Transplants vs DC Natives

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Natives are annoying and clueless. Most of them will never fully adjust to "life in the big city"

Your point? Why don't you move back to your "big city". DC is where I was born and raised and I love it. No need to move to a "big city".

I posted this. I meant transplants!!!

[Anonymous]

This is the stupidest thread, ever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Natives are annoying and clueless. Most of them will never fully adjust to "life in the big city"

Your point? Why don't you move back to your "big city". DC is where I was born and raised and I love it. No need to move to a "big city".

I posted this. I meant transplants!!!

Ok, that makes more sense.

[Anonymous]

The CVS, Panera, Starbucks, Whole Foods, chain store and condo cesspool of the past 20 years which is the only DC most of you transplants have experienced since you moved here is not the same DC we were raised in.

DC really was an exciting place with lots of wonderful stores and places to go.

The government and all the monuments were just a background to all of these wonderful places.

This is something transplants living in DC post 1995 will never fully understand.

Redskins at RFK.
Bullets/Capitals at the Capital Centre.
The Bayou in Georgetown.
The old 9:30 club.
D.C. Space

It truly was magical.

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The CVS, Panera, Starbucks, Whole Foods, chain store and condo cesspool of the past 20 years which is the only DC most of you transplants have experienced since you moved here is not the same DC we were raised in.

DC really was an exciting place with lots of wonderful stores and places to go.

The government and all the monuments were just a background to all of these wonderful places.

This is something transplants living in DC post 1995 will never fully understand.

Redskins at RFK.
Bullets/Capitals at the Capital Centre.
The Bayou in Georgetown.
The old 9:30 club.
D.C. Space

It truly was magical.

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant.

Hot Shoppes!

[Anonymous]

3rd generation DC. Commander Salamander & Hot Shoppes! Nailed it.

When you meet someone who grew up here: "where did you go to HS, do you know so and so"

People from out of the area "I've lived here [fill in number] many years, so I might as well be a native" followed by ha-ha-ha.

[Anonymous]

The condo, dog park, bike lane, whole foods, starbucks gentrifier set are one disgusting group of transplants.

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The CVS, Panera, Starbucks, Whole Foods, chain store and condo cesspool of the past 20 years which is the only DC most of you transplants have experienced since you moved here is not the same DC we were raised in.

DC really was an exciting place with lots of wonderful stores and places to go.

The government and all the monuments were just a background to all of these wonderful places.

This is something transplants living in DC post 1995 will never fully understand.

Redskins at RFK.
Bullets/Capitals at the Capital Centre.
The Bayou in Georgetown.
The old 9:30 club.
D.C. Space

It truly was magical.

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant.

YES!!!! THANK YOU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:3rd generation DC. Commander Salamander & Hot Shoppes! Nailed it.

When you meet someone who grew up here: "where did you go to HS, do you know so and so"

People from out of the area "I've lived here [fill in number] many years, so I might as well be a native" followed by ha-ha-ha.

I know, what a joke. All true natives are just like- seriously, are you kidding?

Also, i think a large part of the "native" psychology was being a kid in a very "adult" city. I remember going to inaugurations when I was a little kid and being so thrilled and enchanted by the celebrations, whether it was a republican or democratic president. I remember one Easter my family deciding to go down to the Cherry Blossoms after a very formal service, and the stares from tourists and the very economically diverse native-DC crowd. I remember tour buses stopping to take pictures of my friends and I when we would be sitting outside after school got out. I remember sneaking into Georgetown during the day and shopping at Commander Sallamander. Watching my boyfriend skateboard in L'Enfant Plaza. Learning how to ride the metro by myself. Walking around deserted downtown on Sundays.

That's something recent transplants, with this latest incarnation of DC as a kind of family friendly Disneyland for adults- with all the chain stores and brunch places for yuppies and organic food places... will NEVER understand.

And that version of DC was beautiful. Seriously, such a magical place.

I think that's why transplants will never accept the natives. They THINK they know a city that they really have no genuine understanding of.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:3rd generation DC. Commander Salamander & Hot Shoppes! Nailed it.

When you meet someone who grew up here: "where did you go to HS, do you know so and so"

People from out of the area "I've lived here [fill in number] many years, so I might as well be a native" followed by ha-ha-ha.

I know, what a joke. All true natives are just like- seriously, are you kidding?

Also, i think a large part of the "native" psychology was being a kid in a very "adult" city. I remember going to inaugurations when I was a little kid and being so thrilled and enchanted by the celebrations, whether it was a republican or democratic president. I remember one Easter my family deciding to go down to the Cherry Blossoms after a very formal service, and the stares from tourists and the very economically diverse native-DC crowd. I remember tour buses stopping to take pictures of my friends and I when we would be sitting outside after school got out. I remember sneaking into Georgetown during the day and shopping at Commander Sallamander. Watching my boyfriend skateboard in L'Enfant Plaza. Learning how to ride the metro by myself. Walking around deserted downtown on Sundays.

That's something recent transplants, with this latest incarnation of DC as a kind of family friendly Disneyland for adults- with all the chain stores and brunch places for yuppies and organic food places... will NEVER understand.

And that version of DC was beautiful. Seriously, such a magical place.

I think that's why transplants will never accept the natives. They THINK they know a city that they really have no genuine understanding of.

Agreed.

They know nothing but chain stores, cvs, starbucks, whole foods, cupcakes, revolting overpriced condos.

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant.

