Transplants vs DC Natives

[Anonymous]

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1988 Oct 13 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 17 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 18 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 19 Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson 3 nights in a row?

Are you kidding me?

I'm not even a Michael Jackson fan and I would so go see him over any U Street or H Street venue performer.

I went to the 1980 Bruce Springsteen concert and the 1984 Prince concert. The MJ concerts turned DC upside down - I was in college at that point but remember my younger brother talking about this with glee. There are a whole group of DC natives who remember that week fondly.

That list of concerts is amazing actually!!

It is, except it is from the internet.

What's the point here? That in the 1970's and 1980's there were lots of great 70's and 80's bands playing in DC? Are you somehow under the impression that there aren't lots of great 201X bands playing in DC now? There are. You all sound like a bunch of losers that are living in the past.

You think there are too many chain stores because that is all you ever go to. You think that all the cool neighborhoods are gone because you are too old and lame to go the new cool neighborhoods.

All you old DC natives sound pathetic. Stop living in the past.

^ Says the transplant who is not old enough to remember anything before the year 2000 so he/she has to resort to calling people old.

Look, we already had a transplant on here admit that DC is not as interesting as it used to be.
Everyone with common sense already knows this.
Everyone except for you of course.

Stop buying into all of the hype.

I'm plenty old enough to remember well before they year 2000, thank you very much.

And if you are wandering around insisting that there is no interesting people, places, or things to do in this city - today - then you are the problem. You are lame and stuck in the past. Look in the mirror to find why you are so bored - don't blame new people moving into our city.

Well it's obvious your memories before the year 2000 do not go further back than the mighty morphin power rangers or the teenage mutant ninja turtles because anyone old enough to have participated in adult activities pre 1995 can sympathize with how DC in it's current incarnation is boring and stale when compared to previous eras.

Since you are old enough to remember well before the year 2000 lets discuss some DC area sports so I can determine exactly just how far you go back.

Are you old enough to remember when the Hoyas were in the NCAA basketball championship game for 3 years out of a 4-year span?
Are you old enough to remember when the Bullets had the No. 1 winning percentage in the entire NBA for a decade?
Are you old enough to remember when the Redskins were winning Super Bowls?

Nobody is saying there is "no interesting people, places, or things to do in this city today" they are simply saying the present incarnation of DC is seriously over rated.

Why is it seriously over rated?
So more upscale condos can be sold to unsuspecting, gentrifying urban wannabes.

You cannot accept this because you have been brainwashed to believe all of the gentrification hype.

As soon as someone disagrees with you then suddenly they are "bored, lame and stuck in the past"

I can sit here all night and exchange insults with you but instead of doing that I will just offer you some advice instead.

My advice to you is expand your horizons and do some research so you can understand why so many natives feel the "new people moving into our city" are ruining it beyond repair.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

1988 Oct 13 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 17 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 18 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 19 Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson 3 nights in a row?

Are you kidding me?

I'm not even a Michael Jackson fan and I would so go see him over any U Street or H Street venue performer.

I went to the 1980 Bruce Springsteen concert and the 1984 Prince concert. The MJ concerts turned DC upside down - I was in college at that point but remember my younger brother talking about this with glee. There are a whole group of DC natives who remember that week fondly.

That list of concerts is amazing actually!!

It is, except it is from the internet.

What's the point here? That in the 1970's and 1980's there were lots of great 70's and 80's bands playing in DC? Are you somehow under the impression that there aren't lots of great 201X bands playing in DC now? There are. You all sound like a bunch of losers that are living in the past.

You think there are too many chain stores because that is all you ever go to. You think that all the cool neighborhoods are gone because you are too old and lame to go the new cool neighborhoods.

All you old DC natives sound pathetic. Stop living in the past.

^ Says the transplant who is not old enough to remember anything before the year 2000 so he/she has to resort to calling people old.

Look, we already had a transplant on here admit that DC is not as interesting as it used to be.
Everyone with common sense already knows this.
Everyone except for you of course.

Stop buying into all of the hype.

I'm plenty old enough to remember well before they year 2000, thank you very much.

And if you are wandering around insisting that there is no interesting people, places, or things to do in this city - today - then you are the problem. You are lame and stuck in the past. Look in the mirror to find why you are so bored - don't blame new people moving into our city.

