Comments on: Place: I Heart DC http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html For Everyone Over the Rainbow Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:03:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ted http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3893 Ted Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:01:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3893 No bashing here. I love DC and you nailed it. Thanks for saying what needed to be said. After I read your post I ordered a DC-Flag T-shirt online. Even our flag rocks. No bashing here. I love DC and you nailed it. Thanks for saying what needed to be said. After I read your post I ordered a DC-Flag T-shirt online. Even our flag rocks.

]]> By: coach http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3892 coach Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:43:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3892 missing d.c. . . . <br/>cøåch in cøpenhaven missing d.c. . . .
cøåch in cøpenhaven

]]> By: Rob http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3891 Rob Sat, 28 Jun 2008 04:05:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3891 What a great post! Thanks for writing this, Michael! I have lived in both NY and DC and I much prefer DC. The NY subway is like a descent into hell. Every day I ride the Metro to work is such a pleasant start to the work day (commuting by car is something I hope to never do again).<br/>I would add the Smithsonian complex to your list of great things about living in DC. Another great thing is that, unlike NY, a middle-class person can actually afford a place to live. Imagine that! What a great post! Thanks for writing this, Michael! I have lived in both NY and DC and I much prefer DC. The NY subway is like a descent into hell. Every day I ride the Metro to work is such a pleasant start to the work day (commuting by car is something I hope to never do again).
I would add the Smithsonian complex to your list of great things about living in DC. Another great thing is that, unlike NY, a middle-class person can actually afford a place to live. Imagine that!

]]> By: ethereal-lad http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3890 ethereal-lad Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:06:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3890 To Christopher:<br/>As a DC native, I hate assumption that the only people who assume that I'm one of the transients. Some people don't come here just for work. Some of us even like it here! To Christopher:
As a DC native, I hate assumption that the only people who assume that I’m one of the transients. Some people don’t come here just for work. Some of us even like it here!

]]> By: Christopher Wingert http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3889 Christopher Wingert Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:47:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3889 I moved to DC three years ago and distinctly remember a perfect stranger in Cobalt saying to me "You don't work on the Hill, you don't work in a law firm and you don't work for a lobbyist. What the hell are you doing here?" I feel bad for the ignorant boob. <br/><br/>I could go on and on about why I adore Washington. But I think the sum of it is that Washington very quickly, within a month or two, felt like home to me. The city that welcomes me like that and takes me in as one of her own is fantastic in my book. I moved to DC three years ago and distinctly remember a perfect stranger in Cobalt saying to me “You don’t work on the Hill, you don’t work in a law firm and you don’t work for a lobbyist. What the hell are you doing here?” I feel bad for the ignorant boob.

I could go on and on about why I adore Washington. But I think the sum of it is that Washington very quickly, within a month or two, felt like home to me. The city that welcomes me like that and takes me in as one of her own is fantastic in my book.

]]> By: Natty http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3888 Natty Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:48:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3888 My polyamorous relationship with DC has been the most fulfilling one of my life. Sure, I like to have a lil tickle-pickle in NY, SF, and a few other loves here and there... but DC will always be my primary partner.<br/><br/>Michael, thanks for reminding ppl how rad our mutual partner is. My polyamorous relationship with DC has been the most fulfilling one of my life. Sure, I like to have a lil tickle-pickle in NY, SF, and a few other loves here and there… but DC will always be my primary partner.

Michael, thanks for reminding ppl how rad our mutual partner is.