[Anonymous]

If you never rented a VHS movie from Erol's

If you never bought a record album from Waxie Maxie's

If you never shopped at Woodward & Lothrop

If you never saw the Redskins play over at RFK

If you never attended a concert over at the Capital Center

Don't even think of calling yourself a Washingtonian or that you know anything about the DC we were raised in

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Am I a transplant? I've lived here since 1994. I'm 45. I sure feel like a native at this point.

Yes, you are a transplant. If you can't answer "where did you go to school?", then you are a transplant.

Transplant here, currently engaged to a Native.
I strongly agree, that school identity is a key distinguishing feature among my Native friends. Typical conversation: "Oh, do you know Tim?" "No - which high school did he go to?" "Oh, he went WJ, he ran around with James and the lacrosse guys." "Oh wow, small world!"
Even if you've lived here for 25 years as an adult, you're still a Transplant.


The Natives really stick together. They all grew up in the same neighborhood, attended the same schools, do favors for each other in business and real estate, socialize together (same country clubs, swim clubs, BBQs, etc.) and are raising kids together.

The only way to truly break in to their inner circle is to marry into it. The Natives I met through my fiancee are very lovely, kind, and genuine people. Many of them come from Old Money. Lots of business owners among the Natives. Lots of connections into the highest reaches of Federal government (usually through parents and close family friends).

You do realize that the overwhelming majority of DC "Natives" have never stepped foot in a country club, were never on a swim team, and had nothing to do with lacrosse, right? BBQing? Now that might be another matter.

You need to get out more, and discover the real DC.

I thought the same thing. Though many of the other natives did not pull strings for their kids in the highest jobs, social circles, etc. because they weren't in them. And now they are leaving their native land in droves for local nursery transplants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you never rented a VHS movie from Erol's

If you never bought a record album from Waxie Maxie's

If you never shopped at Woodward & Lothrop

If you never saw the Redskins play over at RFK

If you never attended a concert over at the Capital Center

Don't even think of calling yourself a Washingtonian or that you know anything about the DC we were raised in

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant.

Waxie Maxie's!! Yep!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The CVS, Panera, Starbucks, Whole Foods, chain store and condo cesspool of the past 20 years which is the only DC most of you transplants have experienced since you moved here is not the same DC we were raised in.

DC really was an exciting place with lots of wonderful stores and places to go.

The government and all the monuments were just a background to all of these wonderful places.

This is something transplants living in DC post 1995 will never fully understand.

Redskins at RFK.
Bullets/Capitals at the Capital Centre.
The Bayou in Georgetown.
The old 9:30 club.
D.C. Space

It truly was magical.

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant.

If you are a native and are living off these memories, good for you....but maybe you should try going out a bit more, because you sound like a fool if you think that everything cool in DC has been replaced by a CVS and a Starbucks.

Redskins at RFK? Yeah fine, but today go check out the Nats at Nats Park.
Bullets at the Cap Centre? Maybe go see a DC United game at RFK
The Bayou in Georgetown? The old 9:30 Club? DC Space? Maybe try any of a dozen good new music clubs on U St. or H ST.

It's not wonder transplants get aggravated at you natives if you walk around thinking that DC Space was the high point of youth culture 30 years ago, and forever after. Some of you walk around mourning these things like they are a lost civilization and are oblivious to the city around you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

The CVS, Panera, Starbucks, Whole Foods, chain store and condo cesspool of the past 20 years which is the only DC most of you transplants have experienced since you moved here is not the same DC we were raised in.

DC really was an exciting place with lots of wonderful stores and places to go.

The government and all the monuments were just a background to all of these wonderful places.

This is something transplants living in DC post 1995 will never fully understand.

Redskins at RFK.
Bullets/Capitals at the Capital Centre.
The Bayou in Georgetown.
The old 9:30 club.
D.C. Space

It truly was magical.

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant.

If you are a native and are living off these memories, good for you....but maybe you should try going out a bit more, because you sound like a fool if you think that everything cool in DC has been replaced by a CVS and a Starbucks.

Redskins at RFK? Yeah fine, but today go check out the Nats at Nats Park.
Bullets at the Cap Centre? Maybe go see a DC United game at RFK
The Bayou in Georgetown? The old 9:30 Club? DC Space? Maybe try any of a dozen good new music clubs on U St. or H ST.

It's not wonder transplants get aggravated at you natives if you walk around thinking that DC Space was the high point of youth culture 30 years ago, and forever after. Some of you walk around mourning these things like they are a lost civilization and are oblivious to the city around you.

But everything cool in DC has been replaced by a CVS and a Starbucks.

I only gave you a few examples of Old DC but I could easily list hundreds more but then you would have to google search every single one of them and it would take you forever.

Like I already said previously, this is just something transplants living in DC post 1995 will never fully understand.

Nats will never compare to the Redskins at RFK.

DC United should never ever be mentioned in the same sentence as the Bullets or the Capitals. Shame on you!

If I were to post the Capital Center's entire concert list from back in the day it would make your "good new music clubs on U St. or H ST" look like Amateur Night at the Apollo.

I am not oblivious to the city around me.

I see it for what it has turned into.

A bunch of chain stores and brunch places for yuppies.
CVS, Starbucks, Cupcakes, Panera, Whole Foods organic crap.

Cant forget about all the 20-40 year old transplant kick ballers, pillow fighters and snowball fighters.

Walking around the metro with no pants on thinking they are being urban and hip.

GTFO here!

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant.