Anonymous wrote:what a stupid thread....
I was born and raised in DC, and have lived both on the west coast and in the middle of the country.
DC has by far, hands down, the FUGGGGGLIEST people I have ever seen. No sense of hygiene, fashion, or common sense. Kids are sent to school with mismatched knee socks, that don't even match with the rest of their outfit. Their hair is a tangled mess, their noses are always running and they wear dirty shoes! and this is in upper northwest, Bethesda and Chevy Chase.
Hate to say it but DC is a brain magnet, not a looks magnet.

So that's why you came back?

what a stupid thread....
I was born and raised in DC, and have lived both on the west coast and in the middle of the country.
DC has by far, hands down, the FUGGGGGLIEST people I have ever seen. No sense of hygiene, fashion, or common sense. Kids are sent to school with mismatched knee socks, that don't even match with the rest of their outfit. Their hair is a tangled mess, their noses are always running and they wear dirty shoes! and this is in upper northwest, Bethesda and Chevy Chase.
Hate to say it but DC is a brain magnet, not a looks magnet.

Some people still tan outdoors or at salons, but in LA and Miami, a lot of people would get sprayed with fake tanner.

My DH lives in CC DC and is pasty, pasty white. When he's outside he wears one of those broad-brimmed dork sun hats SPF 40. He also has trouble blending in his sunscreen so you'll often see white blotches caked to his neck and ears.

So far, at 39, he's had 5 skin cancers removed, including one earliest stage melanoma.

He is alive and he doesn't give a shit if you take umbrage at his white legs and pasty palor and unattractive dorky hat.

omg all you whities with the skin cancer. of course baking in the sun is terrible for you, but that doesn't mean that you don't need any vitamin D. Just a touch of sun might make the vampires go away.

Anonymous wrote:We moved here from LA and are astonished by the difference. LA people are generally very attractive--thin and tan and fashionable. "DC office hot" means that: your suit isn't too tight or too baggy; you are not more than 20 lbs overweight; you may be pale but don't suffer from acne or other skin disorders; you have hair that exists, is clean but not stylish; you have a not entirely unpleasant neutral face. In other words, standards here are low.

FWIW, tan is out. Skin cancer, you know.. But I do agree with you on the suit issue - why is it so hard for those guys to find a suit that fits right? Oh, and I hate work badges flapping in the wind.

I live in Chevy Chase DC. You might see me sometimes on the sidewalk and if I look like I have something stuck in my ass, it's because I probably do indeed have something stuck in my butt crack.

My dried-sweat workout gear often rides up my butt after the gym and I don't bother to change out of it when I run errands at WF, Child'sPlay, CVS ... sorry! to those of you behind me in line.

Interesting theories...but why do most of the women look like they have something stuck in their asses?

Anonymous wrote:Cleveland Park, true historic CP, is populated by 82 year old Protestant white lawyer+some/other/title men, who are not on the market anyway because they're still married to Jane - a 79 yr old Protestant white woman who gardens, is Active In The Community And Volunteers.

Occasionally, there will be a 63 yr old white Jewish lawyer as head of household. Very very very occasionally, the guy in the house will be the age of the DCUM demographic (32 - 50?) and he will be chubby, preppy, blue eyed and prone to wearing pink striped oxford shirts and khaki shorts. He will have inherited his $ to buy the CP house, or just plain inherited the house outright when Jane died. He is not on the market, because he is married and has two blonde children who wear Vineyard Vines and Lilly Pulitzer dresses.

YES YES! And they have enough power in this city to stop the new Giant from coming to fruition.

Cleveland Park, true historic CP, is populated by 82 year old Protestant white lawyer+some/other/title men, who are not on the market anyway because they're still married to Jane - a 79 yr old Protestant white woman who gardens, is Active In The Community And Volunteers.

Occasionally, there will be a 63 yr old white Jewish lawyer as head of household. Very very very occasionally, the guy in the house will be the age of the DCUM demographic (32 - 50?) and he will be chubby, preppy, blue eyed and prone to wearing pink striped oxford shirts and khaki shorts. He will have inherited his $ to buy the CP house, or just plain inherited the house outright when Jane died. He is not on the market, because he is married and has two blonde children who wear Vineyard Vines and Lilly Pulitzer dresses.

CCDC tends to be more liberal journalist, save-the-world lawyer types. Not very athletic, preppy cute men. However, I do think there are alot of that type of men (and women) in DC. I don't think it is much different in Cleveland Park or parts of Bethesda.

"CC DC is mostly straight couples with kids--boring to look at. "

And even more boring to converse with.

OP, I'm going to break it to you gently, but what you're seeing is the toll that age takes on the body. The truth is that even among those of us who stay fit, for both men and women, physical attractiveness diminishes with age. Now, this might not apply so much to movie stars (Cloooney-- in his late 40s, I believe -- and Jeff Bridges-- a decade older, possibly more -- both looked fabulous at the Oscars), but it does apply to the rest of us. Honestly, I'm 50 and for a man in my age range, if he's still got his hair, waistline, and sanity (no middle-age crazies need apply), he's gonna be surrounded by women at your neighborhood cocktail party or on the sidelines at at the varsity soccer game.

Really, it doesn't matter how studly they were in their salad days, this is the truth . . .and perhaps more so for men. I think the men often let themselves go. (Sorry, Southern dad, but I gotta call 'em as I see 'em.) Here's an example, about a year ago I went up to NYC for a professional conference and opened up the program to find that one of the key speakers was the guy who was the cutest senior boy when I was a high school freshman. I'm talking quarterback, star of the spring musical, homecoming queen's escort; you get the picture. I couldn't wait for his appearance at the conference. Well, when he tood the podium, I discovered that he looked . . .OK, just OK. (Though he was a great speaker and is very accomplished in the field.)

So, if there's not much eye candy at this point in life, what attracts? Again, hair, waistline, sanity and . .. sense of humor. Really, the dad surrounded by moms at my son's soccer game earlier this week was once quite good-looking (you can see it in the son), but what he's got going for him now is that he's absolutely so much fun to talk to (hair and waistline are still there, so that helps as well.) Lucky for me, I'm married to him.

We moved here from LA and are astonished by the difference. LA people are generally very attractive--thin and tan and fashionable. "DC office hot" means that: your suit isn't too tight or too baggy; you are not more than 20 lbs overweight; you may be pale but don't suffer from acne or other skin disorders; you have hair that exists, is clean but not stylish; you have a not entirely unpleasant neutral face. In other words, standards here are low.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i think this is why my husband and I have probably what is an unrealistic view of ourselves (in a favorable manner). we feel pretty hot most of the time by comparison.

DC hot must be like office hot, both of which have no basis in reality.

Reality is what you perceive around you.