Bags, you are NOT old!!!! :eek: Don't ever let me hear (or read) you say that again.
Any of you who think DC sucks ought to try Baltimore. Now that sucks! It's only better in affordability and living space.
Generally, I don't hear people saying that DC sucks. I do hear them bitch about bands skipping DC, gripes about the people, the transportation, and other similiar complaints you'd have in most other cities, some of which are very valid.
It's been said many times before on this forum, if you can't find anyone to go with, just go it alone. I end up having to do that all the time. I've learned the hard way that it beats sitting home alone or, worse yet, missing out on something good. My main beef with DC is how very anti-social people are with others that they don't know. And don't tell me to take the intiative. I have and it often doesn't work in DC. I've heard many, many people with the same complaint about this town and some of them were out-of-towners living in other parts of the world.
NY's a breeze. The people may be blunt but they are often very friendly and easy to meet. It's the massive rat problem that turns me off about that city now.
I love DC dispite it's notorious infestation of politicians.