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I agree, obviously, but it's not a good fit for everyone. Basically people who are stuck driving most of the time and people who don't like to be around those motivated and driven tend to hate this place the most.
I've lived places where people's primary goal is to kick back and enjoy life and I find it boring and rather self-serving after a while. It's good for me to be in a place where people care what they do but also know how to have a good time.
Yesterday, I played a bit of hooky from work--what was I supposed to do on a sunny, 74 degree Friday in February? I ended up hanging out in the new Georgetown riverfront park reading for a good part of the afternoon, then walked through Georgetown on M Street, down Pennsylvania and then north on New Hampshire to Dupont. The city was just alive with people--restaurants had their patios open, people were out in the park, lots of pedestrian and auto traffic for people heading for night out on the town on the first nice evening since October...there was just an energy to the place that was hard to describe.
God knows I have times when I'm down on this city--the cost of living, the traffic, the entitlement among some of the people here, and so on. But last night was one of those nights where I was reminded how much I love living here, too. Sitting in the middle of Dupont Circle at 6 PM, watching what seemed to be half the city out and about, the sun going down over the buildings as I looked west towards Georgetown...I thought to myself, you can have New York--this is where I want to be. And so it is.
Yesterday, I played a bit of hooky from work--what was I supposed to do on a sunny, 74 degree Friday in February? I ended up hanging out in the new Georgetown riverfront park reading for a good part of the afternoon, then walked through Georgetown on M Street, down Pennsylvania and then north on New Hampshire to Dupont. The city was just alive with people--restaurants had their patios open, people were out in the park, lots of pedestrian and auto traffic for people heading for night out on the town on the first nice evening since October...there was just an energy to the place that was hard to describe.
God knows I have times when I'm down on this city--the cost of living, the traffic, the entitlement among some of the people here, and so on. But last night was one of those nights where I was reminded how much I love living here, too. Sitting in the middle of Dupont Circle at 6 PM, watching what seemed to be half the city out and about, the sun going down over the buildings as I looked west towards Georgetown...I thought to myself, you can have New York--this is where I want to be. And so it is.
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I enjoy driving more than catching metro and yes I stay in the city. Something about cruising with my windows up and listening to a nice CD and not have to jump on and off a train...
One great thing that is always overlooked about D.C. is the Beltway system (not really D.C. proper but anyways...).
No other city has such an efficient way to travel around its Metro area.
Since efficiency is king in D.C. you can't beat the Beltway for road travel around the District boundaries.
Honestly, when it's not bogged down by traffic, the Beltway is really really good for getting around the area. That can be said of any interstate really... that's what they were built for
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