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To: Solon who wrote (58335)	9/17/2002 10:17:32 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 82486

I, on the other hand, grew up in Southeast Washington and the contiguous suburbs. There were woods and parks, of course, but it was very dense with human population. My parents were native Washingtonians, and so were comfortable around the city. We used to picnic by the Tidal Basin, which is between the Jefferson Memorial and the Washington Monument, amusing ourselves with paddle boats, the sort one rode as if cycling. My mother was fond of the old Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, smaller and less spectacular than the one they have now, but cozy and full of wonder, like the "Spirit of St. Louis" or the first manned space capsule. We would regularly go to the Museum of Natural History, which has also changed locations, to see dinosaur skeletons, whales, displays on evolution, gemstones, and diaramas about primitive man. Sometimes we would go to the National Gallery to see great paintings, sometimes we would take a boat to Mount Vernon (George Washington's estate), sometimes we would go to the National Zoo, but the main thing is that I grew up appreciating the amenities of a major city. I am sure that I missed some things by having limited exposure to rural settings, but I cannot help but to prefer the metropolis........