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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Transplants- go back to flyover country where you belong.  You will never truly fit in here, whether you like it or not- fact![/quote]

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Oh great. A sock puppet from Texas slagging on DC transplants. Just an FYI, if you are a DC native who no longer lives in DC, you are a transplant yourself. None of us who are here now care if you think we don't fit in. Also, if you are a sock puppet, well, you are a sock puppet and we don't care about either of your opinions.

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Right, and I don't walk around with a sense of entitlement regarding my (temporary and recent) new city.

Where are you from Jeff?  The "transplant" label seems to have struck a nerve.... [/quote]

I'm from the great state of Illinois. The land of Lincoln and the heart of "flyover" country (unless you have a connection in Chicago in the Winter, in which it is "sit around and wait" country).

I've been in DC for 30 years and have no patience for 30 year old and younger natives giving me shit. On the other hand, I'll put up with it all day from 60 year old and older natives. I also think transplants that use DC slang in an attempt to look cool actually look silly, with the exception of the word "bama" which I have come to appreciate regardless of who uses it.

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I think people who didnt grow up in a major city and haven't had to sit back and watch all their beloved local spots, the very culture that formed the city they were raised in, supplanted by a bunch of entitled people who want to scrub away the interesting character of the city, not to mention make life more difficult for many people whose families have lived in the city for generations (and yes, there is a racial element there as well), need to try to be understanding of the emotion they have seen expressed on this board.

To us, DC is not just "a cool city", a "place you go for work", "the nation's capital", or whatever. It is HOME.  Where we spent our childhoods and young adulthoods.

And seeing that irrevocably changed, the history scrubbed out and replaced with shiny, happy new chain stores... it's gross.[/quote]

[b]If you can't hack changes and growth, maybe you (dear native) are the one who needs to leave. [/b]

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You say things like this and then wonder why many natives dislike you?[/quote]

I don't wonder that at all.  In fact, I would not care if it were true.  Maybe it is, for that matter.  No love lost.

Because, natives.

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