Living in DC?

[Benny Profane]

They have Medicinal marijuana in DC? How sick do you have to be? Like, cancer sick, or, 22 year old hippie bad back sick?

[skiballs]

Medicinal marijuana?

A huge plus.

Speaking of which, when does that start in MD. Do you have a good doctor yet.

[iceman]

Speaking of which, when does that start in MD. Do you have a good doctor yet.

It'll become law tomorrow when O'Malley signs it. How it will actually work is a good question, I don't really understand it. Linkie. My own doc is in DC and I don't know if he'd be able to write a scrip for Maryland. I know he can't do it for me for DC since I'm a Maryland resident. I don't know if he'd do it even if he could, he's kinda old school. It'll be something to figure out I guess.

[concretejungle]

Did I miss anything? Is there anything else to add to the list?

Fucking horrendous traffic and a quaint street naming system that makes G St. and 6th Ave. four different intersections.

What makes a city is the city, not the mountains out back or the singletrack in the burbs, or the suburban sprawl that surrounds everything these days.

Oh, I didn't know we could just ignore the 5 million people in the surrounding sprawl. It's not a crappy place to spend two years but I think the good points and bad points have been covered. I also left a while ago so I'll still bemoan the gentrification. Ah, crack and car jackings, I'm getting all misty eyed.

[Benny Profane]

Oh, I didn't know we could just ignore the 5 million people in the surrounding sprawl.

If you live in the right places in NYC, that's easy to do, if you don't drive.

[Hugh Conway]

Oh, I didn't know we could just ignore the 5 million people in the surrounding sprawl.

only when it snows and the whole city shuts down. as long as you don't need milk, bread or toilet paper because then you'll be fighting all 5 million. as said, it is an excellent place to learn paper pushing skills and hone your suckup to bureaucrat funding sales skills

Downsides traffic, people, tourists. Wanna go out of town on a summer weekend? get in the traffic line. People: there's lots in the metro area. Tourists: not the hotties going for a girls weekend that NYC gets, it's 50 fat fucks from deepwoods Arkansas making their pilgrimmage to the nations capital standing abreast blocking the entire sidewalk with their double glazed stares. Random bullshit. Oh look there's a rally! And then there's the random traffic fuckups for some douchebag politicians motorcade.

All that and terrorism too!

[Benny Profane]

It'll become law tomorrow when O'Malley signs it. How it will actually work is a good question, I don't really understand it. Linkie. My own doc is in DC and I don't know if he'd be able to write a scrip for Maryland. I know he can't do it for me for DC since I'm a Maryland resident. I don't know if he'd do it even if he could, he's kinda old school. It'll be something to figure out I guess.

Well, ain't that a bunch of crap. ( the Maryland law) Sure, let's pass a law, but, nobody seems to have a clue as to how it will be implemented, and, anyway, nuthin's happening until 2016. Jezuz, fucking politicians.

[skiballs]

It'll become law tomorrow when O'Malley signs it. Linkie.

That law sucks balls. I have a job 200 yds from the State House tomorrow. What do ya think? If I tell um that smoking weed is the only way I can vote for an Irish democrat, they'll let me in. The medical marijuana bill allows academic medical research centers to establish programs to dispense marijuana to sick patients.

[MarcusBrody]

The program is a MS in Sustainable Management. Combines aspects of MBA program with a focus on one 3 areas, policy, business, environmental science. Policy is the track I'm looking at. Which makes DC the place to be, as far as I can tell.

If you want to do an MBA with a focus on policy, it sounds like DC probably would be a good fit. Do you have a background in the areas at all?

[CantDog]

I will reiterate that the food in DC is more than good. You have the largest Ethiopian population outside of Ethiopia, a huge Vietnamese and Korean population, with a lot of Central American and Caribbean countries represented. Not to mention the Indian food is phenomenal.

It is really easy to enjoy two years in DC. If you can't, it says more about the person than the city.

[Hugh Conway]

Not to mention the Indian food is phenomenal.

That's almost as funny as the stupid meme you cling too

It is really easy to enjoy two years in DC. If you can't, it says more about the person than the city.

Because you can "enjoy" most anywhere tard

[Tippster]

Spokane is a nice little backwater town, but comparing it to the nation's Capital is a stretch. I don't try to draw parallels between Boston and Santa Barbara either.

There is no 6th Avenue, btw. All numbered streets go N/S, and lettered streets go E/W. All avenues are named after states, other than Constitution and Independence Avenues which are basically the "B" streets for N and S respectively. The city is divided into 4 quadrants centered on the Capitol building, so if you can't figure out the difference between 6th & G NW, SW, SE, or NE then you probably shouldn't be bitching about lack of outdoorsy stuff to do.