Oh God.

You're probably the type that gets really giddy and excited about Sunday brunch, right? That geeks out and made everyone go to Medium Rare when it opened? That thought Busboys and Poets was the absolute HEIGHT of sophistication and cool.

Please. We see right through that bullshit.

Btw... The giddy excitement with new DC reeks of transplant, came-from-a-small-town-and-now-I'm-in-the-big-city uncoolness. Just FYI.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

1988 Oct 13 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 17 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 18 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 19 Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson 3 nights in a row?

Are you kidding me?

I'm not even a Michael Jackson fan and I would so go see him over any U Street or H Street venue performer.

I went to the 1980 Bruce Springsteen concert and the 1984 Prince concert. The MJ concerts turned DC upside down - I was in college at that point but remember my younger brother talking about this with glee. There are a whole group of DC natives who remember that week fondly.

That list of concerts is amazing actually!!

It is, except it is from the internet.

What's the point here? That in the 1970's and 1980's there were lots of great 70's and 80's bands playing in DC? Are you somehow under the impression that there aren't lots of great 201X bands playing in DC now? There are. You all sound like a bunch of losers that are living in the past.

You think there are too many chain stores because that is all you ever go to. You think that all the cool neighborhoods are gone because you are too old and lame to go the new cool neighborhoods.

All you old DC natives sound pathetic. Stop living in the past.

^ Says the transplant who is not old enough to remember anything before the year 2000 so he/she has to resort to calling people old.

Look, we already had a transplant on here admit that DC is not as interesting as it used to be.
Everyone with common sense already knows this.
Everyone except for you of course.

Stop buying into all of the hype.

I'm plenty old enough to remember well before they year 2000, thank you very much.

And if you are wandering around insisting that there is no interesting people, places, or things to do in this city - today - then you are the problem. You are lame and stuck in the past. Look in the mirror to find why you are so bored - don't blame new people moving into our city.

Well it's obvious your memories before the year 2000 do not go further back than the mighty morphin power rangers or the teenage mutant ninja turtles because anyone old enough to have participated in adult activities pre 1995 can sympathize with how DC in it's current incarnation is boring and stale when compared to previous eras.

Since you are old enough to remember well before the year 2000 lets discuss some DC area sports so I can determine exactly just how far you go back.

Are you old enough to remember when the Hoyas were in the NCAA basketball championship game for 3 years out of a 4-year span?
Are you old enough to remember when the Bullets had the No. 1 winning percentage in the entire NBA for a decade?
Are you old enough to remember when the Redskins were winning Super Bowls?

Nobody is saying there is "no interesting people, places, or things to do in this city today" they are simply saying the present incarnation of DC is seriously over rated.

Why is it seriously over rated?
So more upscale condos can be sold to unsuspecting, gentrifying urban wannabes.

You cannot accept this because you have been brainwashed to believe all of the gentrification hype.

As soon as someone disagrees with you then suddenly they are "bored, lame and stuck in the past"

I can sit here all night and exchange insults with you but instead of doing that I will just offer you some advice instead.

My advice to you is expand your horizons and do some research so you can understand why so many natives feel the "new people moving into our city" are ruining it beyond repair.

You, sir, have no life, which proves PP's point.

Move on, or sideways.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Natives who claim to care so much (not really) about this area should have been stepping up where it mattered, since they are so resistant to change. Just because a native says something is so, does not make it so. Hint: If you are unable to change something, it is time to not obsess anymore. Otherwise, you have yourself a mighty huge mental health problem. Time for some of the natives to seek professional help about their ill feelings and their dwelling on things they really (truly) have no control over. This is not about the natives, it is clearly about something else. Perhaps your in adequacies in other major areas of your life.

Change happens. There is nothing any local can do about it. Any attempts to rebel or resist against newcomers make you look worse and worse.

This is where you pretend not to understand.

Sounds hypocritical especially since it mostly has been the taransplants who have been whining & crying about the recent uptick of crime in DC.

Well... Change happens.

To all the natives whining about how things have changed, have you forgotten about crack crime in the 80's or car jackings (in Georgetown) in the 90's?

[Anonymous]

Are there any Black DCers posting in this thread at all?

