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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think transplants seem more infatuated with the area in general.  They seem to view the city through perpetual rose colored glasses.

On the other hand, natives don't seem all that impressed.  They don't seem to have the same thrill or appreciation that the transplants do, when seeing monuments or Dupont Circle other "DC" things [/quote]

I find natives easily impressed and a little pompous, considering that they grew up in a far more modest area than what the transplants transformed D.C. into.  Natives can pretend not to understand, but it becomes predictable.  [/quote]

This makes me laugh. Even when DC was perceived as a sleepy backwater town, it was still WASHINGTON, DC CAPITAL of the FREE WORLD.
I'm not saying San Diego, Portland, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Nashville and Houston aren't lovely places, but I hardly think of these places as a bastion of elitism at the expense of DC as a modest upbringing.[/quote]

Exactly.  DC has always had a relatively small population, but a ridiculous amount of importance.  The same cannot be said for the other cities mentioned.

Basically, unless you are from New York CITY ([b]not state[/b]) or Los Angeles- sit down. Your cities just aren't as important. [/quote]
Most of the "FREE WORLD" couldn't find Washington on the map.  NYC or LA, for sure. In fact, they may still think that New York is the capital of the free world. DC had a "ridiculous amount of importance" in the eyes of very few people. [/quote]

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