So bizarre to me. Now I was raised in DC, so maybe I'm just jaded, but man the cherry blossom get love like I didn't even know. Do people actually love the plant? Is it the history? Or is it just the temporal nature of a thing? Like calling "first" on a message board.

I know I sound like I don't care for the blossoms, I do - my mother use'ta love them, tried to see them every year, it made her happy. I'm glad everyone is enjoying them too. It'd make mom happy that you all are.

I don’t think it’s that deep, it’s a pretty flower lol

At scale on water - I get it.

But the sub is flooded with it - normally I can follow the sub for 1st hand news; with the occasional pretty DC landmark in-between.

For a couple days it's been 75% or more cherry blossom posts. I'm not complaining - just marveling.

That isn’t unique to cherry blossoms or this sub, my last city’s sub had a “famous cat” that everyone and their brother would post lol- just humans being humans 🤷🏼‍♀️

It’s beautiful and a symbol of DC

But over the past 5 years or so, it’s been a hotspot for Insta posts

I just posted about what it means to me, it certainly wasn't deep when I moved here 10 years ago but that changed over time; kind of like how family traditions and your relation to them change as you age.

https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/124w5pw/personal_reflections_on_hanami/

I think it’s kind of nice that this usually mad, sad and panicky sub gets a few days a year to be distracted by pretty flowers.

I can agree with that sentiment.

Real question is: if you traveled every year to see them, what would be your limit on trip time or distance?

Mine is 45 minutes, regardless of mode.