[Anonymous]

Natives are boring and awful because they live in the past; the past that is not that noteworthy, to begin with. I could see if one is from a noteworthy place, era - something worth reliving. But geez, let it go, already.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

1988 Oct 13 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 17 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 18 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 19 Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson 3 nights in a row?

Are you kidding me?

I'm not even a Michael Jackson fan and I would so go see him over any U Street or H Street venue performer.

I went to the 1980 Bruce Springsteen concert and the 1984 Prince concert. The MJ concerts turned DC upside down - I was in college at that point but remember my younger brother talking about this with glee. There are a whole group of DC natives who remember that week fondly.

That list of concerts is amazing actually!!

It is, except it is from the internet.

What's the point here? That in the 1970's and 1980's there were lots of great 70's and 80's bands playing in DC? Are you somehow under the impression that there aren't lots of great 201X bands playing in DC now? There are. You all sound like a bunch of losers that are living in the past.

You think there are too many chain stores because that is all you ever go to. You think that all the cool neighborhoods are gone because you are too old and lame to go the new cool neighborhoods.

All you old DC natives sound pathetic. Stop living in the past.

^ Says the transplant who is not old enough to remember anything before the year 2000 so he/she has to resort to calling people old.

Look, we already had a transplant on here admit that DC is not as interesting as it used to be.
Everyone with common sense already knows this.
Everyone except for you of course.

Stop buying into all of the hype.

I'm plenty old enough to remember well before they year 2000, thank you very much.

And if you are wandering around insisting that there is no interesting people, places, or things to do in this city - today - then you are the problem. You are lame and stuck in the past. Look in the mirror to find why you are so bored - don't blame new people moving into our city.

Well it's obvious your memories before the year 2000 do not go further back than the mighty morphin power rangers or the teenage mutant ninja turtles because anyone old enough to have participated in adult activities pre 1995 can sympathize with how DC in it's current incarnation is boring and stale when compared to previous eras.

Since you are old enough to remember well before the year 2000 lets discuss some DC area sports so I can determine exactly just how far you go back.

Are you old enough to remember when the Hoyas were in the NCAA basketball championship game for 3 years out of a 4-year span?
Are you old enough to remember when the Bullets had the No. 1 winning percentage in the entire NBA for a decade?
Are you old enough to remember when the Redskins were winning Super Bowls?

Nobody is saying there is "no interesting people, places, or things to do in this city today" they are simply saying the present incarnation of DC is seriously over rated.

Why is it seriously over rated?
So more upscale condos can be sold to unsuspecting, gentrifying urban wannabes.

You cannot accept this because you have been brainwashed to believe all of the gentrification hype.

As soon as someone disagrees with you then suddenly they are "bored, lame and stuck in the past"

I can sit here all night and exchange insults with you but instead of doing that I will just offer you some advice instead.

My advice to you is expand your horizons and do some research so you can understand why so many natives feel the "new people moving into our city" are ruining it beyond repair.

You, sir, have no life, which proves PP's point.

Move on, or sideways.

+10000

Natives tend to be obsessive (note above) and a more than a little crazed. For example, if you "don't like"/can't afford the new houses, move somewhere there are no new houses being built. Problem solved. Instead, natives harp on any little thing they can obsess about. It really is a sad way to live. Really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Are there any Black DCers posting in this thread at all?

Yes. I posted about seeing Prince and Bruce at the Cap Center. I also used to go to Bullets games as well as the Dips. I too feel like something has been lost but at the same time I have been enjoying the new DC with my kids. I love, love all the new restaurants. My favorite neighborhood transformation has to be Bloomingdale and H Street. When I was a teen I couldn't wait to get out of DC - it was dangerous to go out. The high murder rate coupled with the small size of DC meant that many people knew people who had been murdered. So many young lives cut short it was truly awful.

I left for about 20 years and came back. It was jarring at first to see white people in Petworth or walking around Georgia Ave. I don't mind the transplants - maybe because I'm older and they are mostly kids trying to find their way. Also there have always been transplants because of the government. I think some transplants really want to do things to improve the city and I'm all for it. At the same time it is disappointing that many black folks moved out and aren't enjoying how much the city has improved.

