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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3rd generation DC.   Commander Salamander & Hot Shoppes!  Nailed it.

When you meet someone who grew up here:  "where did you go to HS, do you know so and so"

People from out of the area "I've lived here [fill in number] many years, so I might as well be a native" followed by ha-ha-ha.
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I know, what a joke.  All true natives are just like- seriously, are you kidding?

Also, i think a large part of the "native" psychology was being a kid in a very "adult" city. I remember going to inaugurations when I was a little kid and being so thrilled and enchanted by the celebrations, whether it was a republican or democratic president.  I remember one Easter my family deciding to go down to the Cherry Blossoms after a very formal service, and the stares from tourists and the very economically diverse native-DC crowd.  I remember tour buses stopping to take pictures of my friends and I when we would be sitting outside after school got out. I remember sneaking into Georgetown during the day and shopping at Commander Sallamander.  Watching my boyfriend skateboard in L'Enfant Plaza.  Learning how to ride the metro by myself.  Walking around deserted downtown on Sundays.

[b]That's something recent transplants, with this latest incarnation of DC as a kind of family friendly Disneyland for adults- with all the chain stores and brunch places for yuppies and organic food places... will NEVER understand.[/b]

And that version of DC was beautiful.  Seriously, such a magical place.

[b]I think that's why transplants will never accept the natives.   They THINK they know a city that they really have no genuine understanding of.[/b] [/quote]

Agreed.

They know nothing but chain stores, cvs, starbucks, whole foods, cupcakes, revolting overpriced condos.

I am a transplant but have lived all over the area since I was an infant. 
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