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Anonymous wrote:I stumbled onto DCUM doing a Google search on something. I find the board to be very interesting, in a car accident way where you can't stop looking. I've never lived here.

This is the PP that moved and never looked back. DCUM is a train wreck....I know I shouldn't visit but can't help it! it reminds me of why we left. So yes, I come back to DCUM for reinforcement that our decision was a sound one.

You guys are very entraining in case you didnt already know that!! kind of like watching monkeys at the zoo.

"You guys" - you do know you are one of the guys, right? I pity anyone who leaves here and comes back to this board. Does explain a lot though.

Another former DC person who left 4 years ago and has no desire to go back. The only thing I miss (aside from some friends) are my old running paths in Rock Creek Park and along the Potomac. Other than that, no regrets.

(And yes, like the other PPs, I stay on DCUM for edutainment.)

DC is NOT the be-all, end-all of intellectualism, professional opportunities, and importance; nor is it the only place where highly-educated people from all over the World choose to live and discuss art, literature, politics, and international, national, and local affairs.

I used to feel that it was, and then I moved away for professional reasons, struggled for one year to let go of my biases, and now enjoy a wonderful and full life elsewhere. I would not hesitate to move away if you really want to pursue an attractive professional or personal opportunity somewhere else -- you will find your footing there also.

Had a neighbor who sold her house and moved away... then needed to move back after real estate went crazy but couldn't afford a similar house anymore so was stuck in a TH. They regretted it.

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Anonymous wrote:hell no. never looked back!!! get out while you can ......

Really? Then why are you still on this forum?!?

NP. The area I'm moving to in a few months does not have a similar website to this, so I will be haunting the boards of DCUM for years to come, even though I don't much care for the area.

This makes no sense.

If you aren't bright, sure. The city I am moving to does not have an anonymous board with the enormous range of opinions that DCUM does. So even though I don't like DC, I will continue to use DCUM. Should I explain it a third time?

Yet another DC expat who does the same thing from her happy life in her new location. You guys are my Real Housewives of ---- entertainment.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:hell no. never looked back!!! get out while you can ......

Really? Then why are you still on this forum?!?

NP. The area I'm moving to in a few months does not have a similar website to this, so I will be haunting the boards of DCUM for years to come, even though I don't much care for the area.

This makes no sense.

If you aren't bright, sure. The city I am moving to does not have an anonymous board with the enormous range of opinions that DCUM does. So even though I don't like DC, I will continue to use DCUM. Should I explain it a third time?

Anonymous wrote:I stumbled onto DCUM doing a Google search on something. I find the board to be very interesting, in a car accident way where you can't stop looking. I've never lived here.

This is the PP that moved and never looked back. DCUM is a train wreck....I know I shouldn't visit but can't help it! it reminds me of why we left. So yes, I come back to DCUM for reinforcement that our decision was a sound one.

You guys are very entraining in case you didnt already know that!! kind of like watching monkeys at the zoo.