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August 06, 2003
Washington versus DC
I was at a conference out of town recently, sitting with two people who had previously lived in the nation's capital, where I've resided for a dozen years. They said that they like "DC," but they don't like "Washington." I agreed. For those who live elsewhere, this is the distinction (as I see it):"Washington" |
"DC" |
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| Members of Congress, lobbyists, lawyers, diplomats, reporters |
teachers, police officers, artists, store owners, bus drivers, receptionists, janitors | |
| mostly White, with some foreign officials |
mostly Black, very diverse | |
| K Street, Connecticut Avenue | U Street, 18th St, Georgia Avenue | |
| The city west of the park plus Chevy Chase, Bethesda, much of Fairfax |
All quadrants of the city plus Silver Spring, Hyattsville, Mitchelville, Alexandria | |
| Georgetown, SAIS, all the law schools | Howard, Gallaudet, Trinity College, UDC | |
| Mclean McMansions, Georgetown townhouses, the White House | row houses with cornice decorations made of bricks and wooden front porches |
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| people "serve" here for a few years and go home |
people live in the house where their grandmothers were born | |
| The LaGuardia Shuttle, Lear jets, stretch limos, Air Force One |
Metrobuses and trains, the Beltway, Greyhound | |
| Reagan National Airport |
National Airport | |
| The World Bank |
Riggs Bank | |
| The CIA | The DMV | |
| The Redskins | The Redskins |
Posted by peterlevine at August 6, 2003 12:29 PM