As for me, I have lived and worked in D.C. for two separate, extended periods.
I lived near Dupont Circle years ago (won't say HOW many), when I was a student. And I continued to live there for a while after I got married, over a barber shop in the area that is now called Foggy Bottom. I worked at the Library of Congress.
I returned to the D.C. area(after years in and around NYC) in 1985. From that time until last year, when I semi-retired, I held a full-time job in downtown D.C.
And if I were to say "I still go in," that will give you the wrong impression. That is because although I technically live in Maryland (just over the border), I consider that I am already "in" D.C. This is not "suburbia." The metro stop is right around the corner, and it takes me less than twenty minutes to get "downtown." The fact of the matter is that the city has grown way beyond its original 19th century boundaries, even though the city government has not. Did you know that many government agencies (including the CIA, of course) are located across the river in Virginia, not in D.C. proper?
On balance, I prefer living in this area to living in New York City, much as I used to love New York. Living in NYC is much, much more anxiety-provoking, IMO. And much more dangerous.
jbe
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P.S. I hardly ever lock my house or my car. Try not locking them in NYC-- anywhere in NYC! |