Even though I know people disagree - DC was a magical place way back when - but I think there is some cool stuff happening now that my kids will look back on and call magical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

1988 Oct 13 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 17 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 18 Michael Jackson
1988 Oct 19 Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson 3 nights in a row?

Are you kidding me?

I'm not even a Michael Jackson fan and I would so go see him over any U Street or H Street venue performer.

I went to the 1980 Bruce Springsteen concert and the 1984 Prince concert. The MJ concerts turned DC upside down - I was in college at that point but remember my younger brother talking about this with glee. There are a whole group of DC natives who remember that week fondly.

That list of concerts is amazing actually!!

It is, except it is from the internet.

What's the point here? That in the 1970's and 1980's there were lots of great 70's and 80's bands playing in DC? Are you somehow under the impression that there aren't lots of great 201X bands playing in DC now? There are. You all sound like a bunch of losers that are living in the past.

You think there are too many chain stores because that is all you ever go to. You think that all the cool neighborhoods are gone because you are too old and lame to go the new cool neighborhoods.

All you old DC natives sound pathetic. Stop living in the past.

^ Says the transplant who is not old enough to remember anything before the year 2000 so he/she has to resort to calling people old.

Look, we already had a transplant on here admit that DC is not as interesting as it used to be.
Everyone with common sense already knows this.
Everyone except for you of course.

Stop buying into all of the hype.

I'm plenty old enough to remember well before they year 2000, thank you very much.

And if you are wandering around insisting that there is no interesting people, places, or things to do in this city - today - then you are the problem. You are lame and stuck in the past. Look in the mirror to find why you are so bored - don't blame new people moving into our city.

Well it's obvious your memories before the year 2000 do not go further back than the mighty morphin power rangers or the teenage mutant ninja turtles because anyone old enough to have participated in adult activities pre 1995 can sympathize with how DC in it's current incarnation is boring and stale when compared to previous eras.

Since you are old enough to remember well before the year 2000 lets discuss some DC area sports so I can determine exactly just how far you go back.

Are you old enough to remember when the Hoyas were in the NCAA basketball championship game for 3 years out of a 4-year span?
Are you old enough to remember when the Bullets had the No. 1 winning percentage in the entire NBA for a decade?
Are you old enough to remember when the Redskins were winning Super Bowls?

Nobody is saying there is "no interesting people, places, or things to do in this city today" they are simply saying the present incarnation of DC is seriously over rated.

Why is it seriously over rated?
So more upscale condos can be sold to unsuspecting, gentrifying urban wannabes.

You cannot accept this because you have been brainwashed to believe all of the gentrification hype.

As soon as someone disagrees with you then suddenly they are "bored, lame and stuck in the past"

I can sit here all night and exchange insults with you but instead of doing that I will just offer you some advice instead.

My advice to you is expand your horizons and do some research so you can understand why so many natives feel the "new people moving into our city" are ruining it beyond repair.

You, sir, have no life, which proves PP's point.

Move on, or sideways.

+10000

Natives tend to be obsessive (note above) and a more than a little crazed. For example, if you "don't like"/can't afford the new houses, move somewhere there are no new houses being built. Problem solved. Instead, natives harp on any little thing they can obsess about. It really is a sad way to live. Really.

Ahahaha. We're expected to move to make way for people with zero taste? No thanks. I'll stick in my neighborhood, and make fun of tasteless transplants with the rest of the neighbors. It's really NBD.

[Anonymous]

3rd generation DC. Thinking I should move to Cleveland to experience their 'transplant' vs. 'native' discussion. Oh wait, does anyone transplant to Cleveland...

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Are there any Black DCers posting in this thread at all?

Yes. I posted about seeing Prince and Bruce at the Cap Center. I also used to go to Bullets games as well as the Dips. I too feel like something has been lost but at the same time I have been enjoying the new DC with my kids. I love, love all the new restaurants. My favorite neighborhood transformation has to be Bloomingdale and H Street. When I was a teen I couldn't wait to get out of DC - it was dangerous to go out. The high murder rate coupled with the small size of DC meant that many people knew people who had been murdered. So many young lives cut short it was truly awful.

