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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly besides the weather the biggest difference for me coming from the west coast was the lack of Mexican food. Lots and lots of other types of amazing food and cultures (Ethiopian! Peruvian! Salvadorean! Burmese!) to make up for it but I miss ubiquitous taco trucks.

I found people just as nice and friendly in DC area. Most people are from elsewhere anyway. The weather sucks all around. Traffic sucks, but that goes for any populated place. [/quote]

+1  I miss good Mexican food.  I've lived in DC for over 20 years, grew up in LA and worked there for 5 years after college.  I worked in the entertainment industry so that was the environment I knew best and the main thing I see as different is that LA is much more image/looks-focused than DC.  DC cares more about your education/credentials.  In both places where/who you work for matters - "what do you do" is as much an LA question IME as a DC one.

The other big difference for me was that nobody I knew in LA ever volunteered (going to a party for charity doesn't count) whereas when I moved to DC it seemed a much more common activity. I met lots of people who really cared about what's going on in the world, not just in the movie/TV business.

I like having 4 seasons, even though the summer sucks.  Traffic is not as bad as LA IMO but parking is worse.

There is a lot of transience among 20-somethings figuring out their life but in my 30s after I got married, had kids, and started making friends in our neighborhood that stopped.  Most people have stayed put unless they were in the military. And, we have a couple friends in the State Department/Foreign Service who leave for a few years and then come back.[/quote]

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