For Fun: How You Know You've Become a Washingtonian

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Anonymous wrote:OP here - agree that my list reflects a strong NW DC bias, but I'd love to hear more if you are familiar with EOTP and elsewhere.

Yes, NATIONAL always.

I thought of one more thing - you know what the gov't acronyms mean, and not just FBI and CIA: DOJ, SEC, SES, DHS, OPM, GS, DOD, etc.

Because NW was the only safe place decades ago . I can’t believe the turnaround in so many areas of the District we would have never stepped foot in 25 years ago.

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Anonymous wrote:You know someone who sat in the Air Florida crash traffic or who was here when it happened.

I was stranded at elementary school that day .

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Au Pied de Cochon and a security free Mall on Fourth of July where you could just hang out and drink all day!!

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Anonymous wrote:You shopped at the “Black Exploitation” Safeway at the Waterfront SW in the late 90s. Wayyyy before anyone could have imagined “The Wharf”. I’m white, BTW. That Safeway opened my eyes to “food deserts”…25 years ago and here we still are

OMG, shopped there as a kid in the 80s (though that moniker’s unfamiliar to me).

I spent so much time in that neighborhood growing up, my mind is blown every time I go near “The Wharf.”

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Anonymous wrote:IDK I'll never be one. Here 20 years but I'll be a New Yorker for life.

Me too. I’d say we could play the remember when game too but best left for another thread and could be very borough specific.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here - agree that my list reflects a strong NW DC bias, but I'd love to hear more if you are familiar with EOTP and elsewhere.

Yes, NATIONAL always.

I thought of one more thing - you know what the gov't acronyms mean, and not just FBI and CIA: DOJ, SEC, SES, DHS, OPM, GS, DOD, etc.

Because NW was the only safe place decades ago . I can’t believe the turnaround in so many areas of the District we would have never stepped foot in 25 years ago.

FWIW, NorthWest also represents 45% of the land in the city. We get that there are racial and socioeconomic issues presenting, but also landwise it’s by far the largest chunk of city so would out represent other quadrants.

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Anonymous wrote:Re 10: I’m in Bethesda and have friends in Fairfax who I haven’t seen in years because of the bridge. They may as well live in Pittsburgh. Also all trips that require the bridge must take place between 10 am and 2:30 pm if on a weekday. Also I won’t go to the canal on any nice weekend day.

It must suck to feel that intimidated and trapped

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Anonymous wrote:This is a very WOTP perspective. Which is fine, but it doesn't really apply to people who spend most of their lives in DC living EOTP or EOTR.

It's even more narrow: WOTP 90s era.

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I’m was born in another state, so I’m not, even living in dc for 35+ years. My children were born in dc so they are.
I would say you know your way around and can navigate the small streets of Georgetown, and can always reminisce about the 80s, but that doesn’t make you a native.

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Anonymous wrote:14th street was where the prostitutes hung out.

And K and I Streets.

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You felt real anger when you found out the developers kicked out Captain White's Seafood Market.

I remember going there every 4th with my dad.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You shopped at the “Black Exploitation” Safeway at the Waterfront SW in the late 90s. Wayyyy before anyone could have imagined “The Wharf”. I’m white, BTW. That Safeway opened my eyes to “food deserts”…25 years ago and here we still are

OMG, shopped there as a kid in the 80s (though that moniker’s unfamiliar to me).

I spent so much time in that neighborhood growing up, my mind is blown every time I go near “The Wharf.”

I’m the PP and I made up the moniker LOL I moved there in 1996 from NY and was blown away when I walked in that supermarket. I’m
pretty sure I’m the only one who called it that but the name fit.

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Anonymous wrote:Eagle Liquors at the end of the Key Bridge in Georgetown. My dad always went there for cheaper liquor before 1970s block parties. I remember the giant barrel of gummy bears.

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Wasn't it called Dixie Liquors?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Eagle Liquors at the end of the Key Bridge in Georgetown. My dad always went there for cheaper liquor before 1970s block parties. I remember the giant barrel of gummy bears.

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Wasn't it called Dixie Liquors?

Yep

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I thought of one that’s not solely NW-focused: understanding the larger organizing scheme of the streets and quadrants. That allows you to navigate the city, more or less, no matter which quadrant you’re in. I lived in NW for two years, NE for five, and SE for one and feel lucky that I’m comfortable navigating wherever I am.

I also realize how different things were in the 80s and 90s - my dad used to live on the Hill in the 70s and flipped when I first moved there, not realizing how much it had changed.