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1. KassyK October 11th, 2006 at 11:00 pm 1

   Wow, do I feel this post. I love this city but I often feel misplaced here. I love literature and music and art and film and fashion and I am a city that loves power and politics. Yikes.

2. Leaf October 12th, 2006 at 10:34 am 2

   We live in Hollywood for ugly people and you just described it perfectly. After 2+ years I still dont love it here. There are a lot of things to enjoy, the food, the history and at first there was the politics and living in a pretty intelligent city. The politics of this city have worn me down to now when I hear people seriously debating policy on the metro at 2:30 in the morning I want to fight them.

   Yes, the dating scene sucks and if you move somewhere else you will have to get new connections. But, there is also no guarantee that somewhere else will be better. It will definitely be different but no one knows if its better.

   My suggestion is to just go. DC will always be here if you find out that other places are not what you want either. Go to Chicago or LA or NYC or Boston or Rome, try anything but dont regret trying nothing.

3. Anonymous October 12th, 2006 at 12:51 pm 3

   Try something new. DC has a lot of what every “big city” has to offer – museums, bars, clubs, food, culture – but it is also very limited in that, and this is my own personal opinion here, everyone here is more or less of the same mindset. Meaning – very career driven, status conscious, superficial. While it is true that you will get some of the same crowd in other cities, places like New York, SF, and LA will undoutedly have more social diversity. Anyone that has been there knows. I mean, DC has a population of 500,000, whereas New York has what, 9 million? And I really don’t think you can consider the ‘burb’s in terms of the population- not everyone wants to date someone in Fairlington, Fredericksburg, or Ashburb or whatever they are all called.

   Bottom line: DC is probably one of the better big cities to live in America, but it doesn’t hold a candle to NYC, LA, SF, and maybe even Chicago (never been there).

   But, I’d rather live in DC than the following places:

   Charlotte
   Jacksonville
   Oklahoma City
   Las Vegas
   St. Louis
   Detroit
   Phili
   Boston (marginally)

   CITIES that intrigue me:

   Denver
   Austin
   Portland, Oregon

4. minijonb October 12th, 2006 at 2:40 pm 4

   I felt like I needed a big, big change about 10 years ago… so I just packed up and moved out to Portland, OR. But I quickly got homesick. Drat… now I’m stuck in the midwest again. I want it both ways… fun, culture filled city and the comforts of the sleepy hometown… and I’m not quite there yet.

   Wanna trade places? I’ll check out DC and you can see if life is really any slower here.

5. Tales From the Club October 12th, 2006 at 4:29 pm 5

   After being here for 7 years, Tales thinks that it’s time to move on … in a year or two … it’s coming I swear …

   Seattle this summer, and then we’ll see what happens from there.

6. Joel October 13th, 2006 at 9:40 am 6

   if you can get past the Blackberrying people who have nothing to talk about but their thrilling careers, DC is a cool town. you just gotta know where to go, but it can surprise you too…

7. Sex & Moxie October 13th, 2006 at 10:23 am 7

   Even NYC loses its luster after awhile. I’ve always wanted to live in DC and, on a few occassions, have considered moving there. I think maybe you’re just in a rut.

8. rori October 25th, 2006 at 1:29 pm 8

   its like you read my mind and than wrote it in a blog!
   ive been contemplating this for weeks…im thinkin seattle or portland. i’ve just spent a week in both and love it there…