The District is now a suburb of Tysons

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the literal LOL. Oh yeah, The Cheesecake Factory, bring it! All that charm.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What's "the district?" (I'm from here).

When you say "here," what to you mean exactly?

I'm a 3rd generation Washingtonian - or maybe 2nd (my grandparents all moved here).

Need more specifics?

My parents are from Takoma Park, Maryland. I was born there too. My parents met at a protest in Dupont though.

We moved to Silver Spring when I was 2.

Now I live in Tysons - been here 7 years.

I know Tysons is not a quaint, old, walkable city like Old Town Alexandria or DC - plus downtown DC is much, much bigger. But to me, Tysons is like civilization. It's difficult to do things in DC. Like, if I need to go to the hardware store, I have 2 small town ones within 2 miles, or I can drive maybe 4 miles to Home Depot. I can be at Giant, Safeway, Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and a handful of organic/gourmet groceries in 5 minutes. I can be at Target, Walmart, Petsmart, etc. in 15 minutes. I can be at Chanel and all the high end shops in 5 minutes - the best shopping outside of lower Manhattan. I have an infant/toddler toy store 10 minutes away - and 2 other neighborhood ones. There's a plethora of great restaurants here, local coffee shops too. I really have no reason to leave this area for anything but for the fact I work downtown for the government. And if I have to go downtown, I'm there on 66 in 15 minutes. Rush hour, 45 minutes. I'm racking my brain trying to think of something DC has more of - all I can think of is good bars, more restaurants, law firms, and the government. and transplants. Certainly, for a 20-something, more bars and restaurants means a lot. Actually, Tysons has almost no bars except in the mall. But in my 30s, Tysons is much better.

I have an acre lot 3 miles from Tysons.

What does this have to do with anything? It's not even a humblebrag, it's just a regular "look at me, I've got land near where they're building stuff!" brag.

WORK ON YOUR HUMBLEBRAGS PEOPLE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What's "the district?" (I'm from here).

When you say "here," what to you mean exactly?

I'm a 3rd generation Washingtonian - or maybe 2nd (my grandparents all moved here).

Need more specifics?

My parents are from Takoma Park, Maryland. I was born there too. My parents met at a protest in Dupont though.

We moved to Silver Spring when I was 2.

Now I live in Tysons - been here 7 years.

I know Tysons is not a quaint, old, walkable city like Old Town Alexandria or DC - plus downtown DC is much, much bigger. But to me, Tysons is like civilization. It's difficult to do things in DC. Like, if I need to go to the hardware store, I have 2 small town ones within 2 miles, or I can drive maybe 4 miles to Home Depot. I can be at Giant, Safeway, Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and a handful of organic/gourmet groceries in 5 minutes. I can be at Target, Walmart, Petsmart, etc. in 15 minutes. I can be at Chanel and all the high end shops in 5 minutes - the best shopping outside of lower Manhattan. I have an infant/toddler toy store 10 minutes away - and 2 other neighborhood ones. There's a plethora of great restaurants here, local coffee shops too. I really have no reason to leave this area for anything but for the fact I work downtown for the government. And if I have to go downtown, I'm there on 66 in 15 minutes. Rush hour, 45 minutes. I'm racking my brain trying to think of something DC has more of - all I can think of is good bars, more restaurants, law firms, and the government. and transplants. Certainly, for a 20-something, more bars and restaurants means a lot. Actually, Tysons has almost no bars except in the mall. But in my 30s, Tysons is much better.

Shop on with your bad self!

But for me, shopping sucks my soul.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the literal LOL. Oh yeah, The Cheesecake Factory, bring it! All that charm.

Don't underestimate The Cheesecake Factory, friend. There are people in PG County who would die of ecstacy if someone built a Cheesecake Factory near them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What's "the district?" (I'm from here).

When you say "here," what to you mean exactly?

I'm a 3rd generation Washingtonian - or maybe 2nd (my grandparents all moved here).

Need more specifics?

My parents are from Takoma Park, Maryland. I was born there too. My parents met at a protest in Dupont though.

We moved to Silver Spring when I was 2.

Now I live in Tysons - been here 7 years.

I know Tysons is not a quaint, old, walkable city like Old Town Alexandria or DC - plus downtown DC is much, much bigger. But to me, Tysons is like civilization. It's difficult to do things in DC. Like, if I need to go to the hardware store, I have 2 small town ones within 2 miles, or I can drive maybe 4 miles to Home Depot. I can be at Giant, Safeway, Whole Foods, Trader Joes, and a handful of organic/gourmet groceries in 5 minutes. I can be at Target, Walmart, Petsmart, etc. in 15 minutes. I can be at Chanel and all the high end shops in 5 minutes - the best shopping outside of lower Manhattan. I have an infant/toddler toy store 10 minutes away - and 2 other neighborhood ones. There's a plethora of great restaurants here, local coffee shops too. I really have no reason to leave this area for anything but for the fact I work downtown for the government. And if I have to go downtown, I'm there on 66 in 15 minutes. Rush hour, 45 minutes. I'm racking my brain trying to think of something DC has more of - all I can think of is good bars, more restaurants, law firms, and the government. and transplants. Certainly, for a 20-something, more bars and restaurants means a lot. Actually, Tysons has almost no bars except in the mall. But in my 30s, Tysons is much better.

