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Sorry - I said I met plenty of them. Not that there are plenty of them
One of my roommates was from DC (and he went to Wilson "home of Wale "), and it seemed like every other white kid from the city went to college in New Orleans, so I met a good number of them. The only other school besides Wilson was the Arts School that I know a few attended - although I understand it was also heavily black. They were all from NW as I understood it and seemed to be well off.
Wale went to Quince Orchard. That's in Gaithersburg, a far cry from the streets of Uptown DC.
The art school you're referring to is Duke Ellington. That's probably about 10% White (max). The only other DCPS high school with any type of white population is Walls.
I think Washington, D.C. is slightly more. The residential architecture in the city appears to have some southern influences, whereas Baltimore's is more industrial and gritty like Philadelphia.
Wale went to Quince Orchard. That's in Gaithersburg, a far cry from the streets of Uptown DC.
The art school you're referring to is Duke Ellington. That's probably about 10% White (max). The only other DCPS high school with any type of white population is Walls.
What's your point?
He asked "You've met white DC (actual city) natives?"
I said, "Plenty of them. They do exist "
I don't quite understand what you're getting at.
I've known (white) people who were very vocal about being native Washingtonians (x generation) - and none of them were Southern in behavior. That's why I brought it up.
Racial statistics about DCPS have very little to do with this thread.
Originally, Baltimore (certainly during the Civil War this was true). Today? Probably D.C. since it feels more like a Virginian city than a part of Maryland.
I should add that my father grew up in Bowie. His parents were from Baltimore and his family has more Maryland characteristics maybe because of it. I was born & raised in NC and I consider that side of my family to be Mid-Atlantic, not Southern by any stretch. And that's neither good or bad in my book. Just how it is.
To say you don't consider NC to be the south is ridiculous. I have a mountain home in NC and it is about as much a southern state as Mississippi.
Neither even though both cities definitely have some mild southern undertones mixed in with a distinctly Maryland/Northeastern influence in culture, accent/dialect, and architecture. DC is more fast paced I definitely agree, even native Washingtonians talk a little faster than people from Baltimore.
Infrasructure wise Baltimore is more of a NE city than D.C. it seems to be more grey and gritty while D.C. seems to be more green
Yeah, I'd say DC's level of grittiness is more similar to Chicago and Atlanta whereas Bmore's grittiness is more quintessentially northeastern like Philly, Wilmington, and Newark.
Some of the older natives of D.C. speak with a slight southern accent...very slight. The same is not true for Baltimore
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"), and it seemed like every other white kid from the city went to college in New Orleans, so I met a good number of them. The only other school besides Wilson was the Arts School that I know a few attended - although I understand it was also heavily black. They were all from NW as I understood it and seemed to be well off.
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