white liberal agnostic lesbian (got gay married in DC)
one toddler
live in Baltimore
HHI $105,000

what is the obsession with listing your income?

41, white, single mom. Moderate liberal. Live in Glover Park in a 2-bedroom apt. Teacher, HHI $55K, and yes, it is doable. No car. Methodist.

31 white very liberal from New England, non-practicing Catholic, preg with first baby.
DH is white, 34, moderate libertarian-ish from the Midwest, more religious than I am but also non-practicing
We've lived in NW DC for the first 7 years we were in the area, now live in Takoma Park
HHI ~325k

Anonymous wrote:Those of us who live in DC don't include "the area around the Beltway" as DC, PP.

Not that I mind posters from other areas, including the OP, who it appears is posting from just west of Outer Suburbia if he sees cheap housing in his midst.

Actually, many of us do think that the term takes in a broader area for the purposes of naming media outlets. Don't you think that the New York Times is for people who live in the NY metro area, not just the five boroughs? Isn't the the Washington Post Metro Section targeted at a wider area than just the city limits of DC? It is generally considered appropriate to use city names as a short-hand for metropolitan areas when giving a name to a newspaper, blog, web forum, etc.

Signed, a resident of Capitol Hill who is sick of people making this silly, pedantic distinction.

White atheist from Midwest married to white secular Jew. Live in ward 3, liberal Dems. HHI ~270

2 Liberal democrats, white, non-practicing Catholics, hhi 200 living in close-in silver spring with 2 kids under 6

Unitarian Universalist liberal married to a moderate Catholic. Both white, from Virginia, although I have spent significant amounts of time living outside the US.

Living in a condo in Old Town with two kids (3 and 1). HHI 200K.

Feels a bit creepy to give so many identifying details. My friends who frequent this board will spot us right away.

Black male born and raised in DC
DW's Black as well. Born and raised in New Orleans
Both 29
1 toddler
Chevy Chase/Forest Hills
HHI 40k (Impoverished by Ward 3 standards)
Liberal dem.

DH and I are both Southern liberals. We have lived here for over 15 years. We live in mclean. HHI ~200.

so far this is pretty interesting

Liberal, live in PG county about 2 miles from the DC boarder, advanced degrees, HHI $98k in a bi-racial relationship with one preschooler and one infant.

Liberal white democrat, born and raised here. Married to a flaming liberal socialist Arab Muslim born in the middle east.

HHI about $200,000. Funny how little that seems on this board.

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So is this board only for Dc residents, in general i consider Dc the area around the beltway, not just the city

We have users from all over the country, indeed all over the world. However, the focus of the website is DC and the areas close in. DC, Montgomery Country, and PG County are all very liberal. Arlington Country and parts of Fairfax and Alexandria are also liberal. I will concede that white conservative males are not well-representated on DCUM. However, I will also argue that white conservative male voices are not representative of the area and are generally over-represented in our discourse in any case.

Ok this is great, hopefully the "Don't post unless you live in the the DC city limits because it's called DC Urban Moms and Dads" posters can stop saying that.

How can she not be a liberal Jew then?