Anonymous wrote:My main issues are:

1. The weather - too hot and humid too much of the year. I like crisp weather, and I like cold weather.
2. The distance from the ocean or for that matter, any natural bodies of water.
3. The lack of character in the suburbs.

I'm not a hater. I just think DC is very expensive for what it is.

+1. I love DC in the spring and fall, and we've had a couple of amazing winters, but, this year excepted, summer kills me. And traffic. I have two toddlers who hate to be in the car, and because getting anywhere at all from our inside-the-beltway home can take hours if there's an accident or even just a cop sitting by the road, we don't feel like we're able to take advantage of the best parts of the city. We're moving to New England next month. I'll miss the city greatly, but I won't miss the traffic (or, as an aside, the competitive parenting, competitive schooling, type A everything else).

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Anonymous wrote:My main issues are:

1. The weather - too hot and humid too much of the year. I like crisp weather, and I like cold weather.
2. The distance from the ocean or for that matter, any natural bodies of water.
3. The lack of character in the suburbs.

I'm not a hater. I just think DC is very expensive for what it is.

Sorry you are poor.

I don't get it. Are you saying that there's lots of character in McLean and Chevy Chase?

Anonymous wrote:I don't understand the folks that don't like living here. Cost of living aside it's an amazing city.

Great downtown. Not too big, enough greenery. Nice neighborhoods close to downtown. Good food, diverse with large international population, I had Ghanaian food the other night. 2 international airports, great schools. Where do you people want to live ? Atlanta? Charlotte? Chicago? Bleh. DC is amazing.

Its too small and not very walkable; looks overly planned, shopping is terrible, no geographic interest (mountains, sea...)

Would live to live: NYC, Chicago and many European cities.

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Anonymous wrote:My main issues are:

1. The weather - too hot and humid too much of the year. I like crisp weather, and I like cold weather.
2. The distance from the ocean or for that matter, any natural bodies of water.
3. The lack of character in the suburbs.

I'm not a hater. I just think DC is very expensive for what it is.

Sorry you are poor.

The assholes

Anonymous wrote:My main issues are:

1. The weather - too hot and humid too much of the year. I like crisp weather, and I like cold weather.
2. The distance from the ocean or for that matter, any natural bodies of water.
3. The lack of character in the suburbs.

I'm not a hater. I just think DC is very expensive for what it is.

I don't understand your #2 - what about the two rivers that go through the city and the Chesapeake Bay?

Anonymous wrote:My main issues are:

1. The weather - too hot and humid too much of the year. I like crisp weather, and I like cold weather.
2. The distance from the ocean or for that matter, any natural bodies of water.
3. The lack of character in the suburbs.

I'm not a hater. I just think DC is very expensive for what it is.

Sorry you are poor.

My main issues are:

1. The weather - too hot and humid too much of the year. I like crisp weather, and I like cold weather.
2. The distance from the ocean or for that matter, any natural bodies of water.
3. The lack of character in the suburbs.

I'm not a hater. I just think DC is very expensive for what it is.

Anonymous wrote:Completely agree, OP! Beautiful city, so much to offer. Love D.C.

+1

I would love it if you could get to the beach or mountains in less than 3 hours. That is my single biggest complaint.

This summer has be lovely, but I will say that the summer of 2012, when it was like 104 on several days, nearly killed me.

Completely agree, OP! Beautiful city, so much to offer. Love D.C.

I don't hate it. But it would never be a place I would choose to live. We do an 18 month assignment every four or five years because it's the only way my DH can move up. When I was a kid, it was the same. My dad was military and D.C. time was just part of that life. We always enjoy our time there, but would never want to stay longer than is absolutely necessary. We just see it as a stepping stone.

Anonymous wrote:I'd rather be in the Pacific NW, but otherwise generally love the DC area.

Rain all the time or fires

The haters will descend like vultures shortly.

I'd rather be in the Pacific NW, but otherwise generally love the DC area.

I don't understand the folks that don't like living here. Cost of living aside it's an amazing city.

Great downtown. Not too big, enough greenery. Nice neighborhoods close to downtown. Good food, diverse with large international population, I had Ghanaian food the other night. 2 international airports, great schools. Where do you people want to live ? Atlanta? Charlotte? Chicago? Bleh. DC is amazing.