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The videos show more and more how DC is more tied to the Northeast! We don't have rowhomes and buildings like that everywhere. If there was no title to the videos, I would swear that I was looking and listening at a New York video/song.
Idk about that it not that easy to get a job in DC is you don't have a high school diploma or GED like ALOT of people don't have, let alone learn a trade or college degree. It probably is more of a struggle in PA and NJ. I know me personally although I didn't wanna do it I went to job corps.
But at least there are jobs. And good ones at that. Even if you're a hoodrat single mom of three who barely finished Anacostia HS, you could luck up and find a cushy GS-9 HR position at the Department of Labor with excellent benefits and a thrift savings plan. But what do you do when your city has no jobs? When there's not even McDonald's to apply to? That's why I just laugh at my cousins when they talk about DC being so "tough." They have no idea what a slum even looks like.
But at least there are jobs. And good ones at that. Even if you're a hoodrat single mom of three who barely finished Anacostia HS, you could luck up and find a cushy GS-9 HR position at the Department of Labor with excellent benefits and a thrift savings plan. But what do you do when your city has no jobs? When there's not even McDonald's to apply to? That's why I just laugh at my cousins when they talk about DC being so "tough." They have no idea what a slum even looks like.
To keep it 100 I never knew there we're poor white people until I went to other cities, because white people DC make big bread.
But yea, no matter what anyone says, that DC mentality is gonna always stick around. DC cats always had and will feel like they have something to prove to other cities which is why they do the thing that they do and are proud of it. On the flip side, things aren't that kosher in DC either.
On a side note, I can't wait for PG police to beat kids, shoot them with air guns, pepper spray and mace them, and then trample over girls with horses on Wednesday after the Duke game, and then accuse the students of "inciting a riot."
Also, the slums of Camden are a joke compared to the slums of Calcutta. Just a thought for everyone here comparing whether DC/Philly/whoever has it worse.
DC is the middle point of north and south but if I had to pick a side I would say it leans more northern. If you go to any city to the north of dc (baltimore) you will feel like you are in the true north and to the south (Richmond) you will feel like you are in the true dixie.
Compare how different some people in Central VA, and southwest VA sound from DC.
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