Washington DC is for young Interns, High Paid Professionals and Immigrants ONLY (amusement park, lawyers)

[questioner2]

If I were a regular White American Born working man who worked in regular middle class job, I would never want to live in the Washington area. It is not for you. Culturally it is not for the average Americans.

Here are the people who will love Washington:

Immigrants who want to live within a United Nations of people of a hundred languages and cultures

20 Something Interns, Research Assistants and Congressional Aides

Career Centric people with Advanced degrees who want to work 16 hours a day and make a ton of money in jobs like Doctors, Lawyers, Business Executives, Scientists, Engineers, etc
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It is not for anyone else. To expensive and aloof.

[rlchurch]

You're probably right. There's a Major League and several Minor Leagues in baseball too.

[Bluefly]

I think you're pretty accurate about this. I remember I was out at a bar in DC with my 20-something friends and we wound up meeting this working class white guy who had just moved to DC to be an electrician helping with all the new construction.

We were just amazed - we'd never seen a white, middle class guy who worked with his hands in DC before. I'd never really realized it until that moment. (For the record - I've done a lot of professional manual labor myself, so I walk in both worlds)

[coldbliss]

Absolutely spot on!

You know the kind of people who come to Washington, DC? Here is the typical person in a nutshell:

Remember that kid who had to take AP courses in every subject?

Remember that kid who would cry and whine about getting an A- on a mid-term exam?

Remember that kid who strives for 10 extracurricular activities in one semester because it looks good on a college application?

Remember that kid who brags to his friends that his Daddy has pull with the college admissions office at some elite East Coast university?

Remember that kid who would make fun of the nerds, working-class students, bohemian artsy kids so he can share the jokes with his college-bound, preppy friends?

Remember that kid who told you that he knew at the ripe age of 12 that he wanted to be a corporate attorney? You could also insert doctor, corporate executive, investment banker, political adviser, economist here.

Remember that kid who only values his own opinion about the world because he thinks he is so intelligent and creative?

Remember that kid who thinks his ideas will change the course of history? Hmmmm...Washington, DC is a good place to make a name for yourself!

Multiply that Kid times 100,000! That's what you see coming to Washington, DC. I deal with these A Holes almost every day. I see them walking on the street every day while they fiddle with their Blackberries. They need to stay in constant communication with people because their ideas are too important to keep silent. They live and work in a complete bubble called Washington, DC. They could never survive Life in a normal American city like Chicago, like Pittsburgh, like Phoenix, like Dallas, like San Diego. They do not create wealth for a community. They do not volunteer for their community. They want to mold the world into their own vision. Money and power are the twin pillars of achieving this goal. The stench of money and power corrupt many people in Washington, DC. They become insufferable human beings.

[HomerBrink]

Coldbliss - too funny yet so true!

[smakawhat]

Originally Posted by questioner2

If I were a regular White American Born working man who worked in regular middle class job, I would never want to live in the Washington area. It is not for you. Culturally it is not for the average Americans.

Here are the people who will love Washington:

Immigrants who want to live within a United Nations of people of a hundred languages and cultures

20 Something Interns, Research Assistants and Congressional Aides

Career Centric people with Advanced degrees who want to work 16 hours a day and make a ton of money in jobs like Doctors, Lawyers, Business Executives, Scientists, Engineers, etc
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It is not for anyone else. To expensive and aloof.

Sorry.. been living/working here for 8 years.. don't fit any of those categories..

[saganista]

There are a lot of very smart, very talented, very well-informed people here. If you intend to compete with them, you better have some serious background behind you. There are also a lot of just plain folks here. They're from all over the place. They do all sorts of things. These are people who might have liked going to the amusement park as a kid just for the smell of the cotton candy, the sound of the caliope, and the sight of all those flashing lights. The fact that you got to go on all those rides just made it that much better. There are actually more people of this second type here than there are of the first...

[Alanboy395]

Originally Posted by questioner2

If I were a regular White American Born working man who worked in regular middle class job, I would never want to live in the Washington area. It is not for you. Culturally it is not for the average Americans.

Here are the people who will love Washington:

Immigrants who want to live within a United Nations of people of a hundred languages and cultures

20 Something Interns, Research Assistants and Congressional Aides

Career Centric people with Advanced degrees who want to work 16 hours a day and make a ton of money in jobs like Doctors, Lawyers, Business Executives, Scientists, Engineers, etc
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It is not for anyone else. To expensive and aloof.

u done hit the nail on the head!!!!!!!!!!!

[lisat]

Whoa. What's with all the hatin'? Sure those people are here (everywhere), but so are a lot of others. My partner and I go to work everyday like everyone else, but we're certainly not consumed with our jobs. Far from it. You wouldn't catch me working a 16hr day. And we're not "high paid," not by any means. We make enough to take care of ourselves and our dogs. And none of my friends here are like what's described above. We go out, hang out, drink, dance, play cards, see movies, drink some more. The people I've met here (mostly in my local bar) would help a total stranger in a heartbeat. Yeah, I have a BlackBerry. So what? My office doesn't have landlines--it's the only phone each of us has for work. It's just a "thing." Everyone here obviously has a computer. I work for a small non-profit, trying to do a bit of good, but not setting the world on fire or changing big ole Amerrikun policy.

Quite honestly, one of the things I admire about DC is its "people of a hundred languages and cultures." Oh yeah, and I volunteer. I also went to college and grad school. And I moved to DC on purpose--mainly to live closer to my 92 year old grandmother who is my best friend.

I suppose all that makes me a egomaniacal insufferable bore. Oh well. Can't win 'em all.

[CookieToaster]

Originally Posted by coldbliss

Absolutely spot on!

You know the kind of people who come to Washington, DC? Here is the typical person in a nutshell:

Remember that kid who had to take AP courses in every subject?

Remember that kid who would cry and whine about getting an A- on a mid-term exam?

Remember that kid who strives for 10 extracurricular activities in one semester because it looks good on a college application?

Remember that kid who brags to his friends that his Daddy has pull with the college admissions office at some elite East Coast university?

Remember that kid who would make fun of the nerds, working-class students, bohemian artsy kids so he can share the jokes with his college-bound, preppy friends?

Remember that kid who told you that he knew at the ripe age of 12 that he wanted to be a corporate attorney? You could also insert doctor, corporate executive, investment banker, political adviser, economist here.

Remember that kid who only values his own opinion about the world because he thinks he is so intelligent and creative?

Remember that kid who thinks his ideas will change the course of history? Hmmmm...Washington, DC is a good place to make a name for yourself!

Multiply that Kid times 100,000! That's what you see coming to Washington, DC. I deal with these A Holes almost every day. I see them walking on the street every day while they fiddle with their Blackberries. They need to stay in constant communication with people because their ideas are too important to keep silent. They live and work in a complete bubble called Washington, DC. They could never survive Life in a normal American city like Chicago, like Pittsburgh, like Phoenix, like Dallas, like San Diego. They do not create wealth for a community. They do not volunteer for their community. They want to mold the world into their own vision. Money and power are the twin pillars of achieving this goal. The stench of money and power corrupt many people in Washington, DC. They become insufferable human beings.

You are a prophet.