Natives vs Transplants (house, schools, deal)

[Moth]

Originally Posted by Bluefly

In that case, remember that the emoticon is your friend. or perhaps the classic "everybody's an idiot but me" or the friendly

They are insufficient to convey the dry irony that I ocassonally favor.

[WASHINGTON BULLET]

Originally Posted by Bluefly

Nah. All those transplants moved into the city in the 1970s. I prefer to keep it real with the 1940s. Those were some good times.

Nay.... Great times.

You were alive during the 1940s?
If you were well then much repsect goes out to you.
I myself can only comment on what I have experienced first hand.
Cooke, Barry and Pollin all ruled this town and surrounding areas.
Gibbs too.

[Bluefly]

Originally Posted by WASHINGTON BULLET

You were alive during the 1940s?
If you were well then much repsect goes out to you.
I myself can only comment on what I have experienced first hand.
Cooke, Barry and Pollin all ruled this town and surrounding areas.
Gibbs too.

I know.

[WASHINGTON BULLET]

Originally Posted by Bluefly

I know.

So are you finally going to tell all of us where you are originally from?

[jmusmc85]

Originally Posted by WASHINGTON BULLET

So are you finally going to tell all of us where you are originally from?

WHO CARES!!! Get over it! Nobody cares where you are from. It doesn't define who you are.

[WASHINGTON BULLET]

Originally Posted by jmusmc85

WHO CARES!!! Get over it! Nobody cares where you are from. It doesn't define who you are.

Calm down.
Where one is from is very important.

Are you the type of person who is ashamed of where you are from?

[DCforever]

Originally Posted by WASHINGTON BULLET

Calm down.
Where one is from is very important.

Are you the type of person who is ashamed of where you are from?

It doesn't make you special and you had nothing to do with it. Staying where you were born is what 99% of the sheeple in the world do. Moving to someplace at least indicates the capacity for independent thought.

[enomisailat]

I have a lot of friends who are natives and I personally am a transplant. I have been in DC for 2 years so I kinda feel like that's long enough I'm not an official newbie. They say they have problems because there isn't a lot of common sense in the way transplants act when they get to DC. They don't really know/get the culture and just make things annoying.

But that's really to be expected with anyone starting out in a city. I say give us transplants a little time to get into the groove and you won't know the difference. Except, being from Michigan you can tell I'm not from here because I know how to drive... I'm looking at you Maryland drivers with your honking and cutting people off without warning.

[jmusmc85]

Originally Posted by WASHINGTON BULLET

Calm down.
Where one is from is very important.

Are you the type of person who is ashamed of where you are from?

No. I'm from Houston. That doesn't mean I don't want anyone not from Houston moving there. It doesn't mean I think anyone who has lived in Houston for the past 7 years are any more Houstonian than me even though I haven't lived there for the past 7 years. It doesn't mean they are any more 'real' Houstonian than I am. I also realize that people from Houston come from a variety of different lifestyles and differing from one another doesn't make them any less a Texan.

You seem to think anyone who doesn't dress like a thug, listen to gogo or know what mambo sauce doesn't belong in your DC. Get over it. It really is not that big of a deal where someone is from. Unless they are from like...Mars.

[WASHINGTON BULLET]

Originally Posted by DCforever

It doesn't make you special and you had nothing to do with it. Staying where you were born is what 99% of the sheeple in the world do. Moving to someplace at least indicates the capacity for independent thought.

Well I have traveled and have lived in other places too.

Some people are so focused on being urban they often forget or even deny their suburban or rural upbringings.