]]> By: Billy http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3887 Billy Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:40:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3887 Oh thank god, I'm so happy you guys published this! There have been a lot of dc-bashing articles on here lately... And I think that DC is great! Granted, it has its problems, but what city doesn't? <br/><br/>I love that DC doesn't have giant skyscrapers; you can actually see the sky when you walk down the street! I love that we have some of the most (or, dare I say, the most) amazing public buildings in the country, and I love that all the big government buildings are so fantastically greco-roman.<br/><br/>And sure, our metro system isn't perfect, and ideally it would have most stops... But New York's system is beyond gross. I dont need to sit between a puddle of urine and someone who just got mauled by the abovementioned ROUSs... If you want to emulate a subway system, go for the European systems (Paris, London, Vienna), or maybe even Boston's T.<br/><br/>Anyway... hurray for DC! A truly world-class city, without the overbearing (and, in my opinion, unwarranted) NYC ego. Oh thank god, I’m so happy you guys published this! There have been a lot of dc-bashing articles on here lately… And I think that DC is great! Granted, it has its problems, but what city doesn’t?

I love that DC doesn’t have giant skyscrapers; you can actually see the sky when you walk down the street! I love that we have some of the most (or, dare I say, the most) amazing public buildings in the country, and I love that all the big government buildings are so fantastically greco-roman.

And sure, our metro system isn’t perfect, and ideally it would have most stops… But New York’s system is beyond gross. I dont need to sit between a puddle of urine and someone who just got mauled by the abovementioned ROUSs… If you want to emulate a subway system, go for the European systems (Paris, London, Vienna), or maybe even Boston’s T.

Anyway… hurray for DC! A truly world-class city, without the overbearing (and, in my opinion, unwarranted) NYC ego.

]]> By: Philip http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3886 Philip Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:34:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3886 Occasionally the lawyer-lobbyist-government-worker brigade and the sniffily status-conscious "so what do you do?" question can wear thin, but D.C. as a city is wonderful. Enough so that this lifelong suburban/small town boy plans to move in later this year. The quirky and mixed architecture, the shifting canvas of neighborhoods, the ability to find some quiet in the midst of what is still an urban area, the deep sense of both obvious and hidden history: if not unique to D.C., all of these add to D.C.'s considerable charms. Sign me up! Occasionally the lawyer-lobbyist-government-worker brigade and the sniffily status-conscious “so what do you do?” question can wear thin, but D.C. as a city is wonderful. Enough so that this lifelong suburban/small town boy plans to move in later this year. The quirky and mixed architecture, the shifting canvas of neighborhoods, the ability to find some quiet in the midst of what is still an urban area, the deep sense of both obvious and hidden history: if not unique to D.C., all of these add to D.C.’s considerable charms. Sign me up!

]]> By: Anonymous http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3885 Anonymous Fri, 27 Jun 2008 05:20:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3885 i dot't know what the hell you people are talking about. i dot’t know what the hell you people are talking about.

]]> By: Frank http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3884 Frank Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:53:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3884 We often do this in our city. We compare ourselves to New York. Recently they said H Street is like Williamsburg before it became yuppie. From TNG to the Post everyone does it. Why don't we try to improve our city to make this place a better one than what it is. <br/><br/>I don't want a one way ticket to NYC. I live in DC and love it. It is my choice. The Village is not like Logan, my rowhouse is not like a brown stone, Lincoln Center is not like The Kennedy Center. <br/><br/>Let's build this city to be a unique environment with our own unique attitude, and if someone wants to make a comparison, compare us to Paris or Budapest, New York is and always will be the Big Apple but we are DC, The Capitol, so let's own it. Enough with the comparison. The list of what we have that "they" don't is long. If you like New York better then leave. We often do this in our city. We compare ourselves to New York. Recently they said H Street is like Williamsburg before it became yuppie. From TNG to the Post everyone does it. Why don’t we try to improve our city to make this place a better one than what it is.

I don’t want a one way ticket to NYC. I live in DC and love it. It is my choice. The Village is not like Logan, my rowhouse is not like a brown stone, Lincoln Center is not like The Kennedy Center.

Let’s build this city to be a unique environment with our own unique attitude, and if someone wants to make a comparison, compare us to Paris or Budapest, New York is and always will be the Big Apple but we are DC, The Capitol, so let’s own it. Enough with the comparison. The list of what we have that “they” don’t is long. If you like New York better then leave.

