Do you say you’re from Washington or DC?

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The District

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DC--no one has every batted an eye at that on the west coast. Sometimes people will ask if I actually lived in the city, and I'll clarify that it was northern virginia.

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Well to be fair, most DC people don't travel anywhere they can't walk to take the metro so it's not like they know people from all walks of life.

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Anonymous wrote:Well to be fair, most DC people don't travel anywhere they can't walk to take the metro so it's not like they know people from all walks of life.

Same can be said about anyone who doesn’t know what the nations capital is and thinks DC refers to Dale City

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Anonymous wrote:Well to be fair, most DC people don't travel anywhere they can't walk to take the metro so it's not like they know people from all walks of life.

Same can be said about anyone who doesn’t know what the nations capital is and thinks DC refers to Dale City

lol, the pp was talking about "Daly City", a major suburb of SF. If someone on the streets of San Francisco said they lived in DC, I might think Daly City too.

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Anonymous wrote:Washington, DC. People away from here don't know what "DC" is.

They don’t know DC is the nations capital?

No. they know Washington DC is the nations capital though.

Then they need to open a book, map, tv, etc. I get if someone doesn’t know Maryland but not DC.

NP. Believe it or not, the capital and the average people who live there are a long way away from the minds of most people here on the West Coast. There are other possible meanings that are more likely over here.

So again, open a book, map, tv, etc. No one is saying to care about the ppl but you should know the nations capital at the very least. I’ve visited the West Coast and so far haven’t encountered an idiot who doesn’t know what and where DC is.

You realize that abbreviations are only helpful in context right? If you live in another place that has a reason to use the abbreviation DC for someplace else, then Washington DC will not be the reference that comes to mind. In other regions, people hear DC and they'll think of Daly City, Dodge City, Detroit City, Dartmouth College, and many more local references. It only means Washington DC here in this region. Outside this region, you need to say Washington DC or you will lose the context. It has nothing to do with needing to get additional references. Contrary to your small bubble view of the world, Washington DC is not the only or most frequently used reference for the abbreviation DC in all areas of the nation.

Look, you can make excuses for other ppl who clearly haven’t read a book, looked at a map, learned government and history in school or been anywhere. You think I live in bubble bc you are condescending and believe you know everything, you don’t. Like I said, I’ve been to the West Coast and have yet to encounter someone who was confused what DC meant without me having to say Washington.

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Anonymous wrote:Well to be fair, most DC people don't travel anywhere they can't walk to take the metro so it's not like they know people from all walks of life.

Same can be said about anyone who doesn’t know what the nations capital is and thinks DC refers to Dale City

Of course, most people don't travel or care about DC.... and if you ever got out of your bubble you would know that.

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Anonymous wrote:Washington, DC. People away from here don't know what "DC" is.

They don’t know DC is the nations capital?

I have lived all over the world and "DC" is not a term that is typically used to denote the Nation's capital, no.

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Anonymous wrote:Washington, DC. People away from here don't know what "DC" is.

They don’t know DC is the nations capital?

No. they know Washington DC is the nations capital though.

Then they need to open a book, map, tv, etc. I get if someone doesn’t know Maryland but not DC.

NP. Believe it or not, the capital and the average people who live there are a long way away from the minds of most people here on the West Coast. There are other possible meanings that are more likely over here.

So again, open a book, map, tv, etc. No one is saying to care about the ppl but you should know the nations capital at the very least. I’ve visited the West Coast and so far haven’t encountered an idiot who doesn’t know what and where DC is.

You realize that abbreviations are only helpful in context right? If you live in another place that has a reason to use the abbreviation DC for someplace else, then Washington DC will not be the reference that comes to mind. In other regions, people hear DC and they'll think of Daly City, Dodge City, Detroit City, Dartmouth College, and many more local references. It only means Washington DC here in this region. Outside this region, you need to say Washington DC or you will lose the context. It has nothing to do with needing to get additional references. Contrary to your small bubble view of the world, Washington DC is not the only or most frequently used reference for the abbreviation DC in all areas of the nation.

Look, you can make excuses for other ppl who clearly haven’t read a book, looked at a map, learned government and history in school or been anywhere. You think I live in bubble bc you are condescending and believe you know everything, you don’t. Like I said, I’ve been to the West Coast and have yet to encounter someone who was confused what DC meant without me having to say Washington.

So the 10 people you know on the west coast know DC.

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Anonymous wrote:Well to be fair, most DC people don't travel anywhere they can't walk to take the metro so it's not like they know people from all walks of life.

Same can be said about anyone who doesn’t know what the nations capital is and thinks DC refers to Dale City

Of course, most people don't travel or care about DC.... and if you ever got out of your bubble you would know that.

Yeah I want to be around ppl who don’t even know about the nation they live in. They sound about as fabulous as you do.

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Anonymous wrote:Washington, DC. People away from here don't know what "DC" is.

They don’t know DC is the nations capital?

No. they know Washington DC is the nations capital though.

Then they need to open a book, map, tv, etc. I get if someone doesn’t know Maryland but not DC.

NP. Believe it or not, the capital and the average people who live there are a long way away from the minds of most people here on the West Coast. There are other possible meanings that are more likely over here.

So again, open a book, map, tv, etc. No one is saying to care about the ppl but you should know the nations capital at the very least. I’ve visited the West Coast and so far haven’t encountered an idiot who doesn’t know what and where DC is.

You realize that abbreviations are only helpful in context right? If you live in another place that has a reason to use the abbreviation DC for someplace else, then Washington DC will not be the reference that comes to mind. In other regions, people hear DC and they'll think of Daly City, Dodge City, Detroit City, Dartmouth College, and many more local references. It only means Washington DC here in this region. Outside this region, you need to say Washington DC or you will lose the context. It has nothing to do with needing to get additional references. Contrary to your small bubble view of the world, Washington DC is not the only or most frequently used reference for the abbreviation DC in all areas of the nation.

Look, you can make excuses for other ppl who clearly haven’t read a book, looked at a map, learned government and history in school or been anywhere. You think I live in bubble bc you are condescending and believe you know everything, you don’t. Like I said, I’ve been to the West Coast and have yet to encounter someone who was confused what DC meant without me having to say Washington.

So the 10 people you know on the west coast know DC.

Know? No, the ppl I have encountered. I’m sorry you are surrounded by uneducated people. That must suck.

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Anonymous wrote:Well to be fair, most DC people don't travel anywhere they can't walk to take the metro so it's not like they know people from all walks of life.

Same can be said about anyone who doesn’t know what the nations capital is and thinks DC refers to Dale City

Of course, most people don't travel or care about DC.... and if you ever got out of your bubble you would know that.

Did they not go to school either?

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I say "near DC" or "just outside of DC" and I've never had anyone ask what DC means.

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DC to locals; Washington, DC outside the DMV.

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious.

"Northern Virginia, outside DC." Alternatively, "outside DC." That is generally a correct description and provides the geographical point of reference people will not have by naming my Virginia suburban town.