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As to old, I just meant that a lot of the homes and areas have retained their charm - rather than being razed to the ground by some developer and turned into cookie cutter cul de sacs of identical homes (which Georgetown could have become).
The nightlife thing is very personal - I'm married + kiddo so "nightlife" to me is pretty different than it is to a 25 year old. That said, I don't know why people say its bad, there seem to be plenty of bars etc, but hey, to each his (or her) own.
Re weather... come from Chicago where its cold and gray for 6,7 months - and brutally cold for 4 of those.... and suddenly a little crappy weather 1 or 2 months of the year seems like a pretty good trade.
I just wish they would expand the bridges into VA. Seems like such an obvious bottleneck (chain bridge should expand to 2 lanes going into VA, or that spot on macarthur where there's a one lane bridge that alternates) ... that hasn't changed at all in the last 30 years.
well durr, of course you find DC winters better than chicago winters. A guy from Biloxi, MS or from Iraq probably finds our summers almost autumnal compared to the heat they deal with.
well durr, of course you find DC winters better than chicago winters. A guy from Biloxi, MS or from Iraq probably finds our summers almost autumnal compared to the heat they deal with.
Of course... but wouldn't that be true of any comment - positive or otherwise - weather or not - someone makes? Arent' we all basically comparing to some prior experience? I guess I dont see whats wrong with my making that comparison.
well durr, of course you find DC winters better than chicago winters. A guy from Biloxi, MS or from Iraq probably finds our summers almost autumnal compared to the heat they deal with.
DC's winters are also mild compared to NYC winters.
1. There's not much charm in a city built on top of a swamp.
1. Only small parts of the city (the Mall itself, Union Station, perhaps the area around Nats Stadium) were actually "swamp" in anyone's sense of the word.
2. On the other hand, I don't think anyone would argue that New Orleans or Memphis were built on swamps, nor that they are practically suffocating in charm.
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