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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A lot of the above, plus: very few decent restaurants, vapid and self-important people, shockingly bad public schools, shockingly bad childcare options, a push to make all of the city's playgrounds exactly the same, a total lack of architectural or landscape interest, [b]a total lack of artistic or creative community, [/b]and the fact that it takes > 2 hours of driving to get anywhere worth going (beach/other city/mountains).[/quote]We have an amazing theater scene.  Got to disagree with you on this one -- unless you're not including theater.[/quote]

Not PP, but I completely agree with them.  Yes, DC now has a lot of good theater.  But for me, DC lacks much more than that.  Other cities have an entire artistic vibe that permeates everywhere.  And so much of the art around here seems forced and polished.  In other cities, it's more organic.  Murals all over buildings, community art projects, small cash-strapped, theaters set up in strip malls by actors with big dreams, art fairs every other weekend, music in every park during the summers.  Instead of tearing down old buildings, they turn them into artist lofts and galleries.  It's hard to describe everything that other cities have that DC lacks.  But I know that a big part of it is that artists have no reason or interest to live here.  And even if they did, cannot afford it.

That said, the art scene here has improved a lot in the past 10-15 years.  I have hope.  It will never be as great as NYC, Austin, Minneapolis, Portland, etc because DC will always have a sterility to it, but it can improve.[/quote]

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