Rate This City: Day 7- DMV (DC, MD, VA)

[Coco Loco]

Charles L'Enfant

Pierre L’Enfant

ETA: My bad his middle name is Charles

 

[Asicz]

When I see DMV related comments on other forums and news article comments people say they regret leaving the DMV even though they had some complaints.

 

[Asicz]

@Stuntone used to live in the DMV. What do you rate it?

 

[Dad]

A good portion of the city didn't really have much going for it some years back. It was mainly residential. You have a bunch of transplants moving into the city and it's almost like a free for all. It isn't like places in NYC that have had certain immigrant groups or communities based there for 50+ years that have influenced the local culture.

Like Dykeman in Manhattan. That's a known spot if you wanna get some Latin flavor in your nightlife etc.

Not true. The city was chocolate city, that included culture, education and entertainment. It wasn’t mainly residential cuz government buildings have always been here. Major black businesses have always been here. The transplants are relatively new. Columbia Heights & Mt Pleasant has always been a hub for Hispanics.

 

[Asicz]

DMV getting aggressively gentrified

 

[Asicz]

DMV low-key relatively recession proof?

 

[Asicz]

Today a N.VA city was ranked #3 best small city in US.
The Best Cities in the U.S.: 2019 Readers' Choice Awards

 

[Mordith]

I lived in the DMV for over 13 years. I would give it a 7. But have to deduct 2 pts to a solid 5 due to the terrible traffic and absurd cost of estate...

 

[krexzen]

Frederick county aka Fredneck is not apart of the DMV.

 

[Skooby]

I forgot to mention traffic is damn headache...especially now that I have to leave later from work.

Charles L'Enfant

Pierre L'Enfant is the "name" as the architect , but Benjamin Banneker should have received and recognized for the real credit- but you know how back then white people stole our concepts and ideas while claiming them as their own.

Pierre L’Enfant

ETA: My bad his middle name is Charles

So that's who they named that metro station after.

 

[Skooby]

DMV low-key relatively recession proof?

So they say...because government is its own bubble.

I wasn't here during the 2008 recession though.

 

[Mike Nasty]

When I see DMV related comments on othe forums or news article comments people say they regret leaving the DMV even though they had some complaints.

I don't regret leaving. The traffic is too much. Great place to visit, cause there is alot to see an do.

 

[Dad]

I forgot to mention traffic is damn headache...especially now that I have to leave later from work.





So that's who they named that metro station after.

Breh I went down to Ft Washington to visit my girls mother and getting through 210 was a bytch. I’m used to 95 traffic but, that shyt was it’s own headache

 

[The Coochie Assassin]

10 years ago it was an 8. Now it's a 7 for me. I'm afraid of what's going on in the city TBH. Black folks needed to keep a strong hold on DC, not just the PG County suburbs.

 

[krexzen]

All rush hour traffic in the DMV is bad. It don't matter which highway or road you take. Be where you gotta be by 7 am and get out no later than 3pm.