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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s some kind of weird insecurity.  I know exactly what you are talking about. [/quote]

Flyover state rubes who feel like they've "made it" abandoning their cowtown family for some consulting or low-level fed fake meaningless laptop job. And others who are insecure about being in D.C. instead of the perceived to be more cosmopolitan New York, (Boston?), LA, SF... London, Paris, etc.[/quote]

This attitude is an example of the "different kind of rude" in DC.

I am from a "cowtown" in a "flyover state." I moved here because I wanted a job other than waitress/schoolteacher/farmer/local business owner, which were the only jobs available to me where I grew up. I wound up in DC because this is where I got into grad school, and I found the weather, cost of living, and general vibe pretty good. It has worked out well for me because there are many more opportunities for my kids here, I make a lot more money than I would back home, and it's nice to be around lots of educated people.

But I guess it's good to know what you think of me? I don't have insecurity about living in DC instead of somewhere like NY or SF -- I wouldn't want to live in those places because of the cost of living and the lifestyle would not suit me. I think a major reason DC attracts a lot of transplants is because it's easier to live here coming from the South or the Midwest -- it's not as built out, a lot of neighborhoods feel pretty suburban even in the city, it just feels pretty approachable and not that different than St. Louis or Chicago or Atlanta or Houston. It's also not huge. I don't get the sense that many people in DC are privately pining to live in NYC, beyond maybe some people in their 20s? I definitely don't know any middle aged people with kids who think of DC as some step down from those other cities. Raising kids in NYC or SF sounds like an expensive PITA.[/quote]

You confusing two different sets of people. Folks from Hicktown, Midwest, USA feel big time in DC, while more cosmopolitan people tend to feel DC lacks the sophistication of tier 1 global cities. If you're a wealthy foreigner or you went to an Ivy and most of your classmates landed in NYC, California and London after college, DC feels a rung below.[/quote]

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