If you don't like DC, what prevents you from leaving?

[Anonymous]

Only one person has answered the question.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Oh, I dont live in DC anymore. Thank God. But I still reserve the right to snark on it, because it genuinely is a shitty place.

If you dont like it, don't open threads complaining about DC.

You moved away, and yet you still post here. It says a lot about you and or where you live now.

Yes, that it doesn't have a message board like DCUM. Nothing gets past you!

[Anonymous]

One big pro: looking at the city lit up at night from old Alexandria my favorite thing about the city. Carry on, haters.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Just really curious. No snark intended. It's just tiresome to read the ad nauseam posts about being miserable in DC. If I truly hated a place, I would leave right away. Life's too short. If another place calls to you, you have ties there, you just love love love it, and the people are awesomely friendly, surely you can find a job there? Why be so unhappy that your perspective is clouded to the point that you think everyone here is terrible? That's just illogical.

I don't know where else to go. : (

Are you a lawyer or government worker?

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Anonymous wrote:^I mean, if you are sooooooo excited to live in DC, far be it for me to rain on your parade. The museums are great, absolutely. But the shittier and shittier with every passing year public transit makes it a hassle to get to, let alone the traffic

It's mainly the culture. There is such a dearth of creative culture in DC. Of course, it's a government center, so it's going to attract the wonk types, not the creatives, but still... for a large city the dearth of creativity on such a level is kind of remarkable.

Also the people. Again with the lack of creativity- it tends to attract many small minded rule follower types, whether liberal or conservative. It doesnt have the vibrancy of great world cities like New York, LA, San Francisco, even Seattle.

I think you'd be disappointed how uncreative NY and LA are. They are extremely expensive cities and many of the creative types are living off of their parents or trust funds. It's just truly not that creative. There are Starbucks and whole foods all over both of those cities.

The presence of Starbucks and Whole foods does not invalidate creativity. I have lived in LA, it is absolutely, shockingly, creative.

NY's creative class is being slowly run out by rising rents but they still have a large number of (albeit already successful) creative types and artists.

But yeah- anyone who has lived in LA would know why it deserves the title "creative capital of the world"

DC is a political town. To expect it to be heavily influenced by the arts is unfair.

I don't think anyone expects it to be that way- but they also dont have to like it or act "enchanted" with it as some others might be. Look, the only person to blame for making DC the way it is is whoever decided to move the capital to Washington DC. It's a politics city, that's a given. But plenty of people hate the homogeneity and sameness that that has caused. And prefer other cities that dont have that particular and unique climate.

Well, you don't have to act enchanted. But, moving to a political town and expecting to find an abundance of arts is a bit weird.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, I dont live in DC anymore. Thank God. But I still reserve the right to snark on it, because it genuinely is a shitty place.

If you dont like it, don't open threads complaining about DC.

You moved away, and yet you still post here. It says a lot about you and or where you live now.

Yes, that it doesn't have a message board like DCUM. Nothing gets past you!

Why are you still slumming with us? We're shitty. Why aren't you joyously frolicking with all the friendly people in your new city? Stop wasting your time here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^I mean, if you are sooooooo excited to live in DC, far be it for me to rain on your parade. The museums are great, absolutely. But the shittier and shittier with every passing year public transit makes it a hassle to get to, let alone the traffic

It's mainly the culture. There is such a dearth of creative culture in DC. Of course, it's a government center, so it's going to attract the wonk types, not the creatives, but still... for a large city the dearth of creativity on such a level is kind of remarkable.

Also the people. Again with the lack of creativity- it tends to attract many small minded rule follower types, whether liberal or conservative. It doesnt have the vibrancy of great world cities like New York, LA, San Francisco, even Seattle.

I think you'd be disappointed how uncreative NY and LA are. They are extremely expensive cities and many of the creative types are living off of their parents or trust funds. It's just truly not that creative. There are Starbucks and whole foods all over both of those cities.

The presence of Starbucks and Whole foods does not invalidate creativity. I have lived in LA, it is absolutely, shockingly, creative.

NY's creative class is being slowly run out by rising rents but they still have a large number of (albeit already successful) creative types and artists.

But yeah- anyone who has lived in LA would know why it deserves the title "creative capital of the world"

DC is a political town. To expect it to be heavily influenced by the arts is unfair.

