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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because I *don't* live here, I don't have the data you have.  I am trying to understand what makes it worthwhile.

So, I'm asking people who *do* live here and love it what makes it worthwhile for them.  In response, people keep describing what I already have, and in some cases, less than what I already have, as though it's a mindblowing urban wonderland.

So I'm pointing that out so that they will stop assuming that everything in flyover country is McMansions and Applebee's, and describe more specifically what they find attractive about DC.  I don't have trouble understanding why Paris is worth living rough.  I do have trouble understanding what's special about DC.  And I've spent a lot of time here trying to figure out what people see in it, and coming up short.

I am hoping to see some genuine distinction that will clue me in.

Is this a difficult concept?  [/quote]So where do you live?  Sorry that I haven't had time to read all through this lively thread so apologies if you've mentioned it before.  I love DC but my guess is that I'd probably love where you live, too.  A lot of us end up here because a job brought us here but a job could just have easily brought me somewhere else and I tend to find nice things to enjoy about any place I live.

It's not like most of us developed a spread sheet and reviewed the pluses and minuses and had the opportunity to experience living here first before making a decision.  Some of us grew up here.  Some of us came here.  Life here agreed with us and we stayed.  [/quote]

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