While this is true, if someone kindly asks me for money etc. and I don’t feel like helping, I say something like “sorry, not today, hope you have a good one.” 90% of the time folks say something like you too and it isn’t a big deal. The other 10% of the time they say nothing back which is also fine. I just hate treating people like they don’t exist.

Cool idea as searching reviews can be so overwhelming. It'd be nice to be able to also see results on a map. Sometimes you don't care what's the absolute best; you just want something pretty darn good and close.

I think this is great. True ground level reviews with active community feedback and participation. Thanks!

College Hunks Hauling Junk is super available and not very expensive, for a private hauling option. Alternatively, if your 311's are getting ignored, try contacting your ANC Rep. That worked for me when somehow my clearly marked stuff couldn't be found.

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Yeah, I guess I'm just another statistic

Two buck chuck is now 4.50 buck chuck

Don’t go to Kelly’s — one year they were playing “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” on St Paddy’s

Taking a break from booze for a bit so feeling good. I've got lots of travel coming up and the potential for a new job, so lots of stuff on the horizon! And good weather soon, hopefully!

Amen. The difference between sitting in a line of cars around the block for five+ hours to get inspected vs. the four minutes it takes today is almost too much to believe. The DMV and inspection station have had a remarkable improvement and deserve a ton of credit.

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Get a private company to handle it

DC is very lush for a major city.

Also, the city does a lot of things free or for little cost -- public transportation, museums, etc,.

The city is actually composed of suburban edge cities (Rockville, Bethesda, Silver Spring, Fairfax, Arlington, Alexandria) surrounding the core city along and within the beltway.

If you wanted to you probably can live in one of those and spend your time driving around from strip mall to strip mall just like any other suburban American town.

Since you are new to a big city, and possibly unaccustomed to homelessness and possible crime, I'd probably stick to NW DC if I were you and trying to live in the city proper, which is what I would do since I hate the suburbs and I like walking to things.

I don't know what you look like, but it's highly likely you at some point that you are going to encounter some a-hole homeless person who is going to say or do some annoying such as follow you around, harass you or make a racist or off color remark to mess with you. Don't take it personally it happens to everyone, and it's more likely they chose to mess with you because they know they'd get away with it / get a rise out of you.

Go do fun things and enjoy them for what they are. If you make friends along the way, great, if not, then enjoy what you went to for the sake of what it is.

Find your people! If you meet someone out and about whose humor and interests align with yours, then exchange numbers and find ways to meet their friends, too. When my partner moved here to live with me, it took about 8 months for him to find dudes that he wanted to watch football with and go to happy hours. And he found his people through a friend of a friend.

And it doesn't have to be one friend group. Make lots of friends! Not every friendship works out forever and you don't want to feel obligated to maintain a friendship if they didn't turn out to be who you thought they were.

And try new cuisines! Put it in your budget. Food is one of the best perks in this city.

I grew up in DC and it wasn’t till my 20s that I realized any museum charged admission.

Act like you know what you're doing when you walk around.

DC born and bred, now living in Mt. Vernon. Working on an assignment in DC now and realize it is no longer my home. Grew up by RFK, DC General, old DC jail, Armory…. Well remember the East side West side beef! DC no longer feels like home.

Why not?

I think it was listed at 45k. It was basically a metal shell on a slab. No power, no water. There was 1 car stored in it.

It's moving in next to the Smashburger!

Former rural American here. As others have said, you’re going to be approached by randos. Just don’t respond, and keep on walking. They won’t be agitated with you.

Understand that people won’t greet you when you pass them by on the street. It isn’t because they’re rude, but they’re usually just very busy and don’t have idle time. It’s totally normal to pass people and not even make eye contact.

It’s actually pretty easy to find things in common with people who live or work here. People are generally polite and you should also understand that there are some pretty rural people who commute here for work, so you don’t always see the same city type folks.

DC has a ton of green space and trees, and I’ve never felt like I need to escape.

Take advantage of the walkability and public transit here. Rural America is very car dependent, and it’s so liberating to be somewhere with multiple modes of transport.

Good luck and enjoy the experience.

Yea, DC is basically training wheels city.