Transplants care more about "DC Proper vs. The Burbs".

I'm from Baltimore and have been in the DC Metro since 2003. I do not consider myself to be a native. My husband grew up in MoCo and I consider him a native, as do most people I know who are actually from "DC Proper".

Anonymous wrote:Am I a transplant? I've lived here since 1994. I'm 45. I sure feel like a native at this point.

This is me and I will never feel like a native. It blows here.

Graduate of FCPS and Georgetown. Live in the burbs. Not impressed by DC, but I am for the most part, happy to live in this area.

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Anonymous wrote:Every so often these threads come up which are nothing more than extended masturbatory sessions for "natives" or "old money" to pat each other on the back and tell themselves how great they are.

And every time it comes up they don't realize just how insecure it makes them look.

When in reality, most of them have never left the financial shelter of mom & dad.

Actually this city is less wealthy natives and more middle class and working poor natives. I really have to chuckle at the notion that DC proper "natives" are all the socialite types. This is so steeped in so many assumptions:

- you're white
- you're Christian
- you're most likely Protestant
- or you're Irish Catholic (not "ethnic" Catholic or "ethnic" at all really)

This is not a town that is particularly welcoming to non-WASPs in the upper echelons of society. I grew up as one of the middle class kids at one of the Catholic independent schools and I can tell you that there was a VAST difference between those of us who weren't from the Blessed Sacrament/country club set and those who were.

So maybe some natives are still living under mommy and daddy's financial wing's but I tire of reading about how everyone from this city does. For every kid who grew up in Spring Valley or Palisades or lived in a named family estate in upper northwest, there are plenty of us whose parents worked their asses off for the first generation dream but gave their children the education so we could make ourselves successful -- not so we could sponge off mom and dad well into adulthood.

Anonymous wrote:I'm from NYC and think everything about DC is inferior to NYC.

We do like the less stressful school system in VA. We like how our $500k+ income affords us a great lifestyle here. In Manhattan, anything less than $1 million and you will feel poor.

You're comparing Manhattan to NoVa? It's two completely different lifestyles.
Now if you said you have moved from Hoboken to NoVa it might start to get comparable.

Also, please go back to New York. We do so tire of all the NYers flooding the area. You spend a lot of time talking about how great NY is, but oddly you all never seem to return... weird.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a transplant who arrived here somewhat randomly and knowing no one and with no job. I was only going to stay here for a few months. I hate hot weather and planned to move along.

Ten years later, and I'm still here. I've made some of the best friends of my life here, both natives and transplants, and I almost can't imagine leaving this area. It charms me all the time, from the view as I drive over the Roosevelt bridge to the parks, the museums and all the neighborhoods. I've never met a mean or dismissive person, anywhere in the city, and strangers have always been basically kind and welcoming. No, not everyone I meet becomes a friend, but I have found a basic human kindness here that I have not found in other cities.

I guess you could call me one of those transplants with a hard core love affair with this place. Whenever I meet a native, my first thought is how cool it is they grew up in an interesting place and I look forward to their stories about what has changed and how.

Yes, I am a nerd, but that doesn't keep me here. What keeps me here is the people, the crazy street life, and the beauty.

It's okay, we like people like you!

DC natives are boring, hyperbolic and sneaky. No thanks.

Anonymous wrote:I'm from NYC and think everything about DC is inferior to NYC.

We do like the less stressful school system in VA. We like how our $500k+ income affords us a great lifestyle here. In Manhattan, anything less than $1 million and you will feel poor.

+1000

It is really no comparison, but us from NYC love to read the pontifications from the locals who have barely left their parents' basement. You can't buy that kind of entertainment!

Anonymous wrote:I'm from NYC and think everything about DC is inferior to NYC.

We do like the less stressful school system in VA. We like how our $500k+ income affords us a great lifestyle here. In Manhattan, anything less than $1 million and you will feel poor.

I'm from NYC and think everything about DC is inferior to NYC.

We do like the less stressful school system in VA. We like how our $500k+ income affords us a great lifestyle here. In Manhattan, anything less than $1 million and you will feel poor.

Anonymous wrote:Every so often these threads come up which are nothing more than extended masturbatory sessions for "natives" or "old money" to pat each other on the back and tell themselves how great they are.