I don't think anyone expects it to be that way- but they also dont have to like it or act "enchanted" with it as some others might be. Look, the only person to blame for making DC the way it is is whoever decided to move the capital to Washington DC. It's a politics city, that's a given. But plenty of people hate the homogeneity and sameness that that has caused. And prefer other cities that dont have that particular and unique climate.

Well, you don't have to act enchanted. But, moving to a political town and expecting to find an abundance of arts is a bit weird.

Thank goodness that I never did then!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, I dont live in DC anymore. Thank God. But I still reserve the right to snark on it, because it genuinely is a shitty place.

If you dont like it, don't open threads complaining about DC.

You moved away, and yet you still post here. It says a lot about you and or where you live now.

Yes, that it doesn't have a message board like DCUM. Nothing gets past you!

Why are you still slumming with us? We're shitty. Why aren't you joyously frolicking with all the friendly people in your new city? Stop wasting your time here.

Why is anyone else on DCUM, despite it's admitted shittiness? It's entertaining, and occasionally you get some good info.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^I mean, if you are sooooooo excited to live in DC, far be it for me to rain on your parade. The museums are great, absolutely. But the shittier and shittier with every passing year public transit makes it a hassle to get to, let alone the traffic

It's mainly the culture. There is such a dearth of creative culture in DC. Of course, it's a government center, so it's going to attract the wonk types, not the creatives, but still... for a large city the dearth of creativity on such a level is kind of remarkable.

Also the people. Again with the lack of creativity- it tends to attract many small minded rule follower types, whether liberal or conservative. It doesnt have the vibrancy of great world cities like New York, LA, San Francisco, even Seattle.

I think you'd be disappointed how uncreative NY and LA are. They are extremely expensive cities and many of the creative types are living off of their parents or trust funds. It's just truly not that creative. There are Starbucks and whole foods all over both of those cities.

The presence of Starbucks and Whole foods does not invalidate creativity. I have lived in LA, it is absolutely, shockingly, creative.

NY's creative class is being slowly run out by rising rents but they still have a large number of (albeit already successful) creative types and artists.

But yeah- anyone who has lived in LA would know why it deserves the title "creative capital of the world"

DC is a political town. To expect it to be heavily influenced by the arts is unfair.

I don't think anyone expects it to be that way- but they also dont have to like it or act "enchanted" with it as some others might be. Look, the only person to blame for making DC the way it is is whoever decided to move the capital to Washington DC. It's a politics city, that's a given. But plenty of people hate the homogeneity and sameness that that has caused. And prefer other cities that dont have that particular and unique climate.

Well, you don't have to act enchanted. But, moving to a political town and expecting to find an abundance of arts is a bit weird.

Thank goodness that I never did then!

You never did what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh, I dont live in DC anymore. Thank God. But I still reserve the right to snark on it, because it genuinely is a shitty place.

If you dont like it, don't open threads complaining about DC.

You moved away, and yet you still post here. It says a lot about you and or where you live now.

Yes, that it doesn't have a message board like DCUM. Nothing gets past you!

Why are you still slumming with us? We're shitty. Why aren't you joyously frolicking with all the friendly people in your new city? Stop wasting your time here.

Why is anyone else on DCUM, despite it's admitted shittiness? It's entertaining, and occasionally you get some good info.

I for one would love to know where this loser lives now. I have a feeling it's no place that anyone would be jealous of.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^I mean, if you are sooooooo excited to live in DC, far be it for me to rain on your parade. The museums are great, absolutely. But the shittier and shittier with every passing year public transit makes it a hassle to get to, let alone the traffic

It's mainly the culture. There is such a dearth of creative culture in DC. Of course, it's a government center, so it's going to attract the wonk types, not the creatives, but still... for a large city the dearth of creativity on such a level is kind of remarkable.

Also the people. Again with the lack of creativity- it tends to attract many small minded rule follower types, whether liberal or conservative. It doesnt have the vibrancy of great world cities like New York, LA, San Francisco, even Seattle.

I think you'd be disappointed how uncreative NY and LA are. They are extremely expensive cities and many of the creative types are living off of their parents or trust funds. It's just truly not that creative. There are Starbucks and whole foods all over both of those cities.

The presence of Starbucks and Whole foods does not invalidate creativity. I have lived in LA, it is absolutely, shockingly, creative.

NY's creative class is being slowly run out by rising rents but they still have a large number of (albeit already successful) creative types and artists.

