You claim that you are not a native. What makes you different than any other transplant? I assume that your housing and other needs contributed to demand and, hence, price increases? Or, did you live on the street and eat from dumpsters? |
Yup. Some things are better. Some things are worse. And some things are the same! |
Starbucks? Panera? Potbelly? Walgreens? Forever 21? H&M? J Crew? CVS? Bed Bath Beyond? Seriously? Are you a troll? |
This is how I feel as well. |
Real estate in the DC area did not begin to skyrocket until the 2000s |
+1 Change is good. Get over it. No one really cares how the locals think that change is bad, and how you think you used to have "cool" (not so cool) nightlife. Very little about D.C. was ever distinct. Sure, it's the nation's capital, but many things (Metro, for example) are embarrassing. I suppose you will someday plat her on about pining for the old Metro? ![]() Besides, the shiny new homes you take such offense to are carrying the tax base. Certainly the whiner locals are not. Know when to shut it and be grateful. |
plat her = plather |
The entire city was not abandoned after 1968 riots. |
So, what you are saying is that since you got in while things were still cheap, your contribution didn't matter? By that calculus, I'm home free as well. We bought our house earlier than that. |
Metro is worse now than it was before. Way less reliable. Thanks to transplants who mostly all came here just to leech off of the local economy. |
But, again, you said you are a transplant. Are you also a leech? |
Bullshit! There was a lot about DC that was very distinct. You must be gentrifier recent arrival. |
I dare anyone to try and refute this. |
I agree with this, but the reality is that a lot of this was disappearing anyway. People keep mentioning the riots, but the drug murders in the 80s also caused a huge outflow of population. A city can't lose that many people without a negative impact. |
I am pining for the old Metro -- specifically, the 30 seconds between the completion of the original planned system in 2004 and the beginning of the results of deferred maintenance. |