How do you tell a DC native from a transplant?
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Anonymous
Agree!!! |
Anonymous
| Hey moe |
Anonymous
Haha! This is my kids. |
Anonymous
That would be “Woodie’s.” |
Anonymous
That is the MVA |
Anonymous
Ha ha ha. - just shows how silly this local versus transplant dichotomy and snobbery is. I am a transplant but even I know that there are two Cabin John bridges. The real one is actually in Cabin John: a one lane bridge also known as the Union Arch bridge or Cabin John Aqueduct (1857-1864 and historic civil engineering landmark). It was completed during the Civil War. The bridge designer Alfred Rives joined the Confederates during the war so the bridge was renamed to remove his name. The Union Arch bridge was the largest Romanesque arch bridge of its type in the world when it was built and was designed to carry the water pipes (Washington Aqueduct) that transport water from the Potomac all the way down to the reservoir and water treatment plant in NW DC. That is what large trucks are forbidden on MacArthur Boulevard - to prevent damage to DCs main water supply. The American Legion Memorial bridge (10 lane bridge built in 1962) is the 495 beltway bridge that crosses the Potomac River from Fairfax County NOVA to Montgomery County Md, and the source of endless controversy due to regular traffic jams from it all the way up the route 270. It is sometimes referred to as the CJ bridge as it crosses from NOVA to relatively close to Cabin John (closer to Potomac actually). Next to the American Legion Bridge is Plummers Island which is the most thoroughly studied island in the US (Washington Biologist Field Club has been studying nature there for 122 years). It now belongs to the National Park Service but is in danger with proposed plans to enlarge the 10 lane bridge even more. The club still conducts scientific research there and their historic clubhouse is charming. |
Anonymous
Yes. |
Anonymous
| Higgers Drug store - extra credit if you remember ole Doc Higger. |
Anonymous
I remember Peoples drug store, not Higgers! |
Anonymous
To outsiders, the acronym may conjure the thought of long lines at the Department of Motor Vehicles, but within the local area it is generally accepted to stand for D.C., Maryland, and Virginia. Though a staple for the past decade, the moniker’s origin is murky. For one, D.C. rapper 20Bello claims he popularized the name after hearing it from go-go musician Kibwe Galloway in the early 2000s. Galloway would shout it at performances and over records he produced to “try to break the wall” between urban and suburban fans. A second theory is that local hip-hop promoter Dre All Day in the Paint started using it to promote local clubs and venues in the mid-90s and local radio stations quickly caught on. Like 20Bello, Dre All Day was inspired after hearing it from another musician and pledged to make it “nationally and world renowned.” Another possibility is that a D.C.-based rap group called the Target Squad’s popular “DMV Mixtape” spread the nickname beyond the District. The origin may remain a mystery, but what matters most is that the nickname, like countless cultural phenomena, is owed to hip hop culture. It was originally promoted in the early 2000s to unify rap fans in the city with fans who had been pushed into nearby suburbs by gentrification. It also served as a regional umbrella under which up-and-coming talents could promote themselves, and expanded the scope of the D.C. rap scene so it could compete with bigger players like New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. Who exactly gets to claim the DMV is another part of the mystery. Today most agree that it includes all of D.C. and parts of the M and V, but which parts exactly is debatable. Montgomery County usually makes the cut, but there is argument over whether places like Baltimore do. It seems there was some dispute even back when it was first created. 20Bello says the DMV includes not only the entirety of the District of Columbia but the entire states of Maryland and Virginia as well. Dre All Day says it extends along I-95, reaching Baltimore, Richmond, and Norfolk. Galloway was only talking about the Beltway. Ambiguities aside, the significance the DMV name has to our area should be celebrated. Now we finally have a nickname on par with San Francisco’s Bay Area or Atlanta’s A-Town. Most importantly, it promotes a sense of solidarity between people of three different regions and unifies us under a shared culture. https://mocoshow.com/blog/the-story-behind-the-dmv/#:~:text=To%20outsiders%2C%20the%20acronym%20may,the%20moniker's%20origin%20is%20murky. |
Anonymous
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Trans plants are named Quinn, River, Jordan or other gender fluid names.
Native plants are named for national politicians and federal laws. DMV has been rezoned as sub tropical for planting purposes. Hole in ozone over northern hemisphere is growing. Both native and trans plants may need sunblock. |
Anonymous
I worked at People’s in Friendship Heights but went to Higgers when I was at my friend’s house - it was on Connecticut in Chevy Chase DC IIRC. |
Anonymous
| If they don't remember Traxx, they didn't grow up there. |
Anonymous
Garfinckel's, Hecht's Co., Olsson's Books & Records, the 9:30 club |