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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't understand the folks that don't like living here. Cost of living aside it's an amazing city.

Great downtown. Not too big, enough greenery. Nice neighborhoods close to downtown. Good food, diverse with large international population, I had Ghanaian food the other night. 2 international airports, great schools. Where do you people want to live ? Atlanta? Charlotte? Chicago? Bleh. DC is amazing.[/quote]

I agree. I'm a native and do not desire to live anyplace else.[/quote]

I am a native too and I really like it also.  There are few places in the US (where I've been before) that I'd prefer.

Chicago or anywhere in the Midwest (this includes Ohio, Indiana, or St. Louis) -- NO.  Have lived there -- found the people small-minded, not open to new people, and parochial.  Thought Chicago was the end-all-and-be-all, which it kind of was if you grew up in Rockford and always aspired to move to the "big city" where you just merged in with a bunch of other large, blonde, corn-fed people and cross-pollinated.  People not from the Midwest, to you, were weird, strange, and different, and you were not welcoming to them.

NY/NJ/CT area -- MAYBE.  But they can be surprisingly "small-towney" also.  And, in some areas, not very much diversity, surprisingly.  I am thinking of CT, in particular.  Maybe NY/NY is more acceptable this way.

Philadelphia -- I like the diversity and energy here.  Also like the element of creativity I find missing in Washington.

"The South" -- Richmond and anything further south -- Richmond -- MAAAYBE but this can be small-towney also.  Charlotte/Triangle, etc.  -- NO.  Don't care for the self-congratulatory, "we can afford a large house for $200K so we're really makin' it!" mentality here.

West coast -- the only place I have lived there is San Jose Bay area -- so can't really speak that knowledgeably about this area

Outside the US -- I loooooooooooooooooooooove London and would love to live there -- love the energy, the history, the creativity, the theater.  In DC or anywhere in the States, we do not have the affordable theater opportunities b/c our govt. does not support the arts like they do in the UK, and I really miss that.[/quote]

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