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The larger city-data doesn’t consider DC Southern. We know this already through multiple polls on the subject.
We aren’t cutting anything out. I think it is good for DC people to cause interference on these very threads to let them know that we don’t accept this opinion and we will stand up for ourselves.
As far as NY people that consider DC southern, we don’t care what they think.
The most irritating thing about all of it is that outsiders aren’t in control of who we are and how we identify ourselves as. You all can’t tell us DC people who we are. Simple as that.
To continue comparing Miami and DC, an interesting point of comparison is religion.
In DC, 9.1% are American baptists and 6.8% are Southern baptists = 15.9% baptists. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demogr...hington,_D.C.]
In Miami, just 5.4% of the population declare as baptists (no breakdown into Southern or American).Moderator cut: link removed, competitor site
Even during the day, Miami has the beach and boating. Two things Atlanta nor DC have. All 3 cities have museums, orchestras etch - DC will be the best there, at the same time DC will have no beach or water sports.
I'm actually curious what exciting things you were referencing that can be done in DC and Atlanta but cannot be done in Miami?
Rowing in DC? Yes
Yachting in DC? Yes
Paddleboating in DC? Yes
Kayaking in DC? Yes
Fishing in DC? Yes
Canoeing in DC? Yes
Boating in DC? Yes (People live on boats in DC, too)
Rowing in DC? Yes
Yachting in DC? Yes
Paddleboating in DC? Yes
Kayaking in DC? Yes
Fishing in DC? Yes
Canoeing in DC? Yes
Boating in DC? Yes (People live on boats in DC, too)
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Even during the day, Miami has the beach and boating. Two things Atlanta nor DC have. All 3 cities have museums, orchestras etch - DC will be the best there, at the same time DC will have no beach or water sports.
I'm actually curious what exciting things you were referencing that can be done in DC and Atlanta but cannot be done in Miami?
I'm sorry I should have said outside of South Beach and the Bay. Miami beats every city here for water activities etc.
For DC you have a great amount of things to do beyond museums however. Our parks are amongst the best in the nation, bicycling, marathons, outdoor festivals of all kinds, and there are water activities here too, canoeing, white water rafting, tubing, kayaking etc all exist here.
You can row anywhere. Where do people yacht in DC? DC is located on a river.
Yes on a river that leaks out to the Chesapeake and beyond, there are tons of yachts on DC's waterfront. You sound like you either haven't been or don't know the city that well.
Yes on a river that leaks out to the Chesapeake and beyond, there are tons of yachts on DC's waterfront. You sound like you either haven't been or don't know the city that well.
Maryland is not on the list and Virginia is #19. Probably Miami-Dade + Broward + Palm Beach have more registered boats than Maryland + Virginia alltogether.
Maryland is not on the list and Virginia is #19. Probably Miami-Dade + Broward + Palm Beach have more registered boats than Maryland + Virginia alltogether.
Correct, and go figure because the vast majority of the population there is 20 miles or less from the Atlantic. Our population is tucked in a Piedmont strip of land between mountains and ocean. But we have access to pretty much whatever water activities necessary, especially if you encompass the whole Cheseapeake Bay region. Also I'd look for an updated list on Maryland it's not among the most, but places like Annapolis are popular for boating and owning boats with a dock outside the home.
Washington has tons of boating. There are marinas all along the Potomac and its tributaries. There are shipyards (umm Navy Yard), Navy ships, commercial fishing boats, yachts , sailboats, speed boats, tour boats...and west of Georgetown the real fun begins. There is excellent kayaking, rafting, tubing, canoeing. The Potomac (all of Virginia’s rivers, well technically that river belongs to MD) is very wide. It’s several miles (5-7?) wide at the mouth.
Boating is probably the 4th-5th thing that I think of when I think of Washington (there are boats around every bridge into town, Alexandria too, and I spent a week living on a sailboat there in high school.
Of course water is the first thing that I think of when I think of Miami. It obviously has nicer water access and conditions.
The larger city-data community doesn’t consider DC Southern. We know this already through multiple polls on the subject.
We aren’t cutting anything out. I think it is good for DC people to run interference on these very threads to let them know that we don’t accept the opinion of us being Southern and we will stand up for ourselves.
As far as NY people that consider DC Southern, we don’t care what they think. They don't have authority on the subject.
The most irritating thing about all of it is that outsiders aren’t in control of who we are and how we identify ourselves. You all can’t tell us DC people who we are. Simple as that.
I see this as mainly an issue of geography/geographical classification (and there is some variation present there, with Southern being among the options) as opposed to culture. A whole bunch of people in Miami/south FL don't consider themselves Southerners either.
But there's no need to "stick up for yourselves" when people place DC in the South. It's not an insult.
I see this as mainly an issue of geography/geographical classification (and there is some variation present there, with Southern being among the options) as opposed to culture. A whole bunch of people in Miami/south FL don't consider themselves Southerners either.
But there's no need to "stick up for yourselves" when people place DC in the South. It's not an insult.
I don't consider it as an insult. It's just that we don't align with it. I prefer not being aligned with North or South. I like Mid-Atlantic.
As far as pure geography is concerned, Cape May in New Jersey in due East of DC, not north of it. I wonder how people digest that tidbit.
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