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Georgetown Univ is world famous.
The White House, Capitol, Lincoln Memorial are also world famous. The rowhouses in DC are a lot more unqiue then those bugalows or whatever you call them.
D.C. has the best Ethiopian and Salvadoran food in the entire country
Nightlife in DC beats Chicago's...
Chicago has more ethnic neighborhoods but that's it.
The only building in Chicago that is world famous is the Sears Tower... I think its called something else now though.
LOL at...
Georgetown being world famous (!). Georgetown is a good -- certainly NOT great --Catholic school. It is no more well known than it's peers (Boston College, Villanova, Notre Dame, etc.). It stands out in Law, but beyond that it's a 20-30ish ranked school. Again, good, not great.
LOL at DC having more nightlife than Chicago. Does DC even have a bar? What do mean by DC nightlife-- a night at Chili's at Tyson's Corners?
I agree that DC has more globally recognized icons... but it is the nation's capital. Frankly, the nation shares in that recognition, not just DC. You get this, right? Right?
DC is a middle sized town that happens to be the US Capital. Everything that distinguishes it is due to the fact that it is the "nation's" capital, so therefore, the Capital, White House, monuments are national landmarks are "owned" by the people and for the people. They're not exclusive to DC-- they just sit geographically in DC. Without this distinction, you're Baltimore but without a Super Bowl Champion.
That is just a delusional comment. You are way out of your league. Stick to things you know. Better, I'd advise you to cut your losses and stop posting altogether. Get out and get some fresh air.
Why is anybody still responding to this guy (myself included)?
Way out of our league? Why are salaries in Chicago lower? Why is housing is cheaper? I thought Chicago has so much more amenities and culture. It should be one of the most expensive places in the US if everyone agrees that it is an urban utopia? Baltimore is more expensive than Chicago. You midwesterners are really blindsided.
It's not delusional. DC has more of an international presence than Chicago. Its more iconic and is in the world news everyday. More people recognize DC around the world. DC also has more international events than Chicago. 300 embassies, World Bank, IMF, BBC, etc.....
I love DC, its without a doubt in my top 3 cities in the country. However, for the people that classify cities as a profession, I always see Chicago ranked as a top tier global city, which DC rarely is.
Georgetown being world famous (!). Georgetown is a good -- certainly NOT great --Catholic school. It is no more well known than it's peers (Boston College, Villanova, Notre Dame, etc.). It stands out in Law, but beyond that it's a 20-30ish ranked school. Again, good, not great.
LOL at DC having more nightlife than Chicago. Does DC even have a bar? What do mean by DC nightlife-- a night at Chili's at Tyson's Corners?
I agree that DC has more globablly recognized icons... but it is the nation's capital. Frankly, the nation shares in that recognition, not just DC. Right? Right?
Chicago is a great bar city. As for posh clubs, DC has more of a foo foo nightlife than Chicago. Bottle service, VIP lounges that cater to big wigs and people who are faking it. The Georgetown neighborhood is more famous than any neighborhood in Chicago. The school is more well known than UC. I'm not saying that it's better but many more people in the world know of Georgetown. Neighborhood & School.
As someone who grew up in the Philadelphia area and is now living in the DC area, I see tons of similarities. It could just be that we have different perspectives, though.
What similarities do you see beyond rowhouses? That's usually the number one thing people mention when comparing the two cities.
Philadelphia and the Northeast U.S. in general is much more ethnic (particularly "white" ethnic) than the DC area. I worked for Obama for America in Pennsylvania, DC, Maryland and Virginia and you do not see anything like this or this in the DC area. In New Jersey, Eastern PA, and NYC, people are far more likely to identify along ethnic lines than they are in the DC area. I've never heard anyone say, "Yo, I'm a Silver Spring born and raised Pole/Italian/Jew/Irishman." This is a major distinguising feature of the Northeast, imo.
The other thing people usually point to is Democratic voting patterns. But politically, the two places are very different as well. The DC area tends to be more lockstep Democratic than Philadelphia/NJ/NYC. You'll never see a DC version of Rudy Giuliani, Chris Christie or Christine Todd Whitman. Connie Morella is a notable exception, but she was a liberal Republican who garnered the majority of her support from Montgomery County liberals, not ethnic whites who are truly conservative in values. Philly, NJ and NYC have a lot of conservative ethnic whites who tend to vote the Republican ticket. The DC area does not have that at all. Republican voters in the DC area tend to be older, WASPier voters who are more culturally similar to the white voters in Virginia Beach.
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I do have to say that the number of DC natives I know is probably in the ballpark of five (a bit more if you add the suburbs). There's nothing remotely southern about them, but it's a small sample size).
Well, you should drive out to Nokesville, Manassas, Newington, Lusbee, Prince Frederick, Piscataway, Surrattsville, and Stafford some time. That's where the old DC area begins to reveal itself. Just take a trip down the Jefferson Davis Highway past the Sacramento shopping center heading towards the old prison. Even right outside of the Beltway, you'd be surprised by how quickly you see swaths of Old Virginny. My best friend ran the staging ground down there for OFA and we were a bit worried about the level of Romney support in South Fairfax. And these were the type of people who would shut the door in your face after saying, "I'm voting for Rrrom-nay!" Just traveling a few miles down Route 1 literally puts you in South Carolina.
Of course, that population is counterbalanced by huge subdivisions of Asians, Ethiopians, Hispanics and younger white families. But it was an interesting contrast that you don't really see in most of the NYC or Philly burbs. I imagine you'd have to travel a good distance from the city to see the sleeveless NASCAR shirt, pony tail types with the monster truck parked in the backyard. But this was South Fairfax/Prince William, which isn't that far from the city.
Smaller towns in Maryland like Huntington and Lusbee have similar populations. Prince George's County was known as a redneck county. Many of those families relocated to Charles, Calvert and St. Mary's Counties, which have a more distinctly southern feel than anywhere near Philadelphia.
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I love DC, its without a doubt in my top 3 cities in the country. However, for the people that classify cities as a profession, I always see Chicago ranked as a top tier global city, which DC rarely is.
If you just start pulling nonsensical statements out of thin air, people are going to disregard things you say that actually make sense. People reading this are currently on the internet. They have google.
If you just start pulling nonsensical statements out of thin air, people are going to disregard things you say that actually make sense. People reading this are currently on the internet. They have google.
He's been doing this for 35 pages. He'll keep doing it if we continue to encourage him.
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Where do you get this number from other than an uncited blip in a Wikipedia article?