I am not rich by any means yet manage to love my city. I don't talk about politics outside of work and none of my friends/neighbors do either, regardless of their profession. Not everybody talks about hedgefunds and mergers in NYC either.

[Tippster]

This just in: Hugh doesn't like Washington, DC.

We get it, dood. Move on.

[Hugh Conway]

This just in: Hugh doesn't like Washington, DC.

We get it, dood. Move on.

Shouldn't you be calling out nova cants opinion as worthless? You suddenly on student wages?

It's tgr everyone defends where they live and everyone can be happy everywhere in generic ville

[concretejungle]

Street instead of avenue. How will I ever battle back. I lived there for twenty years I don't need a geography lesson.

[schuss]

Based on my own (limited) experiences in DC and knowing people who lived there: You'll enjoy it.
There are pieces to DC that become obnoxious and unlivable over time - as Hugh mentioned, the overbearing presence of pretentious polititards. You, however, will only be there 2 years (to start), so this is not a factor, especially given the fact you'll be spending a lot of time in school and at school-related events.

However, as you are going there for Grad school in something that involves policy, it is a fantastic option. DC is a very fun town to drink in, and grad school is a good time to drink socially to network, especially since it will be in the big tank policy-wise.
The women are city women - plenty of hotties, plenty of not-so-much.
Expenses - it's an expensive city, but there is a ton of free shit to do. It's also hot as balls in the summer, so staying inside the museums then is a good call.

[pappag]

Street instead of avenue. How will I ever battle back. I lived there for twenty years I don't need a geography lesson.

Don't you know not to fuck with a man and his love for an incredibly hot, humid city with tons of ski areas, mountain biking, climbing and other assorted outdoor activities within a 30min drive?

[concretejungle]

Don't you know not to fuck with a man and his love for an incredibly hot, humid city with tons of ski areas, mountain biking, climbing and other assorted outdoor activities within a 30min drive?

What time are you leaving? Or are we not including sitting in gridlock?

[pappag]

Being facetitious. Personally, I'd live in Baltimore long before I'd live in DC.

[Supermoon]

Being facetitious. Personally, I'd live in Baltimore long before I'd live in DC.

That might be the first time anybody has ever said that.

[pappag]

That might be the first time anybody has ever said that.

Local people are more real, less judgmental, less stuck-up, way hotter (or are they just more slutty?). Always had an awesome time in Fed Hill, inner harbor, power plant area. Less traffic. Better access to airport (can't even get to Dulles by public transporation that doesn't take 3 hours). More affordable. And I've been in the bad areas of Baltimore, doesn't compare to DC's bad areas.

[iceman]

And I've been in the bad areas of Baltimore, doesn't compare to DC's bad areas.

Then you have not been in Baltimore's bad areas my man. Simple as that.

Metro to Dulles is under construction btw, another year or two and it's done. Access to BWI by rail from Baltimore is on Amtrak or MARC, they both also go there from DC, it takes about 10 minutes longer from DC.

Federal Hill, Inner Harbor, Fells Point etc. are fun and all but they are Disneyland and no more representative of the city than the modern Times Square is of NYC.

I'm not gonna stand here and fight for DC (I save that for when people dis Boston), but let's keep it real at least.

[pappag]

Rent Prices in Baltimore, MD are 42.25% lower than in Washington, DC
Consumer Prices in Baltimore, MD are 18.47% lower than in Washington, DC
Consumer Prices Including Rent in Baltimore, MD are 28.43% lower than in Washington, DC
Restaurant Prices in Baltimore, MD are 26.76% lower than in Washington, DC
Groceries Prices in Baltimore, MD are 15.93% lower than in Washington, DC
Public transportation in Baltimore, MD is 55.52% lower than in Washington, DC
Local Purchasing Power in Baltimore, MD is 28.50% higher than in Washington, DC

[Supermoon]

I've been to Baltimore a bunch and never particularly liked it. I always had a feeling like I was one wrong turn away from being somewhere I didn't want to be. I haven't ever gone there with a true local, though, so maybe I'm missing things. I didn't find the women particularly hot or slutty, either.

[iceman]

Rent Prices in Baltimore, MD are 42.25% lower than in Washington, DC
Consumer Prices in Baltimore, MD are 18.47% lower than in Washington, DC
Consumer Prices Including Rent in Baltimore, MD are 28.43% lower than in Washington, DC
Restaurant Prices in Baltimore, MD are 26.76% lower than in Washington, DC
Groceries Prices in Baltimore, MD are 15.93% lower than in Washington, DC
Public transportation in Baltimore, MD are 55.52% lower than in Washington, DC
Local Purchasing Power in Baltimore, MD is 28.50% higher than in Washington, DC

It's because the place is a dive, man. Rent isn't magically cheaper, it's cheaper because people won't pay as much to live there. I dig Baltimore but those stats mean stuff you don't intend them to mean.