Why do people here bash suburbia when most of the NW DC moms live in what is essentially the burbs?

[Anonymous]

Just because you're in the District borders doesn't mean you don't live in what is a suburban existence. All this suburban bashing and talking about Korean BBQ is so tired. Especially when your neighborhoods lack any sense of diversity especially when compared to most of the burbs.

[Anonymous]

I don't live in NW DC, can I continue to bash suburbia, please?

[Anonymous]

I live in Mt. Pleasant but grew up in suburbia. Can I bash?

[Anonymous]

Regardless of what the immediate environment of someone living in NW, if they're living in DC, they're doing more to help the region's poor than anyone living in the burbs. Living in DC is a moral act.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of what the immediate environment of someone living in NW, if they're living in DC, they're doing more to help the region's poor than anyone living in the burbs. Living in DC is a moral act.

This makes no sense - just because someone lives in the District, how is that helping the region's poor?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of what the immediate environment of someone living in NW, if they're living in DC, they're doing more to help the region's poor than anyone living in the burbs. Living in DC is a moral act.

Huh? The region's poor are not confined to the District of Columbia.

When I lived in NWDC, it was not a moral (or immoral!) act.

[Anonymous]

I've lived in the inner-city, the "nice" part of the city, the suburbs and during college the country. They all have their pluses and minuses. I always figure the suburb bashers are people who grew up in the suburbs and are slightly socially awkward so they don't know how else to chat up their new city neighbors. Otherwise why would you be so worried about other people’s lives?

[Anonymous]

I live in NW DC in what the OP probably considers the 'burbs. We walk to work, take public transportation, walk to the grocery stores and restaurants.

None of my friends who live in MD/VA have a similar lifestyle. They get in their car to do everything. One firned recently was contemplating buying a new home and trying to decide between a 3 car garage or a finished basement.

[Anonymous]

I live in the hood, straight up.

Is there some code that I can append to my suburb-bashing posts to prove my bashing rights?

(This all reminds me of the Chris Rock bit, "is it ever ok for a white person to say [the n-word]." "If it's between 3:30 and 4:00AM on Christmas Eve, and you're in the parking lot of Toys R Us...")

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in NW DC in what the OP probably considers the 'burbs. We walk to work, take public transportation, walk to the grocery stores and restaurants.

None of my friends who live in MD/VA have a similar lifestyle. They get in their car to do everything. One firned recently was contemplating buying a new home and trying to decide between a 3 car garage or a finished basement.

I live in Silver Spring 20910, near downtown Silver Spring, and we also walk to work, take public transportation, walk to the grocery stores and restaurants. We have one car for our five-person family but tend to use it only on weekends. We put 3,000 miles on it last year (mostly for vacations).

Sometimes I think all this fussing about urban living in the DC area is based on people's inability to find anything else that they can feel "hip" about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of what the immediate environment of someone living in NW, if they're living in DC, they're doing more to help the region's poor than anyone living in the burbs. Living in DC is a moral act.

I think this qualifies as the most absurd thing I've ever read on DCUM. Signed, A Washingtonian who has lived in various parts of NE, SE and now NW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of what the immediate environment of someone living in NW, if they're living in DC, they're doing more to help the region's poor than anyone living in the burbs. Living in DC is a moral act.

This is possibly one of the most ridiculous things I have ever read on DCUM. Which is saying a lot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in NW DC in what the OP probably considers the 'burbs. We walk to work, take public transportation, walk to the grocery stores and restaurants.

None of my friends who live in MD/VA have a similar lifestyle. They get in their car to do everything. One firned recently was contemplating buying a new home and trying to decide between a 3 car garage or a finished basement.

I live in Silver Spring 20910, near downtown Silver Spring, and we also walk to work, take public transportation, walk to the grocery stores and restaurants. We have one car for our five-person family but tend to use it only on weekends. We put 3,000 miles on it last year (mostly for vacations).

Sometimes I think all this fussing about urban living in the DC area is based on people's inability to find anything else that they can feel "hip" about.

Exactly! And let's face it, DC is not that 'hip' of a town, any way you look at it..

[Anonymous]

If you live in the Palisades, you live in the suburbs. If you live in Foxhall or Spring Valley, you live in the suburbs. There are "suburban" parts of DC that are NOT metro accessible (I am talking about a less than 10 block walk) that are not city living. I hate Clarendon as much as the next urban dweller, but that is way more urban than parts of the district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live in NW DC in what the OP probably considers the 'burbs. We walk to work, take public transportation, walk to the grocery stores and restaurants.

None of my friends who live in MD/VA have a similar lifestyle. They get in their car to do everything. One firned recently was contemplating buying a new home and trying to decide between a 3 car garage or a finished basement.

I live in Silver Spring 20910, near downtown Silver Spring, and we also walk to work, take public transportation, walk to the grocery stores and restaurants. We have one car for our five-person family but tend to use it only on weekends. We put 3,000 miles on it last year (mostly for vacations).

Sometimes I think all this fussing about urban living in the DC area is based on people's inability to find anything else that they can feel "hip" about.

I can do the same thing in Arlington, too.