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[quote=Anonymous]12:18 here. 
It is a fair point that NoVa has more non-black racial diversity than DC, and, correspondingly, much better cheap ethnic restaurants than DC. We drive out to NoVa or MD for Burmese, Mexican, Vietnamese, Korean, and Indian food. Economic diversity also exists in NoVa, but unlike EOTP in DC, poor and rich don't live as close together and mix and mingle in public spaces much.

Also, while you can find dead spots in DC, EOTP you can walk to somewhere hustling and bustling with a variety of people and reasonable the expectation of novel experiences. I'm in Northeast and EOTP Northwest on the weekends and downtown on the weekdays, and there is always some remarkable facet of humanity on display when I'm walking around on the main streets. I did not have that experience living in Arlington. (To some that might be a positive, to me is was a negative.)

In NoVa, the main streets where walking is fun are farther apart, and getting from one lively area to another without a car was not something most people have time to do multiple times a day. That's what I missed most while living in NoVa.

Also -- depending on what hot neighborhood in DC you live in, you can walk/run/bike to work in the same time it will take you to bus and metro. That is the best commute ever, in my opinion. It was not possible for me, working downtown and commuting from Arlington.

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