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Proof that DC Natives and long term residents are decades ahead of all the inflated rent paying, wanna-be urban, gentrifying, attention seeking, recent arrival, transplants.
Metro riding ,attention seeking, no pants gentrifiers do not make DC more interesting or more exciting.
It's all been done before.
Decades before you arrived in DC.
I'm showing my age, but those aren't underwear. Those are gym shorts. Hard to believe, but that's what gym shorts used to look like.
I have been all over.
Traveling mostly.
Visiting friends who left DC for warmer climates.
But DC is home.
All of my family is still in the DC area so I will always return.
CAPITAL CENTRE 4 LIFE!!!!!
LARGO MARYLAND YOU MOTHERF*CKERS!!!!
Metal. WWF. Capitals. Bullets. Monster Trucks.
I heard the Verizon Center's roof was leaking the other day.
I was there the day it opened.
I never liked that place anyway.
LOL
Is it just me or is the David Lee Roth look-a-like (from Heavy Metal Parking Lot) meant to look like he is posing with his hands in the air in the same way as the Washington Bullets logo? Genius!
I have been all over.
Traveling mostly.
Visiting friends who left DC for warmer climates.
But DC is home.
All of my family is still in the DC area so I will always return.
CAPITAL CENTRE 4 LIFE!!!!!
LARGO MARYLAND YOU MOTHERF*CKERS!!!!
Metal. WWF. Capitals. Bullets. Monster Trucks.
I heard the Verizon Center's roof was leaking the other day.
I was there the day it opened.
I never liked that place anyway.
LOL
Location: YOU are NOT a Washingtonian. YOU are a GENTRIFIER from the CVS, Whole Foods, Starbucks & Condos era.
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Is it just me or is the David Lee Roth look-a-like (from Heavy Metal Parking Lot) meant to look like he is posing with his hands in the air in the same way as the Washington Bullets logo? Genius!
Location: YOU are NOT a Washingtonian. YOU are a GENTRIFIER from the CVS, Whole Foods, Starbucks & Condos era.
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I had family in DC 30 years ago. The city was a crime ridden pile of horse manure
You need to stop hiding behind "I had family in DC 30 years ago" and start mentioning specific years you visited, locations you used to stay at, specific places you used to go to etc...
This is the only way I will be able to tell where you are truly coming from.
$13 for 100 level seats to watch far superior talent play basketball.
Erving. Bird. Magic. Jordan. etc...
My mother always tells me that the Capital Centre was The place back in those days and that the venue was always packed tight, especially during Go-Go events.
I'm beginning to think that the Capital Centre must've been the CBGB of the DC area. May it Rest in Peace.
Location: YOU are NOT a Washingtonian. YOU are a GENTRIFIER from the CVS, Whole Foods, Starbucks & Condos era.
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My mother always tells me that the Capital Centre was The place back in those days and that the venue was always packed tight, especially during Go-Go events.
I'm beginning to think that the Capital Centre must've been the CBGB of the DC area. May it Rest in Peace.
The CBGB equivalent in DC was more the old F Street 9:30 club than the Capital Centre.
The Capital Centre was more of a mainstream arena rock concert venue.
The acts that came to perform rocked and they rocked hard.
So did the fans.
I'm not a DC native, but I have lived here since October of 2013. I was in love with the city when I first arrived, having come immediately from rural Dinwiddie County, Virginia. I feel bad for the locals here, mainly black (I am black as well) because the education system seems to be failing them. If you don't go on to get a bachelor's or master's degree, you will forever be a second class citizen, doomed for mediocrity, or to be forced out to PG county. I was shocked at how segregated the metro area is here in DC when I first arrived. I have fared very well for not having an education because I have such a strong resume, but I feel sorry for my young black counterparts who do not, and have no education. I can understand both sides. It's great that the city is experiencing tremendous growth, but I feel that I'm caught in the middle. I'm 26 and still going to school full time to get my degree because I've been working in offices and call center's since 2006. I can get an okay job, and actually made just shy of 20 an hour working at the HRSA call center in Rockville. I never though I'd make that much money with a degree coming from the Richmond metro area. Despite this, a lot of people here make so much money. Moreover, a lot of people here have a lot more education, and I was on a dating sight, and a guy once told me he couldn't ever consider dating anyone with less than a master's because people in relationships who make more money are happier according to him.
I've been to Congress Hgts and Alabama ave in the summer well after midnight, while watchful, I never felt scared. I've been all through areas of Aspen Hill and Rockville near Darnestown RD. and Montgomery ave. I lived a little while in the Huntington Area. I never felt afraid in the suburbs or in the hood, though I am aware of all the crime that happens in DC.
Long story short, I kinda resented the yuppies because I felt like the whole area caters to them. All black people aren't permanently high driving a luxury car they got from the auto auction, drinking 40s and cheating on taxes and selling food stamps.
What about people like me who come to DC because of the strong job market? I came here to pay off debts and be able to have a life that didn't involve owning a car. I have subsequently paid off my debt and owe nothing besides student loans, but housing is so expensive here. I am blessed to live in a house in Takoma with a good friend who purchased his house, but all my hard work would come to naught if I were on my own. I'd be forced to live out in SE or PG!
I feel like DC can be summed up in three stereotypes: Yuppies, Foreigners who may treat you badly because you're black, hood rats.
I feel like I don't fit in. I've come to terms with it and am focusing on my education. anything else is just an accessory. All and all, I'm happy here now. I apologize for the tone of my post, this is just my perception as someone with some college education of a rural and poor background.
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