How tragic. Nah, not really. I don’t give a shit.

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In 2022 my expenses included:

• $110 on Metro/transit
• $1509.41 on my car/driving (interestingly, insurance costs > maintenance costs > parking costs > gasoline. Though since I'm pretty sure this is amalgamating car insurance with apartment insurance...)
• $0 on rideshare (not my thing)
• $4154.45 on groceries (edit: this might have been 100% at Safeway)
• $0 on alcohol (I don't drink)
• $526.16 on eating out (albeit $131.04 of that was on a business trip)
• $17436 on rent (1bd apt)

Note that I live alone

Live IN DC PROPER. You won't regret it.

So, is anything going to be done? This is actually ridiculous. Every day. Never ends. People will start moving out of the city.

Only places I’ve ever been robbed in the street were London High Street and outside UCLA. That was after living in Oakland in an illegally converted wear house above an artesian dildo factory.

Also to cities where low level associates need to move to while Sr management lives in suburbs and exburbs

I'll jump in with (perhaps unpopular) encouragement to keep it to DC-proper only. There are plenty of "DC's bests" lists with half of the recommendations in Maryland or Virginia (which is very frustrating!). I think we hear less about some places truly in DC because the geography of those lists gets so spread out.

Folks who want to see MD/VA places can go to those other lists (to be clear, I'm not snarking on the suburbs, just want to see a DC list that really is just DC).

Thanks for bringing attention to some DC neighborhood favorites!

Wait, by “hell of a thing” do you mean “hell of a good thing,” or “a thing that is hell”? Cuz personally, I find this is the best city I’ve been in yet for walking (and I been to lot).

Fair and balanced. Though I think the part about street smarts is what they fear they’re lacking. I would expand that to be aware of your surroundings, assume that if anyone you don’t know approaches you they want something, don’t get up in anyone else’s business unless it’s absolutely necessary (like, someone’s gonna die if you don’t) and always remember that 99% of the people you see on the street are totally harmless (most of the time). You just can never know who and where the other 1% are

This is excellent advice right here.

Pools and golf courses are underrated. You’re never more then 20 mins from an indoor pool with lap lanes.

You don't need to do everything all at once. Sometimes, people feel like they should be always doing stuff because there is so much to do. If you are an extrovert who loves being busy, great! But it's also okay to just spend a night at home too.

Be careful about spending. Restaurants can eat up money fast. Stores and stuff are so close, that it can be easy to overspend.

Start small. When I move to a new city, I like to spend the first week just exploring my neighborhood. I will then focus on getting to know new neighborhoods one by one. Try to walk a lot. It'll give you a better idea of the city than just taking the metro.

If you're walking late at night, stick to major roads with people walking about. Eye's on the streets are a big crime deterrent.

People are busy. You'll probably make friends through grad school, but outside of that, it can be hard. The best way to make friends is through shared hobbies/ classes. I do a sport and take a hobby class. Bumble BFF is nice too. It may take a while to build deep friendships, and a lot of them will feel flakey. You will build deep friendships, it'll just take a bit.

I have more, but I'll stop here. A lot of these are good tips. If you are a woman or nonbinary, I'd have some addition tips that I'll add tomorrow.

I felt the same way when I went and I thought it was just me? Big crowd, but I was still in and out in under 20 min and everyone I interacted with was super nice and helpful! What a difference from NJ.

No need to try to scare the poor OP. I look lost and clueless all the time and no one has ever bothered me in any city I’ve ever been in. And that includes Bangkok and the Philippines. This isn’t Dickens’ London. The streets aren’t swarming with vagabonds and neerdowells

Would it be called “The Fast Food Worker’s Manifesto?” From seeing videos of fast food workers (in general) KO idiots who go behind the counter, throw shit, and etc has to be building up some insane internal rage.

Damn this is right outside my building. I've already seen one shooting out of my window. Then saw one on North Cap six months later. Lived in Baltimore for 5 years and never saw one.

Drive thru literally 💀

Thought I was on r/London for a second

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Wings?

I agree with everyone’s celebration of free, museums and access to the public zoo. But those things are only free to us because we live here. We should remember they are owned by the federal government. Your tax dollars pay for all those free, museums and the zoo. So it only makes sense in other cities you would have to pay for museum entry

Vegz should be on there.

Yep. They’re all kids.

They get a slap on the wrist, if anything.

Username definitely checks out

Use the Transit and/or City Mapper apps for figuring out the public transportation. These apps should also work for the NYC system too just as an FYI if you don't wind up here but find yourself in the big apple again one day