Anybody else checked out that Maryland Live Casino yet? I went in there Friday night.....@ the table minimums. It's more expensive to play there than anywhere in Vegas. Every seat was packed though...so until another casino opens in the area...they will continue raping pockets
DC is a shell of itself. Gentrification has removed its soul.
Were you in the trenches in dc when dc was still dc?
Why would I leave? Born and raised in Northern VA, I've seen the whole area go through it's paces and changes.
The opportunity potential between all three regions is phenomenal, and I'm far too connected around here to want to live anywhere else.
The internet went crazy this week when Forbes named DC America's Coolest City(http://www.forbes.com/sites/erincar...d-c-tops-our-list-of-americas-coolest-cities/) New Yorkers and Angelenos went on full joke mode clowning on what they think they know about DC....but in terms of livability, culture, food, activities, higher learning....I think Forbes got it right.
I grew up in this area and remember how it used to look during the early 90s....shyt wasn't pretty. Since then, the city has'ed many neighborhoods(they got Georgia Ave now?!?![]()
), which for good or bad has brought tons of new restaurants and bars all over the city.
The bikeshare program makes getting around the city easy and affordable. Some of the dedicated bike lanes had me feeling like I was in Amsterdam. I came up for the weekend and am staying in a hotel near the convention center. I've been able to leave my car parked the whole time and get everywhere I need to on a bike.![]()
Weed was just decriminalized and the city's medical marijuana is just taking off. I copped some loud near Dupont yesterday, walked down to Rock Creek Park, and went to Pluto at one of one the most peaceful spots right in the middle of the city.![]()
Last night, I was wandering around U st...came up on a random gogo/brass band partying right on the sidewalk.
I love living in Los Angeles, but cotdammit if I don't miss the DC ur-rea![]()
Can't lie we are weird and hostile sometimesLove the city but DMV nikkas are strange I'm sorry like you nikkas are funny, but w/o a doubt the strangest people I know have been from the DMV and that's coming from a Bay Area nikka lol but that's mainly from my age group late teens early 20's I haven't met an old head dc nikka but yeah y'all young nikkas weirdos
Yeah I definitely have to agree... They are taking away a ton of black culture. But real talk they've built up some shytty places too. H Street is real nice now... that joint used to be nothing but abandoned buildings and crackheads... now its nice bars, restaurants, and crackheadsDC is a shell of itself. Gentrification has removed its soul.
I will be going out to DuPont circle tonight.
Just because...
Yeah I definitely have to agree... They are taking away a ton of black culture. But real talk they've built up some shytty places too. H Street is real nice now... that joint used to be nothing but abandoned buildings and crackheads... now its nice bars, restaurants, and crackheads
You must like thatshyt, why not go to Logan Circle too while you're at it.
Breh, I remember just in 2011 that strip was a fukkin dump. Them gentrifiers work fast as fukk, they never did get rid of the fiends tho and some of the old businesses are still there. I knew somebody that lived on 8th street off H so I'd be around there from time to time, the NY fried chicken spot down H Street good as fukk I swore that shyt off but that's one of the few places I'd still cop from.
Were you in the trenches in dc when dc was still dc?
I didnt think so
You see how they work tho?
Everyone else is the problem, not themselves.