# Goodbye forever, DC area. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2018, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-forever-dc-area/820881 "2018-09-06T15:23:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-forever-dc-area/820881/41 "2018-09-08T00:52:24Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > This is the sort of commentary and attitude that bugs me about the city - always making vague personal references whenever someone says something people don’t agree with. And the insults are always along the lines of a) someone is stupid or b)they are not successful enough in their career. > > I just want to live somewhere where people insult me for being fat and bald, just for a change of pace. You said: > [@](#): > > …I’ve never been to a city like it; there’s two types of people i run into - well 3 actually - bitter old timers, mostly minorities, who can’t stand the “gentrifiers”, newcomers from this that or the other fancy school who are pedantic to no end and can’t really deal with real world issues… and you chastise me for being insulting? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-forever-dc-area/820881/42 "2018-09-08T02:26:03Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > You said: and you chastise me for being insulting? Your insults are the typical lame DC fare that somehow manages to pass for witty. I hear this sort of thing most often from people whose only accomplishment in life is that they are from DC - but it is pretty standard fare all around. These are the people I run into - one of the groups (wealthy, very comfortable in their skin, accomplished) I wish I could be like the other two groups are just full of annoying people with various chips on their shoulders. I’m annoyed by two of these groups and I look up to the other one. ---
**Author:** ![Mumberthax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea5d25/32.png) [@Mumberthax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mumberthax)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-forever-dc-area/820881/43 "2018-09-09T04:52:19Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > When you said this, I instantly knew that you didn’t live in DC. All the suburbs are totally incompetent when it comes to snow; DC has actually become quite efficient at snowplow technology. > > Even during snowmageddon, in DC I was able to drive around town the next day. Folks out in the 'burbs were screwed for a long time. Well, yeah…yanno, “raised in Arlington” which is in Virginia. I said “DC area”, not DC proper. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-forever-dc-area/820881/44 "2018-09-09T22:41:54Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > When you said this, I instantly knew that you didn’t live in DC. All the suburbs are totally incompetent when it comes to snow; DC has actually become quite efficient at snowplow technology. > > Even during snowmageddon, in DC I was able to drive around town the next day. Folks out in the 'burbs were screwed for a long time. Depends on the suburbs. We’ve been very fortunate where we are (nearish Springfield) in that our streets have always been open within 24 hours, but I recognize that further-out or less-dense suburbs may not have the same experience. Many aspects of DC life suck. The traffic is a significant issue. For someone looking to move _to_ the area, try to get someplace that’s more walkable - in DC, in Arlington, similar areas on the Maryland side. As noted, closeness to Metro isn’t always a guarantee - I had to go into the city once recently when parts of the Blue Line were closed - and while there was an alternative route, it was horrifyingly crowded. The cost of living can be staggering - my mother’s house in PA sold for well under half what we paid for our house here, and it was much larger and on 1+ acre, whereas we have a postage stamp. On the plus side: we were far less severely hit by recent recessions than other parts of the country. The weather overall is a compromise: it gets hot and miserable but not for as long or as much of the time as parts of Florida, and it gets cold and occasionally snowy but not as bad as parts further north. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/goodbye-forever-dc-area/820881.md?page=2)