I have an acre lot 3 miles from Tysons.

Old people sometimes utter non sequiturs and the polite thing to do is to overlook it and carry on with the conversation.

[Anonymous]

Tysons blows! We are being relocated by our company to effing TYSONS because there is a ton of office space there.

And we currently live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, so you can imagine the shock. Obv we aren't going to live there. MAYBE I can swing Clarendon, but not mclean, not fucking "crystal city", and def not TYSONS CORNER.

Go to Paris or Berlin, then go to tysons. You will think americans are the biggest idiots on the planet. Then you will want to shoot yourself in the face!

[Anonymous]

"The best shopping outside of lower manhattan"

LOLOLOLOL

oh my, that is win.

yes JUST LIKE LOWER MANHATTAN

a sprawling, car-choked exurb wasteland

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

What's "the district?" (I'm from here).

When you say "here," what to you mean exactly?

I have an acre lot 3 miles from Tysons.

Old people sometimes utter non sequiturs and the polite thing to do is to overlook it and carry on with the conversation.

This made me LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'm a 3rd generation Washingtonian - or maybe 2nd

Hm. No. You are a no-generation Washingtonian, as I suspected. Still, it's weird that living in the 'burbs as you have for so long, you're not clear on where The District is.

You are such a clueless transplant. You obviously know nothing about DC prior to what, maybe 2000-something? I wish I could have taken you for a stroll circa Chinatown or Southeast 20+ years ago, or taken you along to a go-go and watched you get your ass beat and piss your pants while you told everyone you wanted to live in "the District" someday.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tyson's has more jobs. Tysons has taller buildings. Tysons has more affluent households than does the District of Columbia. Tysons is about to get a real, live subway line!

And yet ... Tysons is still stupid and manufactured. It's our own little Gangnam Style thing going on, complete with flashy Koreans buying status bags and driving them home in their E-Class sedans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tysons blows! We are being relocated by our company to effing TYSONS because there is a ton of office space there.

And we currently live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, so you can imagine the shock. Obv we aren't going to live there. MAYBE I can swing Clarendon, but not mclean, not fucking "crystal city", and def not TYSONS CORNER.

Go to Paris or Berlin, then go to tysons. You will think americans are the biggest idiots on the planet. Then you will want to shoot yourself in the face!

We're supposed to be impressed that you live in Williamsburg? What is this? 1995?

Williamsburg is overrun with poorly built apartment buildings and trust-fund hipsters. Had you said you lived in Greenpoint or Sunset Park, you might be worth listening to, but Williamsburg? Please do us all a favor and follow through on the facial work. Someone will take your apartment in Brooklyn and we'll be spared another prattling NYC transplant. Win-win.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"The best shopping outside of lower manhattan"

LOLOLOLOL

oh my, that is win.

yes JUST LIKE LOWER MANHATTAN

a sprawling, car-choked exurb wasteland

It's a fact according to the papers - tysons has more retail than anyplace in the country outside of lower manhattan. And I LOVE being able to drive there in 5 minutes and park right in front. Free. Ah. And I love how weird "walkability" loons like you live in DC. Please, have it. Stay there. I just feel bad for the locals downtown having to deal with you.

[Anonymous]

Williamsburg to Clarendon? You will sob

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tyson's has more jobs. Tysons has taller buildings. Tysons has more affluent households than does the District of Columbia. Tysons is about to get a real, live subway line!

And yet ... Tysons is still stupid and manufactured. It's our own little Gangnam Style thing going on, complete with flashy Koreans buying status bags and driving them home in their E-Class sedans.

WOW - posting something like this, I know you are SO not from around here. In my whole life I have never known anyone in this area that racially stupid and insensitive. Joning on Koreans is not cool.

But hey, I'll tell you what - we will chose to live in a 20%+ Korean, low/no crime neighborhood with a 9/10 school (although our DD will probably end up at the AP school and be in a group that's more like 30%+ asian). Meanwhile, you stay in DC. Thank you so much for staying there. We don't want racist transplants like you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tyson's has more jobs. Tysons has taller buildings. Tysons has more affluent households than does the District of Columbia. Tysons is about to get a real, live subway line!

And yet ... Tysons is still stupid and manufactured. It's our own little Gangnam Style thing going on, complete with flashy Koreans buying status bags and driving them home in their E-Class sedans.

WOW - posting something like this, I know you are SO not from around here. In my whole life I have never known anyone in this area that racially stupid and insensitive. Joning on Koreans is not cool.

But hey, I'll tell you what - we will chose to live in a 20%+ Korean, low/no crime neighborhood with a 9/10 school (although our DD will probably end up at the AP school and be in a group that's more like 30%+ asian). Meanwhile, you stay in DC. Thank you so much for staying there. We don't want racist transplants like you.

Are you fucking retarded. That's a major hit song right now and has nothing to do with jonsing on koreans. (also I am asian)