How do you tell a DC native from a transplant?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you refer to DC as "Washington," dead giveaway that you aren't from here.

Disagree. Growing up (in my case in the 60s-70s) everyone referred to it as Washington. And it definitely meant the broader area. The house I grew up in in Bethesda had a Washington address until sometime in the 70s when 20816 was created (used to be part of 20016).

Nope. Nobody from DC calls it Washington.

Signed,

-70s/80s Native

Not now, but definitely then. Or it was called the District.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The DMV is the Department of Motor Vehicles, not the DC area.

Omg!!! Yes! This number 1!!!

They just started using that stupid term about 10 years ago.

Signed, 53-year old native.

Idk, I think the term "DMV" is kind of like the term "NoVA": when you live in the DC area, it means Northern Virginia Community College, but as soon as you leave the area, it means the Northern Virginia area.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you refer to DC as "Washington," dead giveaway that you aren't from here.

Disagree. Growing up (in my case in the 60s-70s) everyone referred to it as Washington. And it definitely meant the broader area. The house I grew up in in Bethesda had a Washington address until sometime in the 70s when 20816 was created (used to be part of 20016).

Nope. Nobody from DC calls it Washington.

Signed,

-70s/80s Native

Yep. Washington is that ultra liberal state in the PNW. It sounds like another country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you refer to DC as "Washington," dead giveaway that you aren't from here.

Disagree. Growing up (in my case in the 60s-70s) everyone referred to it as Washington. And it definitely meant the broader area. The house I grew up in in Bethesda had a Washington address until sometime in the 70s when 20816 was created (used to be part of 20016).

Nope. Nobody from DC calls it Washington.

Signed,

-70s/80s Native

Yep. Washington is that ultra liberal state in the PNW. It sounds like another country.

To us DC natives, that is known as “Washington state.”

[Anonymous]

If you see the DC flag hanging in front of someone's house, I guarantee you a transplant lives there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you refer to DC as "Washington," dead giveaway that you aren't from here.

Disagree. Growing up (in my case in the 60s-70s) everyone referred to it as Washington. And it definitely meant the broader area. The house I grew up in in Bethesda had a Washington address until sometime in the 70s when 20816 was created (used to be part of 20016).

Nope. Nobody from DC calls it Washington.

Signed,

-70s/80s Native

Yep. Washington is that ultra liberal state in the PNW. It sounds like another country.

To us DC natives, that is known as “Washington state.”

LOL I think Washington State is referred by ANYONE

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Ask if they remember the Bayou in Georgetown.

+1

and Crazy Horse, Anastasia's. Fifth Column, The Ritz, The Cellar, The Roxy, Quigley's and my favorite, Tracks!

Anyone remember The Bank on F Street? https://ggwash.org/view/13059/once-a-bank-and-a-nightclub-historic-f-street-building-readies-for-next-step

And these bookstores: Waldenbooks, Crown Books, Kramerbooks & Afterwards.

Radio: WHFS, and Weasel (the best) + HFSFestival, The Don and Mike Show, Q107, WPGC

Yes! So many great memories

B. Dalton bookstore and Sharper Image

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Twenty years from now, the answers will be, "You remember when
1) Jackson-Reed was called Wilson
2) Connecticut Ave used contra-flow during rush hour
3) CityLine was Fannie Mae
4) Georgetown Day and Sidwell had separated campuses
5) Rock Creek Park had car traffic north of Broad Branch
6) You used to watch movies as Mazza Gallerie

Real OGs watched movies at Union Station .

Those theaters opened in 1988.

Real OGs remember the creepy adult theaters that used to be down near Ford’s Theater, when that neighborhood was still burned out.

Aw how about the Bibliograph in Georgetown they showed porno movies during lunch hours so they they could afford to show arthouse at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ask if they remember the Bayou in Georgetown.

+1

and Crazy Horse, Anastasia's. Fifth Column, The Ritz, The Cellar, The Roxy, Quigley's and my favorite, Tracks!

Anyone remember The Bank on F Street? https://ggwash.org/view/13059/once-a-bank-and-a-nightclub-historic-f-street-building-readies-for-next-step

And these bookstores: Waldenbooks, Crown Books, Kramerbooks & Afterwards.

Radio: WHFS, and Weasel (the best) + HFSFestival, The Don and Mike Show, Q107, WPGC

Yes! So many great memories

B. Dalton bookstore and Sharper Image

Dart Drug and Hechinger’s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC Native: misses their turn/exit, and keeps goings, turns around when it works out
Transplant: slows down or stops traffic behind them, because they want to get over, god forbid they miss their exit or turn

^^^^OMG, so much THIS^^^^

[Anonymous]

“DC Metro-area”

That’s what we called it in the 80’s.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They know what you mean when you say which hospital?

Columbia Hospital for women for me

3rd generation GW for me

Providence Hospital here

Prince George’s General

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Twenty years from now, the answers will be, "You remember when
1) Jackson-Reed was called Wilson
2) Connecticut Ave used contra-flow during rush hour
3) CityLine was Fannie Mae
4) Georgetown Day and Sidwell had separated campuses
5) Rock Creek Park had car traffic north of Broad Branch
6) You used to watch movies as Mazza Gallerie

Real OGs watched movies at Union Station .

Those theaters opened in 1988.

Real OGs remember the creepy adult theaters that used to be down near Ford’s Theater, when that neighborhood was still burned out.

Hookers on 14th ST and Mr. Henry’s for underage drinking.

Hookers sitting on divans in storefront display windows, with their skimpy dresses and feather boas, and pimps in platform shoes and bright polyester suits and matching hats with a long, also color coordinated, long feather in the hat band.

Adam and Eve I think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ask if they remember the Bayou in Georgetown.

+1

and Crazy Horse, Anastasia's. Fifth Column, The Ritz, The Cellar, The Roxy, Quigley's and my favorite, Tracks!

Anyone remember The Bank on F Street? https://ggwash.org/view/13059/once-a-bank-and-a-nightclub-historic-f-street-building-readies-for-next-step

And these bookstores: Waldenbooks, Crown Books, Kramerbooks & Afterwards.

Radio: WHFS, and Weasel (the best) + HFSFestival, The Don and Mike Show, Q107, WPGC

WOL, WOOK, WPGC, and WHUR. And Olsson’s Books and Records

Not sure why PP has Kramerbooks on the list, since it’s still there, although it has different owners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Twenty years from now, the answers will be, "You remember when
1) Jackson-Reed was called Wilson
2) Connecticut Ave used contra-flow during rush hour
3) CityLine was Fannie Mae
4) Georgetown Day and Sidwell had separated campuses
5) Rock Creek Park had car traffic north of Broad Branch
6) You used to watch movies as Mazza Gallerie

Real OGs watched movies at Union Station .

Those theaters opened in 1988.

Real OGs remember the creepy adult theaters that used to be down near Ford’s Theater, when that neighborhood was still burned out.

Aw how about the Bibliograph in Georgetown they showed porno movies during lunch hours so they they could afford to show arthouse at night.

Biograph. And they had the coin entry and zoetropes