# DC area Dopers: could you share your knoweldge with me please? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 13, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-could-you-share-your-knoweldge-with-me-please/449211 "2008-05-13T22:29:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Renob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8c91f0/32.png) [@Renob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renob)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-could-you-share-your-knoweldge-with-me-please/449211/61 "2008-06-17T16:24:17Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] What is your impression of midtown 14th Street? I find an awful lot of people draw back and gasp when I tell them I live in midtown. "_Ooooh_ I bet you see a lot of action on 14th Street! Wink wink, nudge nudge 😉 " The infamous 14th Street red light corridor disappeared 20 years ago but I guess people still love to reminisce. [/QUOTE] I used to live right on 14th Street, at the heart of a lot of the action. There was still a lot of prostitution action ten years ago but apparently there also used to be a variety of strip clubs and whatnot there. Although I moved a couple years ago it was still pretty easy to find hookers around the area. My wife and I used to go out and sit along 14th and L Streets and watch the show. It was always an interesting time. ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-could-you-share-your-knoweldge-with-me-please/449211/62 "2008-06-17T17:18:09Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] What is your impression of midtown 14th Street? I find an awful lot of people draw back and gasp when I tell them I live in midtown. "_Ooooh_ I bet you see a lot of action on 14th Street! Wink wink, nudge nudge 😉 " The infamous 14th Street red light corridor disappeared 20 years ago but I guess people still love to reminisce. [/QUOTE] It sounds like you aren’t too far from Logan Circle. That’s a pretty nice area now. It looks nothing like what it did fifteen years ago. We looked at a condo on 13th and N, but the layout was too odd. It was a two level unit and the bedrooms were below the living room. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-could-you-share-your-knoweldge-with-me-please/449211/63 "2008-06-17T17:32:00Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] What is your impression of midtown 14th Street? I find an awful lot of people draw back and gasp when I tell them I live in midtown. "_Ooooh_ I bet you see a lot of action on 14th Street! Wink wink, nudge nudge 😉 " The infamous 14th Street red light corridor disappeared 20 years ago but I guess people still love to reminisce. [/QUOTE] You’d be surprised how many $5 beers you can drink when you’re young and stupid. How fondly I remember the Goldrush. DC permitted complete nudity (no pasties, no g-string - completely naked flesh) with alcohol sales - I may still have the napkin and that was nearly 30 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-could-you-share-your-knoweldge-with-me-please/449211/64 "2008-06-17T20:02:49Z")
[QUOTE=jimmmy] Did you make a choice on MD vs. VA. vs. Possibly DC? [/QUOTE] It looks like either MD or VA: it’s been rather hard finding something with the right combination of items in DC proper. VA is in the lead since I see Trader Joe’s can sell wine there. 😉 Right now it looks like with the way finaces are going I’ll do a temporary sublet from someone for the first few paycheck cycles, then move into my own place. (The sooner the better!) ---
**Author:** ![Caffeine.addict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f475e1/32.png) [@Caffeine.addict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caffeine.addict)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-could-you-share-your-knoweldge-with-me-please/449211/65 "2008-06-18T17:12:55Z")
[QUOTE=Nightsong] It looks like either MD or VA: it’s been rather hard finding something with the right combination of items in DC proper. VA is in the lead since I see Trader Joe’s can sell wine there. 😉 Right now it looks like with the way finaces are going I’ll do a temporary sublet from someone for the first few paycheck cycles, then move into my own place. (The sooner the better!) [/QUOTE] Thats a good way to do it since you can get a better feel for the area and you can decide where you really want to live. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dc-area-dopers-could-you-share-your-knoweldge-with-me-please/449211.md?page=3)