Tired of selling Shaw
I like Shaw. It's my neighborhood. It is close to the metro, so I can ponder getting a car, and not get one. It is within biking distance of Dupont and Downtown. The buses take me straight through Dupont to Georgetown, or the Business district, or Catholic U, or Adams Morgan. But I think I have gotten tired of trying to sell it to middle class suburbanites who like a Disneyfied DC.There are certain people who should stay in Arlington and Alexandria. Those areas fit them. There's parking and lots of winding roads. At 40 mph you can ignore the immigrants. Oh and there are good schools for the children they hope to have. In DC, now I don't want to seem as if I'm hating 'cause I do like a lot of NW DC. But parts of NW DC is too homogeneous and doesn't reflect the diversity of the city. Some areas do, but we must face some folks aren't comfy with a lot of diversity. That diversity could be economic, age, family, orientation, and race.
Shaw is a wonderful neighborhood. It is a very diverse neighborhood. It might not fit some folks vision of a "nice safe" neighborhood, but it is mine.
posted by Mari @ 13.5.04
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