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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Agreed. In my experience, Black neighborhoods are friendlier on the whole. I've heard that's because the Black population moved up here generations ago from the South. Whatever, as a White person, I learned to say hello to people on the street once I moved into a Black neighborhood. [/quote]

I'm the DC near-native PP who grew up west of the Park. When I was growing up, white people also said hello to each other on the street, and when I moved back in the 2000s they didn't anymore. except the older generation. Definitely a change. I still blithely say hello to people even in my old neighborhood (and ALWAYS in my new neighborhood). In my old neighborhood I'm often ignored. Makes me kind of crazed, actually. [/quote]

OP here - Thanks for your follow-up. Lots of people's lives always seem so busy now, perhaps even to say hello. Unfortunately. [/quote]

As someone who lived in DC for the better part of 50 years, this all made me chuckle. DC used to be a lot more of a southern town and something of backwater, hence the older, slower culture of politesse and familiarity.. Trying to be like NYC hasn't always been good for DC and in even more recent years it's not even trying to be like NYC, it's trying to be like ever other global 'cool capital' as a PP who opined on 'bohemian' coffee shops noted.[/quote]

OP here - thanks for this post and POV. Looking forward to visiting DC in the spring. Haven't been to DC since the middle school trip many years ago. My husband visits multiple times a month, so I'll ask him his opinion on the comment regarding "bohemian coffee shop". Funny, but can completely understand it.[/quote]

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