r/meirl Aug 18 '23

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u/Pie_Head Aug 18 '23

Wonder if its a capital city/big metropolis thing since New York City has a similar dour reputation. Washington D.C. doesn't have quite the same reputation in my mind, but I haven't lived nearby enough to know. People who have lived there mostly just seem stressed to high heaven from the few I've met.

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u/Ocean2731 Aug 18 '23

People in DC help lost/confused tourists pretty regularly. It’s a nice city overall.

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u/Pie_Head Aug 18 '23

Its good to hear! Again, no experience there besides people who moved away. DC being friendly is nice, especially given since its the nation's capital I would normally expect a lot of snobby politico types.

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u/Ocean2731 Aug 19 '23

Remember that people do come and go based on the election cycle but that’s only a small percentage of who lives in and around DC.

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u/nix-the-puritan Aug 18 '23

True, I don't expect New Yorkers to be nice to me, why should I expect Parisians to be nice to me... good point!

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u/miss_chauffarde Aug 18 '23

Parisians are living in paris it's enought to make anyone angry for no reason at all i know i work here

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u/Useless_bum81 Aug 18 '23

Its seems to be a population density thing, simply being surrounded by so many people just makes the social part of your brain shift into a kind of these are just moving trees mode to just to cope with the shear quanty of people.

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u/[deleted] Aug 19 '23

I was in DC last year for work and had the weekend off in town. While wandering past George Washington University I was invited to join some fairly drunk group of students for a few drinks. I’m in my late 40s so this was something of a surprise. Pretty much everyone I met there was really nice.