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" |
|
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 |
|
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 |