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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^I mean, if you are sooooooo excited to live in DC, far be it for me to rain on your parade.  The museums are great, absolutely.  But the shittier and shittier with every passing year public transit makes it a hassle to get to, let alone the traffic

It's mainly the culture.  There is such a dearth of creative culture in DC.  Of course, it's a government center, so it's going to attract the wonk types, not the creatives, but still... for a large city the dearth of creativity on such a level is kind of remarkable.

Also the people.  Again with the lack of creativity- it tends to attract many small minded rule follower types, whether liberal or conservative.  It doesnt have the vibrancy of great world cities like New York, LA, San Francisco, even Seattle.  [/quote]

I think you'd be disappointed how uncreative NY and LA are.  They are extremely expensive cities and many of the creative types are living off of their parents or trust funds.  It's just truly not that creative. There are Starbucks and whole foods all over both of those cities.  [/quote]

Exactly.  I don't think these people realize that the perfect place they left behind isn't anymore, if it ever was.  My mother yearned for the city we moved away from for two decades.  When they finally moved back, she discovered that either the city had changed, or she had, because it was not what she remembered.

FWIW, I know lots of creative people in DC --  noted sculptors, actors, etc. (and I'm a boring lawyer). Just because you don't know them, it doesn't mean they're not there.  Maybe you're just not looking in the right place.[/quote]

I'll say I could care less if a city has creative people in its culture or not. Just not important to me, compared to the things that matter: jobs, schools, well educated and interesting neighbors.[/quote]

That's what I dislike the most about it: there are NO interesting neighbors, only a lot of people who think they are special. They're all the same -- same huge houses, same kitchens, same lawns, same furniture, same smell (air freshener). Their kids have a handful of the same names. And yet they all think they are unique. They may be well educated but they can't have an intellectual conversation.

Burbs.[/quote]

So who are you living next door to them? What are your kids names? Why are some families living in a good neighborhood just trying to raise their families so repulsive to you?

The burbs are the burbs everywhere you go. If you want the interesting culture and character neighborhoods you have to live IN dc.

I just don't really believe that Belleview or Santa Clarita are that much different then McLean and Bethesda. [/quote]Yes, that's the thing I don't get.  There are many different kinds of neighborhoods here.  If you don't like your neighborhood with the huge houses and the neighbors who think they're special, there are neighborhoods where the houses aren't huge and people don't think they're special and if you try hard enough you can find something interesting about them.

That is, I understand hating your neighborhood but take responsibility for your own inertia.  I don't understand blaming this city for your lack of willingness to move to a more interesting neighborhood.[/quote]

When we bought our house, the neighborhood was very different than it is now. Do you really not understand that it's a big deal to sell a house ad move somewhere else, when you've lived in it for so long and your kids are attached to living there?[/quote]

Yes its a big deal but kids adjust! We moved a couple times when I was a kid locally.

And I'd take a 6 month disruption to my family's life over years of living in bitter misery any day of the week.[/quote]

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