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I agree, but still to me in all my travels and having lived in DC (18 months), there is no place more truly transient.
Unlike other areas with huge influxes of population DC will always be transient by nature. It is also the only area in the NE that has anywhere near the same population migration, job growth as the sunbelts/arid west coupled with the political dynamic, no place more trasient or internationally transient. To me this is hands down the winner though not in the poll
Agreed. Some people have taken the "no one is from DC" comment too literally, but -- after having lived there myself for a couple years -- it is pretty true. That's not necessarily an insult and has both both positive and negative aspects (not at all parochial and very open to outsiders vs. lack of a rooted, community feel).
As had been explained before, it just comes with the nature of the territory -- politics. Basically, it's an EXTREMELY career-oriented town that people will come to get internship credit, do a government stint, or work for an advocacy/lobbying group short-term and move on. Clearly there are exceptions to this, but -- proportionately speaking -- I've never been to an area that had such a low proportion of natives as DC.
I agree, but still to me in all my travels and having lived in DC (18 months), there is no place more truly transient.
Unlike other areas with huge influxes of population DC will always be transient by nature. It is also the only area in the NE that has anywhere near the same population migration, job growth as the sunbelts/arid west coupled with the political dynamic, no place more trasient or internationally transient. To me this is hands down the winner though not in the poll
Well, yeah...but that's a bit different from "no one is from DC".
I'm not sure why the selection of cities were the only ones included in this poll...it seems like a strange grouping based on the topic.
Agreed. Some people have taken the "no one is from DC" comment too literally, but -- after having lived there myself for a couple years -- it is pretty true. That's not necessarily an insult and can be considered both good and bad (not parochial and open to outsiders vs. lack of rooted community feel)
As had been explained before, it just comes with the nature of the territory -- politics. Basically, it's an EXTREMELY career-oriented town that people will come to get internship credit, a government stint, or work for an advocacy/lobbying group short-term and move on. Clearly there are exceptions to this, but -- proportionately speaking -- I've never been to an area that had such a low proportion of natives as DC.
It wasn't taken as an insult...it was taken as a falsehood. Washington D.C. has been a city for well over 200 years. There are MANY, MANY people originally from there.
It wasn't taken as an insult...it was taken as a falsehood. Washington D.C. has been a city for well over 200 years. There are MANY, MANY people originally from there.
Exactly, plus DC has real jobs while Florida's cities have mainly low-wage transient jobs.
It wasn't taken as an insult...it was taken as a falsehood. Washington D.C. has been a city for well over 200 years. There are MANY, MANY people originally from there.
Again, saying DC is transient doesn't equate to people not being from there. Of course, natives of Washington, DC do, indeed, exist. However, and it doesn't take too long to figure it out when you live there, the vast majority of American people you will meet in Washington come from another part of the country -- the Northeast and immediate Southeast being the most common points of origin. The only exception would be the African-American communities that are MUCH more rooted in the city; but as far as the MUCH more diverse NW quadrant, it's a giant international melting pot.
It wasn't taken as an insult...it was taken as a falsehood. Washington D.C. has been a city for well over 200 years. There are MANY, MANY people originally from there.
Yes and MANY MANY more are not, and are in and out faster than anywhere
Sorry see Duderino beat me to punch and was far more eloquent (edit)
Here's an interesting Pew study that actually confirms the relative transience of DC. It's considered a "high magnet" and "low sticky" state, meaning that it has a fairly high amount of non-natives living there currently (63%) and the lowest percentage among all states with regard to the proportion of natives who still currently live there (13%):
Here's an interesting Pew study that actually confirms the relative transience of DC. It's considered a "high magnet" and "low sticky" state, meaning that it has a fairly high amount of non-natives living there currently (63%) and the lowest percentage among all states with regard to the proportion of natives who still currently live there (13%):
Interesting link, thanks for posting it...but I'm pretty sure it's only for Washington D.C. city limits and not the MSA. Lots of cities are very transient when you consider only the city proper.
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