I left for about 20 years and came back. It was jarring at first to see white people in Petworth or walking around Georgia Ave. I don't mind the transplants - maybe because I'm older and they are mostly kids trying to find their way. Also there have always been transplants because of the government. I think some transplants really want to do things to improve the city and I'm all for it. At the same time it is disappointing that many black folks moved out and aren't enjoying how much the city has improved.

Even though I know people disagree - DC was a magical place way back when - but I think there is some cool stuff happening now that my kids will look back on and call magical.

You sound like a sensible person, pp! Enjoyed your post.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am white, born on a military base and I arrived in DC soon after my birth.

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

Yes I have traveled extensively especially after high school.

I think the recent wave of mostly white transplants to the DC area some of the lamest people I have ever come across in my entire life.

I totally agree. I think that's the problem most natives have with the transplants. Cities like Los Angeles and Portland attract interesting, dynamic, creative, free thinking individuals. DC just attracts the most white-bread, policy wonk types. My dad always calls them the "milk monitor" types.

And this was fine when transplants were trickling in. But now they are arriving in droves and turning DC into the most dull, lame place.

I know we've discussed this already but the theater scene here is far from boring. You may not like the policy wonk types but there's a lot of cool stuff happening in theater -- to which the policy wonks (like me) go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am white, born on a military base and I arrived in DC soon after my birth.

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

Yes I have traveled extensively especially after high school.

I think the recent wave of mostly white transplants to the DC area some of the lamest people I have ever come across in my entire life.

I totally agree. I think that's the problem most natives have with the transplants. Cities like Los Angeles and Portland attract interesting, dynamic, creative, free thinking individuals. DC just attracts the most white-bread, policy wonk types. My dad always calls them the "milk monitor" types.

And this was fine when transplants were trickling in. But now they are arriving in droves and turning DC into the most dull, lame place.

I know we've discussed this already but the theater scene here is far from boring. You may not like the policy wonk types but there's a lot of cool stuff happening in theater -- to which the policy wonks (like me) go.

No no, we all get that. There is some great art in DC (used to be way more artists) and then the policy wonks become attracted the kind of "controlled creativity" they see and start moving in, driving rents up, and driving artists out. And slowly the city becomes a boring, Panera-infested shithole.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am white, born on a military base and I arrived in DC soon after my birth.

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

Yes I have traveled extensively especially after high school.

I think the recent wave of mostly white transplants to the DC area some of the lamest people I have ever come across in my entire life.

I totally agree. I think that's the problem most natives have with the transplants. Cities like Los Angeles and Portland attract interesting, dynamic, creative, free thinking individuals. DC just attracts the most white-bread, policy wonk types. My dad always calls them the "milk monitor" types.

And this was fine when transplants were trickling in. But now they are arriving in droves and turning DC into the most dull, lame place.

I know we've discussed this already but the theater scene here is far from boring. You may not like the policy wonk types but there's a lot of cool stuff happening in theater -- to which the policy wonks (like me) go.

No no, we all get that. There is some great art in DC (used to be way more artists) and then the policy wonks become attracted the kind of "controlled creativity" they see and start moving in, driving rents up, and driving artists out. And slowly the city becomes a boring, Panera-infested shithole.

But those people generally don't live in the city. Let Arlington have them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am white, born on a military base and I arrived in DC soon after my birth.

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

Yes I have traveled extensively especially after high school.

I think the recent wave of mostly white transplants to the DC area some of the lamest people I have ever come across in my entire life.

I totally agree. I think that's the problem most natives have with the transplants. Cities like Los Angeles and Portland attract interesting, dynamic, creative, free thinking individuals. DC just attracts the most white-bread, policy wonk types. My dad always calls them the "milk monitor" types.

And this was fine when transplants were trickling in. But now they are arriving in droves and turning DC into the most dull, lame place.

I know we've discussed this already but the theater scene here is far from boring. You may not like the policy wonk types but there's a lot of cool stuff happening in theater -- to which the policy wonks (like me) go.

No no, we all get that. There is some great art in DC (used to be way more artists) and then the policy wonks become attracted the kind of "controlled creativity" they see and start moving in, driving rents up, and driving artists out. And slowly the city becomes a boring, Panera-infested shithole.

But those people generally don't live in the city. Let Arlington have them.

The policy wonks? Oh yes they do. Now they are just younger- but still have that boring, political/accountant type mindset.