how it's supposed to be a world capital and all. I'm proud that my antecedents and I spent the past hundred years in several major cities all over the world, not here."


THANK YOU. SOMEONE WITH MORE BRAIN THAN PRIDE AT LAST!!!!!!!!! Whew!

Why would she have any DC pride? She's not from here. In fact, it sounds like she's proud that she's not.

True... I am proud that I'm not and have benefited from experience of much better cities to establish my expectations. However, I'm here now and am proud of the progress I've seen over the last few years.

[Anonymous]

We LOVE DC so much we like to say we are from DC whether or not this is technically true.


Ode to DC

Hate Maryland
It's cold and it's damp
And all the people dressed like country clubbers
Let's leave NOVA to the DC wannabes
That town's a little bit too rugged
For you and me you bad boy

Rollin' down Constitution
With a somebody at my side
Stifling humid winds blowin' hot from the east
And we are born to ride

Roll down the window put down the top
Crank up C-SPAN baby
Don't let the proceedings stop
We're gonna ride it till we just can't ride it no more

From NW to SE
From NE to SW
Everybody's very happy
'Cause the hot air is blowin' all the time
Looks like another perfect day

I love DC! (We love it!)
I love DC! (We love it!)

Look at that old building
Look at those statues
Look at that government worker over there, man
He's down on his knees
Look at these guys
There ain't nothin' like 'em nowhere

Capitol Hill (We love it!)
Georgetown (We love it!)
Adams Morgan (We love it!)
The Mall (We love it, we love it!)

I love DC!
I love DC!
(We love it!)

[Words changed to fit the scene]