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I don't get this.

If I could live anywhere, DC would be about 590th on my list, maybe lower.

The list would go something like this:

1 Boston area (obv.)
2 Other Massachusetts
3 Montreal
4 Shanghai
5 London
6 Toronto
7 Copenhagen
8 Athens
9 Istanbul
10 Hong Kong
....

50 Beirut
51 Lisbon

.....

385 Ho Chi Minh City
395 Jersey City
396 Tijuana
.....

590 DC
591 Florida

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I really thought of Georgetown as a different world, one I didn't visit often. Our 'hood was like a small town in the city. Very diverse -- lots of embassy and World Bank workers. And the food? $$$$ was good, but we didn't do that much and the $ and $$ options were not great. Much better to drive to Fairfax and Rockville and find interesting places in the strip malls.

DC has a bright future, but it's a government future. Tech? I keep hearing that from people who talk about DC, but I don't see it working in tech.

Not long ago you were saying I don't live in a city....

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Dissent: The just-graduated from college girls working on the Hill. DC's female to male ratio is still insanely favorable to men.

And most of the dudes there dress like funeral home attendants. You can spot the foreigners in a heartbeat because they're the only men who don't look like they go exclusively to Brooks Brothers. If you're a half decent looking cat, it's a great town.

Even at this age, it's got possibilities in that regard. If my better half died, I'd move in with family down there and start over.

There's an "other Massachusetts"? I always thought that state was kind of like PA: Do Not Travel More than 100 Miles from the Eastern Border (well, except as to Pittsburgh [which is really super nice now as a result of all the Google cash] and State College [for an Ohio State or Michigan game]).

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Your old hood is still filled with Wolrd Bankers. Why is that? Is the WB HQ nearby? I love your hood. Manageable, unlike Gtown, which is a traffic disaster.

Going South: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...?noredirect=on

North: https://www.ggchamber.org/wp-content...ech-Report.pdf

I think I might be confused about your location.

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People who work for governments or like-paying NGOs can afford to live there, unlike Georgetown or much of the rest of NW.

No one is so impressed by the Dulles Tech Corridor that they forget Silicon Valley.

https://cdn0.tnwcdn.com/wp-content/b...n_valley1.jpeg

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Of course not. That'd be absurd. But DC does have growth that MD, NJ, and Eastern PA most decidedly Do Not. DC and NY prop up the MidAtlantic. What goes on between them? Meds, Eds, a bit of Pharma. No serious growth industry wants to do anything in Baltimore or Philly. They're unfriendly to business.

SF is the "city." I guess one can consider the Valley an extension of it. But yes, I remain married to the idea of cities as dense collections of people and large buildings. But when I was talking about a county presenting itself as a city, incorrectly IMO, I was referring to LA. Downtown is a city. But anywhere in which I can drive for over and hour and a half in one direction without leaving is not really a city. Call me old fashioned.

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When I was young and single DC was about it. The thing is they flush out a million people with each election and bring in new ones, so there are all these newbers looking towards their futures- and partying like nuts- all these young people w/o any roots- it was heady.


I had one Congressional aide in my crew. Lots of boring gov functionaries of course, but we weren't really tied to the gov. And you have got to go to at least one CIA party in your life.

You know how work parties are always "I ain't talking about work..." They 4 drinks in you're bitching that you can't seem to get that GS-13? Well CIA parties start the same way, except when it gets time to talk about work, they can't, so they turn on TV.

But I wouldn't even think of living there with a family- way too crowded.

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If your goal is young women who don't have high standards, maybe try Thailand?

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Umm, Adder, better or worse than Sbby’s China comments?

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I’d be seeking high standards I could diminish.

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I've seen countless accounts like these on various platforms. They don't seem to have much of an impact outside of confirming what most of the people who read them already knew or suspected.

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I like density as much as the next guy, probably more, but you need to expand your horizons. LA is one of the great cities of the world.

Re: Doesn’t Matter Who Wins the K Race; We’re All the Same
 

Slip Rome, Singapore and Tokyo in top 10.

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Not high standards but may get a wee surprise. I’d live in BKK before I lived in DC NJ or FL.

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My first time in LA I got laid in like 60 seconds after walking into the Rainbow.