Why do you live in the DC area?

[Anonymous]

Born and raised in area.
Jobs plentiful after college.
Lots to do: museums, concerts, arts, shopping, restaurants, etc.
Great schools and universities.
Diverse.
Near water
Excellent airports and train options.
My family.

[Anonymous]

I think 90% of world's population would give their right arm to live a middle class life in world's most powerful country's capital.

[Anonymous]

*upper middle class

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like it here - been here since college.

I like feel of east coast city but easier than NYC. I live uber distance from downtown DC and easily go for sports, theater, concerts, restaurants.

I like living in the suburbs with easy drive to stuff I need but still close to DC (see above)

I'm a bit of an intellectual snob so that part of DC fits me

Interesting friends and neighbors from all over the world live close

In other words you don't live in DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hate it here. Can’t wait to move.

Mostly Type-A strivers and mean-spirited, cold people,

No sense of hometown / no city pride,

Transient (everyone leaves)

Summers are miserably hot,

Mosquitoes and ticks everywhere

Winters cold and gray with barely any snow,

Crumbling infrastructure,

Deteriorating school system

Skyrocketing crime

Incompetent local government

Whole area stinks of weed.

We are only here for our .gov jobs.

We could be friends in real life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think 90% of world's population would give their right arm to live a middle class life in world's most powerful country's capital.

That sentiment might have been true many decades ago but DC fell of the shelf a very long time ago....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I like it here - been here since college.

I like feel of east coast city but easier than NYC. I live uber distance from downtown DC and easily go for sports, theater, concerts, restaurants.

I like living in the suburbs with easy drive to stuff I need but still close to DC (see above)

I'm a bit of an intellectual snob so that part of DC fits me

Interesting friends and neighbors from all over the world live close

+1. I could have written this. Plus a great place to raise kids. Free museums, zoo, plenty of urban entertainment, and you can walk right from the city into Rock Creek Forest and go to a nature center or take a hike. Also so easy to get out into nature with just a 30 - 40 minute or so drive out of the city. Lots of seasonal festivals too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hate it here. Can’t wait to move.

Mostly Type-A strivers and mean-spirited, cold people,

No sense of hometown / no city pride,

Transient (everyone leaves)

Summers are miserably hot,

Mosquitoes and ticks everywhere

Winters cold and gray with barely any snow,

Crumbling infrastructure,

Deteriorating school system

Skyrocketing crime

Incompetent local government

Whole area stinks of weed.

We are only here for our .gov jobs.

It sounds like you can manage to be miserable in any part of the world.

[Anonymous]

High intelligence of neighbors and schools. Concern with education. Great high paying jobs. Beautiful neighborhoods. So much growth. Many events, shows, concerts, activities, museums, parks, trails, lakes, libraries, churches, community centers, restaurants, shopping, etc. There’s so much to do and experience within a short drive. Housing appreciation rate. Mix of natives with transplants.

[Anonymous]

best place for a nonprofit/policy person like me and a former military member like my husband

I grew up in the mid-atlantic and have family roots in the DC burbs.

We had looked into a couple other places, and I am now thankful those did NOT happen

[Anonymous]

Dc fits every stereotype

[Anonymous]

Im from here.

[Anonymous]

Moved here after college. Met spouse who is 2nd generation DC native and who never wants to leave. So that's why I'm stuck here. But it wasn't a bad place to end up. And it's improved a lot over the past 3 decades.

I wish I lived somewhere that had a real winter and less summer heat and humidity. But having family nearby (in-laws) is a tradeoff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hate it here. Can’t wait to move.

Mostly Type-A strivers and mean-spirited, cold people,

No sense of hometown / no city pride,

Transient (everyone leaves)

Summers are miserably hot,

Mosquitoes and ticks everywhere

Winters cold and gray with barely any snow,

Crumbling infrastructure,

Deteriorating school system

Skyrocketing crime

Incompetent local government

Whole area stinks of weed.

We are only here for our .gov jobs.

Just because you don’t know the natives doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

[Anonymous]

Jobs brought us here.

Love the museums and different events.
Hate the congestion and traffic, it's really hard to get out of the area on holidays.