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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]haha +1 to the Unitarian Church (All Souls) and truly none of these women there

Where to NOT spend time: hanging out with lawyers, anyone who does PR, lobbyists or Hill types

Yes to nonprofits, making friends with former Peace Corps volunteers. Don't laugh, but I began to love living in DC when I escaped the Hill bubble I was in and made friends with a bunch of RPCVs. Career Feds, think tankers (but they have other obnoxious tendencies) or anyone in a mission-driven career are also all over DC in droves.[/quote]

Yeah, I live in a neighborhood full of the mission driven types you describe. Former neighbors who moved away to fancier parts of DC say they like their bigger house and yard but have had trouble fitting in with the Joneses and may possibly move back to the humble side of town once their kids' school path is more certain. [/quote]

IME many people like this are "mission driven" or work for non-profits. They have to have money from somewhere, but it can come from the spouse's job or from family. And the non-profit sector in DC can be as competitive and clout-chasing as politics or the corporate world. The way you chase clout in those communities can be different, but it's the same impulse of wanting to be on top, be influential, be admired. In some ways it's worse because the people in these worlds can be so fake -- they will claim that their real concern is helping people or fighting for a cause but then what seems to matter most to them is putting their names on things, having their photo taken, and being applauded for all their "good works."

I live on Capitol Hill which has a mix of the non-profit folks, fed workers, lawyers/consultants/lobbyists, straight up corporate types, and pure politicos. Any of them can be like this. DC is a very status-driven town and all of these fields offer ways of achieving status and influence through social manipulation and clout chasing.[/quote]

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