Anonymous
04/13/2025 01:22
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Being FROM here? Probably that theyre not in the "OMG isnt DC so cool?" weird self important vibe that many transplants have. They often have an aversion to talking politics or the other virtue signaling topics a lot of the transplant types love
Transplants all ask each other where they're from and kind of rank accordingly. People from Ohio might think DC is cool, people from NYC or Paris never do and act like they're totally slumming it. The lawyer group thinks of the natives like...not at all.
*latter
Anonymous
04/13/2025 01:21
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote:Being FROM here? Probably that theyre not in the "OMG isnt DC so cool?" weird self important vibe that many transplants have. They often have an aversion to talking politics or the other virtue signaling topics a lot of the transplant types love
Transplants all ask each other where they're from and kind of rank accordingly. People from Ohio might think DC is cool, people from NYC or Paris never do and act like they're totally slumming it. The lawyer group thinks of the natives like...not at all.
Anonymous
04/12/2025 22:19
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
Disagree. National vs Reagan is an age thing.
I am a transplant, moved here in my late 20s, but the airport was called National then so I still call it that.
My kids were born and raised in DC, and they say Reagan (they actually say Reagan-National) bc it has always been Reagan in their lifetimes.
It appears you have failed as a parent. Tell me you at least taught them all the words to Bohemian Rhapsody.
Anonymous
04/12/2025 18:47
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm close to 60 years old and still say:
Cap center (I always chuckle after I say it)
Call team the Bullets
Still say Redskins
Will always say National
DMV - nope, but my son uses it
These are good. To be honest I am not even sure what Cap Center is currently called 😂 (it was also mci, and something else I think?)
Capital One Arena. They get really testy if you don't use the right name for it when you are there.
Wasn’t it Verizon center for a while too??
My dad had original Caps season tickets when the arena was in Landover, MD, Cap center
Anonymous
04/12/2025 18:46
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm close to 60 years old and still say:
Cap center (I always chuckle after I say it)
Call team the Bullets
Still say Redskins
Will always say National
DMV - nope, but my son uses it
These are good. To be honest I am not even sure what Cap Center is currently called 😂 (it was also mci, and something else I think?)
Wasn’t it Verizon center for a while too??
My dad had original Caps season tickets when the arena was in Landover, MD, Cap center
Capital One Arena. They get really testy if you don't use the right name for it when you are there.
Anonymous
04/12/2025 18:45
Subject: Re:How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
^ oh and I always say National airport and remember when that tiny terminal was the only terminal.
Anonymous
04/12/2025 18:44
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote:NOVA native here- 53 and in Alexandria. DMV is 100% a new thing used by transplants. No one born here before 1980 would ever use that stupid term. The DMV is where you get your license.
Born and raised here 55.
Totally! I heard it on the radio driving home from beach about 10 years ago and was so confused.
DMV is always the “department of motor vehicles”….need to go to the DMV to get my real ID. lol
Anonymous
04/12/2025 17:27
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm close to 60 years old and still say:
Cap center (I always chuckle after I say it)
Call team the Bullets
Still say Redskins
Will always say National
DMV - nope, but my son uses it
These are good. To be honest I am not even sure what Cap Center is currently called 😂 (it was also mci, and something else I think?)
Capital One Arena. They get really testy if you don't use the right name for it when you are there.
Anonymous
04/12/2025 16:36
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote: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?
About half the people I know here use DMV.
Anonymous
04/12/2025 15:45
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Being FROM here? Probably that theyre not in the "OMG isnt DC so cool?" weird self important vibe that many transplants have. They often have an aversion to talking politics or the other virtue signaling topics a lot of the transplant types love
Anonymous
04/12/2025 15:42
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote:I'm close to 60 years old and still say:
Cap center (I always chuckle after I say it)
Call team the Bullets
Still say Redskins
Will always say National
DMV - nope, but my son uses it
These are good. To be honest I am not even sure what Cap Center is currently called 😂 (it was also mci, and something else I think?)
Anonymous
04/12/2025 15:39
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Disagree. National vs Reagan is an age thing.
I am a transplant, moved here in my late 20s, but the airport was called National then so I still call it that.
My kids were born and raised in DC, and they say Reagan (they actually say Reagan-National) bc it has always been Reagan in their lifetimes.
Anonymous
04/12/2025 15:06
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Calling it National Airport
+1
I’m not from there (was a transplant for 5 years). I call it National bc I’m old.
+1 but also because eff Ronald Reagan and the movement to name something after him in every state.
And it is highly ironic to see the statue of Reagan at National since he gutted the air traffic controllers union.
Anonymous
04/12/2025 15:05
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote: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.
My kids who are DC natives and are now in college and grad-school say "DMV".
Anonymous
04/12/2025 15:03
Subject: How do you know someone is from the DC Metro/NoVa?
Love the Redskins