What a stupid thread. There are millions of people who were born and/or raised in metropolitan areas. Are they ALL going to behave in a way such that others will recognize their geographic origin? Of course not.

I was born and raised in Paris. You'd never guess I'm Parisian if you met me casually for small talk, unless I told you.

Same for DC. My neighbor was born and raised here. I would never have guessed.

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Anonymous wrote:"I work in research"

??? DH and I are scientists from Europe. We work in research. Most researchers are foreign-born, did you know that? The US, until now, needed more brains than it grew domestically. It used to be called the brain drain: talented scientists from all over the world coming to work in the US.

Now, who knows what's going to happen, but to your point: it doesn't make sense.

I think that PP's point was that people don't disclose their secret squirrel jobs, especially in defense research. People just generically say they work for the government or work in research.

And the point is wrong, because there are lot more people working in scientific research around the world (and other topics, I have a friend doing historical research for a museum) than there are intelligence analysts.

At a dinner party, they could just tell you they're researchers before they move on to the next guest.

Are you sure you're not from DC? Because you're a bit insufferable.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I work in research"

??? DH and I are scientists from Europe. We work in research. Most researchers are foreign-born, did you know that? The US, until now, needed more brains than it grew domestically. It used to be called the brain drain: talented scientists from all over the world coming to work in the US.

Now, who knows what's going to happen, but to your point: it doesn't make sense.

I think that PP's point was that people don't disclose their secret squirrel jobs, especially in defense research. People just generically say they work for the government or work in research.

And the point is wrong, because there are lot more people working in scientific research around the world (and other topics, I have a friend doing historical research for a museum) than there are intelligence analysts.

At a dinner party, they could just tell you they're researchers before they move on to the next guest.

DP
and you're proving right whoever wrote that DC argues, because the question wasn't something only DC does

Funny things is, there's ambiguity in the subject line, and I took it to mean something other than, how do you know someone is a native from dc area.

I never heard DMV until recently. From DC, late 40s. Maybe bc it's a suburban thing? Not sure.

Anonymous wrote:Calling it National Airport

Yup. Calling it Reagan = transplant. Also referring to the DC area as the "DMV."

You an also tell the transplants by how they drive - they always the one that don't pull up to the stop line at lights.

Those that know there is no metro stop in Georgetown!

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Anonymous wrote:I live in the DMV.

Zero natives I know use this term, so hopefully this was posted as a mark of the opposite?

Yeah, that's more of something that people who moved here after college, but maybe have lived here for a while, use.

If you grew up here you're too old for it to feel natural, even though it's been around a while.

IME, most people who are from here do not have strong feelings on what you call the area. Its the transplants who put so much emphasis on what you call the area, whether you live "in" DC or MD/VA, what each town/neighborhood/etc. is called--it's exhausting. Those of us who are from here just call it what we call it. But DMV is definitely a transplant thing.

The term "DMV" is local slang that became popular in the 1990’s. By early 2000’s it was in common use in local hip hop/go-go music. D.C. rapper 20Bello head it from Kibwe Galloway(go-go) and use it. Also Dre All Day in the Paint used it in promotions and the Target Squad with their "DMV Mixtape”.

The DMV had 3 code areas back in the day. So the 202 really did not capture the area but the DMV did. I have never heard of a local complaint I g about its use.

Interesting take. In my experience, they rarely move on. They continue to probe which is typical of this area. Insufferable.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"I work in research"

??? DH and I are scientists from Europe. We work in research. Most researchers are foreign-born, did you know that? The US, until now, needed more brains than it grew domestically. It used to be called the brain drain: talented scientists from all over the world coming to work in the US.

Now, who knows what's going to happen, but to your point: it doesn't make sense.

I think that PP's point was that people don't disclose their secret squirrel jobs, especially in defense research. People just generically say they work for the government or work in research.

And the point is wrong, because there are lot more people working in scientific research around the world (and other topics, I have a friend doing historical research for a museum) than there are intelligence analysts.

At a dinner party, they could just tell you they're researchers before they move on to the next guest.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of their clothing has logos visible, They want you to know their clothing or accessories are "designer." That was one thing that really struck me when I moved here, an my relatives who were born here are really into that sort of thing.

They love to argue and "be right." Must be from going to school with so many lawyers kids or something. On the whole I find fellow white people who were born her really type A and insufferable.

Where do you live? I feel like this area is not into fashion or logos AT ALL. I grew up in a well-off area of FL and it was so much more intense there.

Live in MD, have relatives all over the DMV. Maybe compared to Miami it's not logo intensive, but compared to generic southern suburbs, it's logo intensive here.

Still consider FedEx Field the ‘new’ stadium

It's just easier and more obvious to tell who ISN'T from here. I'm 4 generations in. We invested in a lot of real estate and have done well.

Anonymous wrote:Stand on the right, walk on the left on all escalators everywhere.

Oh yes. When I left the area for college I didn't realize this wasn't standard practice at least US if not worldwide.

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Anonymous wrote:I live in the DMV.

Zero natives I know use this term, so hopefully this was posted as a mark of the opposite?

Yeah, that's more of something that people who moved here after college, but maybe have lived here for a while, use.

If you grew up here you're too old for it to feel natural, even though it's been around a while.

I am born and raised inside the beltway. In VA, Md and DC. I always say DMV. I'm early 40s.

+1 (born IN DC) and in my 60's and use.

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Anonymous wrote:"I work in research"

??? DH and I are scientists from Europe. We work in research. Most researchers are foreign-born, did you know that? The US, until now, needed more brains than it grew domestically. It used to be called the brain drain: talented scientists from all over the world coming to work in the US.

Now, who knows what's going to happen, but to your point: it doesn't make sense.

I think that PP's point was that people don't disclose their secret squirrel jobs, especially in defense research. People just generically say they work for the government or work in research.