Yes, I understand what you mean. You are more likely to hear about shooting, poverty, drugs, terrible education systems, and the list goes on, when one speaks of what we all know is Southeast, Washington, D.C. But this does not mean when I tell you I was born and raised in and around this area, you can say to me: “Oh I like D.C, but only the “good” parts, because you can pass a light and then it’ll be a really bad neighborhood”. -_- People live there you know!? And you don’t know where I live, so did you ever think you could be offending me? Or do you care? I am tired of when someone asks me what part of D.C I live in and I tell them Southeast, I get looked at sideways. Now I do stay in an odd part of Southeast that has been somehow preserved with nice family homes, but still… you don’t know that, so I just think you should keep comments and judgments to yourself. Thank you. And if it is such a puzzle to you as to why D.C has “good” and “bad” part, and the “bad” is only 10 mins south of THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, I would be happy to sit and have that conversation with you. Until then, a simple “ok” when you ask me where I live and I answer “Southeast” will do.
-misskatrinaelise
