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For some reason, a lot of people here have been trying to make comparisons between DC and San Francisco, NY, etc., but I would argue that the best comparison is Moscow, similar to DC in that it's COL has gotten wildly disproportionate from what it actually offers to it's residents. Maybe they should become sister cities if they aren't already.
For some reason, a lot of people here have been trying to make comparisons between DC and San Francisco, NY, etc., but I would argue that the best comparison is Moscow, similar to DC in that it's COL has gotten wildly disproportionate from what it actually offers to it's residents. Maybe they should become sister cities if they aren't already.
DC is comparable in a number of respects to SF - especially in terms of its CSA population size, GDP per capita, GDP overall and household income per capita. SF's COL is considerably higher than DC's though. Personally, I don't think SF's COL is worth it.
DC is less comparable to NYC, especially because NYC is so much bigger. And I've never been to Moscow so don't know much about it.
Last edited by BigCityDreamer; 06-25-2010 at 02:47 PM..
Oh come on, I always to pay $1,800 a month for a 1 bedroom apartment in a dumpy complex with mold, ethnic cooking smell from the neighbors, peeling paint on the walls and not enough vehicle parking. Seriously, the Washington, DC area has the most expensive slum housing in the country. At least in New York City, they rent control the old, crappy apartment buildings.
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And yet someone on another thread claims that dc people choose to have roommates to enjoy "dense urbanity". In reality it's more similar to Chinese factory workers jammed into group dorms because they can't afford anything else. There have been many complaints on forum of the low quality of the apartments in the DC region, even in far out suburbs. Those people don't sound happy to me.
Oh come on, I always to pay $1,800 a month for a 1 bedroom apartment in a dumpy complex with mold, ethnic cooking smell from the neighbors, peeling paint on the walls and not enough vehicle parking. Seriously, the Washington, DC area has the most expensive slum housing in the country. At least in New York City, they rent control the old, crappy apartment buildings.
Maybe we can start calling it Moscow on the Potomac.
There's actually no such thing as the DC region, there is a Washington Metropolitan area. DC is the District of Columbia.
I find the Federal government plays a decreasing role in the areas job mix. From biotech through electronics/Internet this area is increasingly private sector focused. That's part of what drives the affluence. Federal employees and Federal contractor make decent livings, but few are buying million dollar homes.
What population statistics, exactly, do you think I was pulling from if it wasn't the US Census Bureau population estimates for the city and metropolitan area respectively?
I was just using the same terminology as the person I was responding to; hence why I had it in quotations.
For some reason, a lot of people here have been trying to make comparisons between DC and San Francisco, NY, etc., but I would argue that the best comparison is Moscow, similar to DC in that it's COL has gotten wildly disproportionate from what it actually offers to it's residents. Maybe they should become sister cities if they aren't already.
San Francisco suffers from the same problem - way too high COL for what it offers.
The mass majority of people living in the Bay Area, are actually not right in San Francisco itself, but off some massive highway and in some strip mall area of nothingness with way too high overhigh SF-like prices just the same.
Sadly, DC actually HAS the jobs available, whereas SF that is a highly more debatable - it actualy doesn't to the same degree that DC does.
Statistically, Californians are fleeing the state...and in no small part due to the fact that wages/salaries are not offering enough to support the cost of living in their major cities.
Yep. Culturally speaking, what am I lacking in DC that Boston and San Francisco have?
Great Italian Food
Insane number of awesome hole in the wall bars/restaurants
Even more sophisticated population
Proud, deeply-rooted locals (at least in Boston)
I love DC, but I really think SF is in a league of its own and that Boston has plenty of great cultural attributes DC is lacking.
I find DC has much more in common with Paris than many other cities:
Capital
Relatively low rise building stock
Lots of world class museums
Great dining -- lots of it outdoors
Mild climate
Affluent sophisticated populations
Tons of people who couldn't make it here trying to make excuses for their shortcomings.
I agree with this comparison. It's fairly accurate to say that DC is like a smaller, Americanized counterpart of Paris.
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