District of Columbia...First Look
DC became my new city on June 11, 2008. At first I was confined to suburbia in PG county Maryland, and then, finally, as if with a great exhale, I was able to actually see what DC has to offer. It's only been a good 5 day immersion into city life here, but I can tell you what I have observed thus far. Watch your hood ....The city of DC is in quadrants. It is also in wards. Lastly, it is by named neighborhood areas. I have yet to understand the ward system. It seems a little out-dated, and hard for me to really remember. I prefer to deal with quadrants and hoods. The city is shaped like a diamond, and so I get the whole NE, NW, SE, SW references. I'm starting to recognize the areas by names such as Adams Morgan, Logan Circle, Capitol Hill, Howard/Shaw, Anacostia and Brookland. However, you can no longer easily identify the "old-perception" of these DC neighborhoods, because gentrification (I think fueled by the rising gas prices forcing the need to be closer to DC city...