]]> By: adam isn't here http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3882 adam isn't here Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3882 i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but...metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it's like how the future was supposed to be. and it's reasonably cheap.<br/><br/>also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it's hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn't go EVERYWHERE in the way london's tube, or berlin's u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur. i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but…metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it’s like how the future was supposed to be. and it’s reasonably cheap.

also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it’s hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn’t go EVERYWHERE in the way london’s tube, or berlin’s u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur.

]]> By: adam isn't here http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3883 adam isn't here Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3883 i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but...metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it's like how the future was supposed to be. and it's reasonably cheap.<br/><br/>also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it's hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn't go EVERYWHERE in the way london's tube, or berlin's u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur. i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but…metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it’s like how the future was supposed to be. and it’s reasonably cheap.

also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it’s hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn’t go EVERYWHERE in the way london’s tube, or berlin’s u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur.

]]> By: adam isn't here http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3894 adam isn't here Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3894 i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but...metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it's like how the future was supposed to be. and it's reasonably cheap.<br/><br/>also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it's hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn't go EVERYWHERE in the way london's tube, or berlin's u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur. i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but…metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it’s like how the future was supposed to be. and it’s reasonably cheap.

also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it’s hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn’t go EVERYWHERE in the way london’s tube, or berlin’s u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur.

]]> By: adam isn't here http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-3895 adam isn't here Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-3895 i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but...metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it's like how the future was supposed to be. and it's reasonably cheap.<br/><br/>also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it's hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn't go EVERYWHERE in the way london's tube, or berlin's u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur. i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but…metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it’s like how the future was supposed to be. and it’s reasonably cheap.

also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it’s hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn’t go EVERYWHERE in the way london’s tube, or berlin’s u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur.

]]> By: adam isn't here http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-5918 adam isn't here Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-5918 i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but...metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it's like how the future was supposed to be. and it's reasonably cheap.<br/><br/>also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it's hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn't go EVERYWHERE in the way london's tube, or berlin's u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur. i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but…metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it’s like how the future was supposed to be. and it’s reasonably cheap.

also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it’s hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn’t go EVERYWHERE in the way london’s tube, or berlin’s u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur.

]]> By: adam isn't here http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-5919 adam isn't here Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-5919 i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but...metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it's like how the future was supposed to be. and it's reasonably cheap.<br/><br/>also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it's hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn't go EVERYWHERE in the way london's tube, or berlin's u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur. i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but…metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it’s like how the future was supposed to be. and it’s reasonably cheap.

also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it’s hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn’t go EVERYWHERE in the way london’s tube, or berlin’s u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur.

]]> By: adam isn't here http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-5920 adam isn't here Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-5920 i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but...metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it's like how the future was supposed to be. and it's reasonably cheap.<br/><br/>also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it's hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn't go EVERYWHERE in the way london's tube, or berlin's u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur. i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but…metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it’s like how the future was supposed to be. and it’s reasonably cheap.

also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it’s hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn’t go EVERYWHERE in the way london’s tube, or berlin’s u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur.

]]> By: adam isn't here http://thenewgay.net/2008/06/i-heart-dc.html#comment-5921 adam isn't here Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://tngmichael.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/i-heart-dc/#comment-5921 i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but...metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it's like how the future was supposed to be. and it's reasonably cheap.<br/><br/>also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it's hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn't go EVERYWHERE in the way london's tube, or berlin's u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur. i hate the exit fare system, and the buses are too confusing. but…metro just LOOKS fuckin cool. those huge concrete tiles, the shape of it, the massive scale, the lack of overhead lighting. it’s like how the future was supposed to be. and it’s reasonably cheap.

also i think the new york subway is the most overrated transit system ever. it’s hideous down there. the platforms are too small, it stinks, there are as many ROUSs as people. and it doesn’t go EVERYWHERE in the way london’s tube, or berlin’s u-bahn does. i could go on and on about competing transit systems. i consider myself something of a connoiseur.

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