So I saw someone comment on a thread how they'd be pissed off too if they lived in Dc or philly, I'm to lazy to find the thread but hey, I've been in dc for 5 years and have no complaints. Ever seen house of cards? It's like that 24/7 up here
Man, what fantasy camp are you attending G? Filmed in Maryland, based on a BBC series, featuring media hacks & "real life media figures" aka spewing heads stroking themselves.....this is the entertainment biz version of DC, broaster, not an accurate depiction of life in DC. Translation: digital crapola. Real life in DC is far, far more mundane than this entertainment pablum posing as real-life political machinations. But hey, if you think that's what this boat really floats on...? Dream on, dream on.
Yeah, DC blows. When I lived in VA, I would avoid that area like the plague. Sure, the museums are interesting and worth seeing once in your life. After that, there is no reason to be there.
I wouldn't say that. There are lots of decent people living in that area, and they hate it just like we do. Now, if a massive sink hole were to open up under the government buildings, I think the city would be much more attractive.
I always tell the haters of DC that you're the goobers who send us the arrogant, incompetent clown acts from your states. We just live here. Having said that, it's not such a great place to live anymore for us locals. Traffic has swarmed to become the worst, or second-worst behind the OC depending on which study you look at; air pollution has surged as a direct result of the idling trucks & cars; mass transit MetroRail was once a source of pride, now it can't keep up with the 1.5 million more people who have streamed into the region in the past 15 or so years searching for work; real estate is very expensive to purchase (homes or CRE); apartments are also expensive (one bedroom in Arlington? $1800-2500 per month); food & gasoline are more expensive than, say, Virginia Beach; et. al., ad nauseum. Plus, it's all too often Range Rover land, meaning, the govt proles & drones who stream in here from YOUR states making big taxpayer money for doing fukk-all pushing paper have insecure, meaningless existences. So, they buy the show & tell high-end material consumer goods (incl houses), which in turn further pushes prices up higher. Our local & state tax rates aren't the highest but they're painful enough. Unfortunately, it's a 3 hour drive to the ocean. Couple hours drive, or more, to the mountains. Gotta earn the recreational pastimes, it seems, when one lives here. Sure, we have great restaurants, good cultural-artistic aspects, many collegiate & pro sports teams, minor league baseball teams, the world-class museums & expositions, superb paved bike trail network, some of the best public schools in the USA, interesting mix of accomplished people from all over the world, 3 large airports close by & a pretty stable economy when compared to the rest of the country. All depends on what floats one's boat, like anywhere in the world. This place is where I work, to generate revenue. That's it. And someday it's a place I will move far away from.
D.C. is cool. Adams morgan got a cool little night life scene. The city is well designed. Nice park system, cool bridges, monuments, ect. The museums are free. I would go more than once in a lifetime, but 2 hours drive to surf.
I guess yankee is right. 3 hour to the beach. D.C. did have a cool punk rock scene back in the day. I saw the Bad Brains there.
That's the $64k question. Possible answers, choose only one: a. the loins of wolves b. spawned by wayne the insane, sent north to live as deep cover moles c. Belmar or d. the bureaucrats aren't the problem, it's the professional politicians who get you guys to vote them into office, and who then journey to DC to slobber at the taxpayer trough, replete with absolutely no agenda or prudent public policies, which is why nothing gets done. Ever.
The Bayou is a Ritz Carlton residences now (not even making that up). The 930club is a hipster hangout. A govt hipster hangout, if you can possibly envision that one. 14th & H in NWDC (formerly 'the fun zone' XXX) is one vanilla office bldg after another. And you can get any locally made brew you want, for $8.50 a pop.
Too bad you arrived here after the real party was over growing up in Bethesda no night life in MD nor Va burbs over 25 cent drafts in DC. The late 60's, 70's and 80's bar scene on Wisconsin Ave NW, Coffee Houses in Georgetown, Cellar Door on M St, back door clubs on P St to name a few haunts. Then racing along Canal Road to avoid the cops are fond memories. You would have loved it, DC is tamed now .................
Lived in and near DC my whole life, it's a great F-ing city tons to do, great food, beer, wine selections everywhere, traffic does blow, but you learn to deal with that. I live in Arlington now and can get to the beach in 2.5 hours if you know when to go. Get to the beach when ever we can, also direct flights to almost anywhere in the country for some domestic surf trips and easy to get to anywhere else. Sure it's changed a ton over the years, no more real local music scene, but it's a great place to live if I can't live by the ocean.
What Yankee said. It's been fun living here in DC but we're planning on heading back to California (where I'm from). Keep your fingers crossed! We're thinking Santa Cruz where my brother lives. Like I said in a previous post, after my east coast surfing training, I'll be able to ride the waves on their bad days. I'll have the whole place to myself. I go on the surf line cams and I can't believe there isn't anyone out there on some days. I think to myself, that looks like a good day in OCMD!!
DC sucks. Since when is 2.5hrs considered close to the beach? I'm actively working my way out of this place. Ruins your soul and makes you miss swells.
Yes, I'd be pissed if I lived in DC, as a surfer. No doubt it's a cultural epicenter and has a whole lot to offer. I just know that every time a low spun off the coast it would make my skin crawl to be fighting traffic in that $hit show of an urban "grid". The ocean is much more accessible from Philadelphia, but that too would drive me nuts, as a surfer.
Not a DC resident but went there many times in the late 80s early 90s. Went back in 2012, its changed a lot. I concur with what others have said, if mainstream culture is your bag it has it in spades. The underground culture from back in the day is just gone. 930 club being a hipster hang out is flat out sacrilege. I had backstage all-access to a Clutch\System of a Down\Slayer show back in the day, it was epic. Only pit I've ever looked at in my life and said "nope".
