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Sorry but what is desirable about DC? People live there because they have to for work. I don't know a single person who has lived in DC for more than a few years. They all had positive and negative opinions but none stayed. They saw it as a place to put in your dues and climb the ladder. Plenty of people scrape by to survive in SD because it's SD. How many people do that in DC, other than for employment purposes?
I was not impressed with the people or the city during my visits there, but did appreciate the public transit and good food.
I actually vastly preferred Baltimore to DC. Way better quality people, cooler and less pretentious neighborhoods.
I love to visit DC but San Diego is much more desirable to live...
I mean the climate is to die for.
Washington DC climate....I'm only envious of their earlier/warmer springs,
and I live in Canada! ....their summers suck and DC winters are not San Diego
Sorry but what is desirable about DC? People live there because they have to for work. I don't know a single person who has lived in DC for more than a few years. They all had positive and negative opinions but none stayed. They saw it as a place to put in your dues and climb the ladder. Plenty of people scrape by to survive in SD because it's SD. How many people do that in DC, other than for employment purposes?
I was not impressed with the people or the city during my visits there, but did appreciate the public transit and good food.
I actually vastly preferred Baltimore to DC. Way better quality people, cooler and less pretentious neighborhoods.
I do think cultural amenities and offerings matter which is why NYC is such a desirable area. San Diego is quite sleepy but a cute town. Yes, the weather is great and the scenery (by the coast, not too much a fan of what you see East of the 8). For raising a family it's quite splendid but for "Yuppy Life" it's basically a desert.
Also, schools are better in the D.C. area which should be a consideration when raising a family.
Well if your whole goal is to be by a beach, there are better places than San Diego. Places with better beaches (easier access to them), and better "beach weather." As splendid as San Diego's weather is, it leaves basically a 2-3 month window where you can comfortably go to the Beach. Maryland beaches have the same window.
Boiling down San Diego to beaches and D.C. to humidity is asinine.
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Sorry but what is desirable about DC? People live there because they have to for work. I don't know a single person who has lived in DC for more than a few years. They all had positive and negative opinions but none stayed. They saw it as a place to put in your dues and climb the ladder. Plenty of people scrape by to survive in SD because it's SD. How many people do that in DC, other than for employment purposes?
I was not impressed with the people or the city during my visits there, but did appreciate the public transit and good food.
I actually vastly preferred Baltimore to DC. Way better quality people, cooler and less pretentious neighborhoods.
I've been around the country, and lived in a couple of other states briefly. There only about 4 other cities in America that I would line up next to DC with regards to my personal desires, NYC, LA, Miami, and Las Vegas. DC is an amenity filled city and metro area. This is glaring whenever I leave the area, many places I visit just seem like something is either missing or just not quite "enough" to satisfy my interests. What bumps DC up is the metro area surrounding it, location on the East Coast, four season weather, and many other amenities. The high cost of living and high wages cancel themselves out. I find it actually kind of funny actually when people talk like you are about DC, because I'm simply looking at it from the opposite view. Like really what is DC and its surrounding metro missing?
DC is simply a larger metro than SD. Believe it or not, there are probably more people "scraping" they're way to top in DC, and most of them are African American. The DC your speaking of and the DC that many natives know are entirely different things.
Many people can go to a city one time and come away feeling unimpressed. There have been multiple major cities I visited and left with the same impression, but to each their own.
I've been around the country, and lived in a couple of other states briefly. There only about 4 other cities in America that I would line up next to DC with regards to my personal desires, NYC, LA, Miami, and Las Vegas. DC is an amenity filled city and metro area. This is glaring whenever I leave the area, many places I visit just seem like something is either missing or just not quite "enough" to satisfy my interests. What bumps DC up is the metro area surrounding it, location on the East Coast, four season weather, and many other amenities. The high cost of living and high wages cancel themselves out. I find it actually kind of funny actually when people talk like you are about DC, because I'm simply looking at it from the opposite view. Like really what is DC and its surrounding metro missing?
DC is simply a larger metro than SD. Believe it or not, there are probably more people "scraping" they're way to top in DC, and most of them are African American. The DC your speaking of and the DC that many natives know are entirely different things.
Many people can go to a city one time and come away feeling unimpressed. There have been multiple major cities I visited and left with the same impression, but to each their own.
I think this is a reasonable comment. I don't think DC is undesirable, but I think it's a bit overvalued. SD's economy is not that great yet it still commands huge prices and people often really scrape by there. DC also commands huge prices but that's because there is a ton of money there with the high level government positions, contractors, and a robust private sector.
I know quite a few people who migrated to DC and it was all for work. I also know quite a few people who migrated to SD and work was often secondary. SD with its climate and outdoor opportunities makes it highly desirable even though it's a lesser city in many ways.
DC does have nice cultural amenities, but I'm not sure what sets DC apart from a cheaper city like say Chicago or Philly in terms of amenities, other than its location.
I know quite a few people who migrated to DC and it was all for work.
Believe it or not, some people move to DC for work and they were specifically looking at jobs in DC because that's where they wanted to be. I'm not disputing SD's appeal due to its geography and climate but I just wanted to provide a little balance.
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