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Do you feel trapped in the DC area because of good jobs, but really dream of living elsewhere?
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Anonymous
I stay here because I am retired and my hospitalization doesn't follow me if I leave this area. |
Anonymous
| I am not happy here. I actually packed up 5 year ago and moved to Chicago, but found the job market (in my field) to be terribly disappointing. After about a year and a half I gave up and moved back. Sigh. |
Anonymous
I agree that PPs who have come from less cosmopolitan places are not so aware that a small handful of major cities in the US also attract "international residents" (meaning the affluent sort, I assume) and may offer a much more comprehensive slate of cultural, educational, and general good-life attractions. Of course, these places also have a high (often higher) cost of living. So, while I don't think parochialism is limited to DC, I have to agree that the "noplace else" posters must not have much experience with NY/LA/SF and maybe Chicago/Boston. |
Anonymous
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PP, I'm talking intellectual diversity - jobs and avocations - not ethnic, racial or financial diversity.
"NY/LA/SF and maybe Chicago/Boston." |
Anonymous
Yes, of course: nowhere else in the country has as many arrogant lawyers FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES as DC does. That's a bug, not a feature. |
Anonymous
Exactly, PP, except that you find MORE "intellectual diversity" in other major cities where there's a broader range of educated professions represented as well as a stronger creative class. DC is something of a company town. I'd say we're actually quite low on professional diversity here. (Raise your hand if you're a lawyer. Ok, now lobbyists. Ok, now non-profit something-or-others. Yep, now if you're in HR or some other sort of minor functionary cog in a ponderous bureaucracy. Thank you. How many are left? Maybe I forgot the defense contractors.) |
Anonymous
| Yes, I feel that way...every day. Still not sure how to reconcile it. Do not want to have 15 years go by and never have been happy with day to day...but moving has never worked out. |
Anonymous
| To 10:28 - I guess it depends on what your interests are. I'm much more interested in policy than in making movies, fashion, Manhattan-type money, etc. What do people in Boston talk about? |
Anonymous
Ha ha, love you! |
Anonymous
Huh. There's a whole world out there beyond policy. The other topics you named just scratch the surface. In any event, tunnel-vision fixed on policy is inconsistent with an expressed admiration for "intellectual diversity". |
Anonymous
why pick on plumbers? I know lawyers who can't tell a Piscasso from a Rembrant. Having college degrees does not make one cultivated and refined. I know a plumber who loves opera and speaks three languages. What a effing little snot you are. |
Anonymous
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To me "good jobs" is a pretty significant thing. Knowing there are tons of organizations I would want to work for should I get laid off or should my job become unenjoyable for any reason and knowing my husband has that same options is HUGE for me.
Sure, we have a small house so we can have good commutes, but oh well. Seems like a good trade off to me. The weather, traffic, and overall "laid backness" may be better in other places, but that doesn't mean much if I don't have a job I enjoy where I can feel like I'm making a difference and using my skills. Trade offs, trade offs. But I love that we are in an area with so many opportunities. |
Anonymous
| Yep. Husband's job is incredibly stable and pays decently, so staying around here. My job opportunities would be vastly expanded if I could move anywhere, but, alas. Not to be. |
Anonymous
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To 13:53
"an effing" |
Anonymous
| I want to move away from here, but we stay because I married a momma's boy, who's still attached to the tit! |