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[quote=Anonymous]Native here. Relatively younger.

I've been to your list of native events - RFK, Cap Centre, old 9:30 club, etc.

I left for college, and came back. I believe I would have returned eventually, but I wonder if 9/11 and then the snipers happening during college hastened my return. I've got an active passport, I've traveled pretty extensively within the US and outside.

I call it the DMV, and I love a Panera. There's plenty of room for everyone. Lets be honest, convenience doesn't hurt anyone.

That said, I do agree that the soul of the city is being forced out. I don't miss the crime and crack of the 90s, but I miss the culture of Chocolate City.
It's a shame to read about a barbershop that's been in business for over 50 years in Brookland being forced out of business due to rapidly rising rents and to hear it's being replaced with a FroZenYo (or whatever they opened it there).
Georgetown, Old Town Alexandria, Bethesda - these used to be clusters of small independent boutiques and now all you see are the same stores: Ann Taylor, Banana Republic, Starbucks, Sweetgreen. Even the new areas of town - City Center is just high end corporate shopping: Kate Spade and Tumi.... [/quote]

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