But yeah- anyone who has lived in LA would know why it deserves the title "creative capital of the world"

DC is a political town. To expect it to be heavily influenced by the arts is unfair.

I don't think anyone expects it to be that way- but they also dont have to like it or act "enchanted" with it as some others might be. Look, the only person to blame for making DC the way it is is whoever decided to move the capital to Washington DC. It's a politics city, that's a given. But plenty of people hate the homogeneity and sameness that that has caused. And prefer other cities that dont have that particular and unique climate.

Well, you don't have to act enchanted. But, moving to a political town and expecting to find an abundance of arts is a bit weird.

Thank goodness that I never did then!

You never did what?

What you mentioned.

[Anonymous]

Ya know, as snarky and rude as it is here.. I think the helpful people who post are more abundant than the rude ones. I usually chalk up the meanie ones to being teenagers getting their jollies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^I mean, if you are sooooooo excited to live in DC, far be it for me to rain on your parade. The museums are great, absolutely. But the shittier and shittier with every passing year public transit makes it a hassle to get to, let alone the traffic

It's mainly the culture. There is such a dearth of creative culture in DC. Of course, it's a government center, so it's going to attract the wonk types, not the creatives, but still... for a large city the dearth of creativity on such a level is kind of remarkable.

Also the people. Again with the lack of creativity- it tends to attract many small minded rule follower types, whether liberal or conservative. It doesnt have the vibrancy of great world cities like New York, LA, San Francisco, even Seattle.

I think you'd be disappointed how uncreative NY and LA are. They are extremely expensive cities and many of the creative types are living off of their parents or trust funds. It's just truly not that creative. There are Starbucks and whole foods all over both of those cities.

The presence of Starbucks and Whole foods does not invalidate creativity. I have lived in LA, it is absolutely, shockingly, creative.

NY's creative class is being slowly run out by rising rents but they still have a large number of (albeit already successful) creative types and artists.

But yeah- anyone who has lived in LA would know why it deserves the title "creative capital of the world"

DC is a political town. To expect it to be heavily influenced by the arts is unfair.

I don't think anyone expects it to be that way- but they also dont have to like it or act "enchanted" with it as some others might be. Look, the only person to blame for making DC the way it is is whoever decided to move the capital to Washington DC. It's a politics city, that's a given. But plenty of people hate the homogeneity and sameness that that has caused. And prefer other cities that dont have that particular and unique climate.

Well, you don't have to act enchanted. But, moving to a political town and expecting to find an abundance of arts is a bit weird.

Thank goodness that I never did then!

You never did what?

What you mentioned.

Got it. Where are you living now?

[Anonymous]

What we do for a living can only be done here. The only thing I really hate you s the heat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:^I mean, if you are sooooooo excited to live in DC, far be it for me to rain on your parade. The museums are great, absolutely. But the shittier and shittier with every passing year public transit makes it a hassle to get to, let alone the traffic

It's mainly the culture. There is such a dearth of creative culture in DC. Of course, it's a government center, so it's going to attract the wonk types, not the creatives, but still... for a large city the dearth of creativity on such a level is kind of remarkable.

Also the people. Again with the lack of creativity- it tends to attract many small minded rule follower types, whether liberal or conservative. It doesnt have the vibrancy of great world cities like New York, LA, San Francisco, even Seattle.

I think you'd be disappointed how uncreative NY and LA are. They are extremely expensive cities and many of the creative types are living off of their parents or trust funds. It's just truly not that creative. There are Starbucks and whole foods all over both of those cities.

The presence of Starbucks and Whole foods does not invalidate creativity. I have lived in LA, it is absolutely, shockingly, creative.

NY's creative class is being slowly run out by rising rents but they still have a large number of (albeit already successful) creative types and artists.

But yeah- anyone who has lived in LA would know why it deserves the title "creative capital of the world"

DC is a political town. To expect it to be heavily influenced by the arts is unfair.

I don't think anyone expects it to be that way- but they also dont have to like it or act "enchanted" with it as some others might be. Look, the only person to blame for making DC the way it is is whoever decided to move the capital to Washington DC. It's a politics city, that's a given. But plenty of people hate the homogeneity and sameness that that has caused. And prefer other cities that dont have that particular and unique climate.

Well, you don't have to act enchanted. But, moving to a political town and expecting to find an abundance of arts is a bit weird.

Thank goodness that I never did then!

You never did what?

What you mentioned.

Got it. Where are you living now?

I live in LA