And every time it comes up they don't realize just how insecure it makes them look.

When in reality, most of them have never left the financial shelter of mom & dad.

Anonymous wrote:I'm a transplant who arrived here somewhat randomly and knowing no one and with no job. I was only going to stay here for a few months. I hate hot weather and planned to move along.

Ten years later, and I'm still here. I've made some of the best friends of my life here, both natives and transplants, and I almost can't imagine leaving this area. It charms me all the time, from the view as I drive over the Roosevelt bridge to the parks, the museums and all the neighborhoods. I've never met a mean or dismissive person, anywhere in the city, and strangers have always been basically kind and welcoming. No, not everyone I meet becomes a friend, but I have found a basic human kindness here that I have not found in other cities.

I guess you could call me one of those transplants with a hard core love affair with this place. Whenever I meet a native, my first thought is how cool it is they grew up in an interesting place and I look forward to their stories about what has changed and how.

Yes, I am a nerd, but that doesn't keep me here. What keeps me here is the people, the crazy street life, and the beauty.

Lovely!

I'm a transplant who arrived here somewhat randomly and knowing no one and with no job. I was only going to stay here for a few months. I hate hot weather and planned to move along.

Ten years later, and I'm still here. I've made some of the best friends of my life here, both natives and transplants, and I almost can't imagine leaving this area. It charms me all the time, from the view as I drive over the Roosevelt bridge to the parks, the museums and all the neighborhoods. I've never met a mean or dismissive person, anywhere in the city, and strangers have always been basically kind and welcoming. No, not everyone I meet becomes a friend, but I have found a basic human kindness here that I have not found in other cities.

I guess you could call me one of those transplants with a hard core love affair with this place. Whenever I meet a native, my first thought is how cool it is they grew up in an interesting place and I look forward to their stories about what has changed and how.

Yes, I am a nerd, but that doesn't keep me here. What keeps me here is the people, the crazy street life, and the beauty.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, this is one of the silliest threads I've ever read on this board. Even "Three chicken legs and a whole lot of fries" is more informative . . .

Did that thread get deleted? I saw it and then minutes later didn't see, thought I had somehow imagined it lol!

Moved to the food/restaurants section . . .

Thanks!

I'm a native - grew up in Alexandria but came into the city all the time, school field trips and family outings as a kid and then as a teen going to RFK for the annual HFStival, getting first fake id at a video store on Georgetown near Commander Salamander, first piercing at jinx proof, using fake id at Trax and Buzz before Nats Park was around...

My native experience is vastly different than some of those monied, legacy folks. I think the transplants have helped DC improve - some argue against gentrification and its effects but I like how nice DC is - no more murder capital and crack epidemic

LOL. I still have mine. I believe it was on O St. I pulled it out for my best friend, because we went together when we were 15 to get them. We just talked about it like a year or two ago. I also remember many HFStivals at RFK and Trax.

OMG. This brought back so many memories. I forgot all about Georgetown being the only place to get fake IDs, right near Commander Salamander. I was too chicken to actually go through with it and ended up giving money to a friend who came back with our fakes, but just the vibe of Georgetown, before gentrification... it was a much wilder place.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, this is one of the silliest threads I've ever read on this board. Even "Three chicken legs and a whole lot of fries" is more informative . . .

Did that thread get deleted? I saw it and then minutes later didn't see, thought I had somehow imagined it lol!

Moved to the food/restaurants section . . .

Thanks!

I'm a native - grew up in Alexandria but came into the city all the time, school field trips and family outings as a kid and then as a teen going to RFK for the annual HFStival, getting first fake id at a video store on Georgetown near Commander Salamander, first piercing at jinx proof, using fake id at Trax and Buzz before Nats Park was around...

My native experience is vastly different than some of those monied, legacy folks. I think the transplants have helped DC improve - some argue against gentrification and its effects but I like how nice DC is - no more murder capital and crack epidemic

LOL. I still have mine. I believe it was on O St. I pulled it out for my best friend, because we went together when we were 15 to get them. We just talked about it like a year or two ago. I also remember many HFStivals at RFK and Trax.