Helping one's community being considered privilege has to be the most backwards, righteous take I've heard in a while.

Exactly. Everyone has a crime boner these days.

Thank you for this.

I was on flag patrol most of my time in school and trust me accidents happen - have been chewed out for this before 😂

The entire country is a little edgier since COVID. DC is actually doing pretty good by comparison..

Lol spot on! It's hard to get to know people working on their career. It's one of the reasons why DC dating can be so lonely and noncommittal.

Best bets are with locals or others who aren't here just for work. There's a whole side to DC that isn't in the government-work orbit and they are some of the best people I've met in the country. Conscious of issues and government, but not absorbed in it, and more likely to put other things in life first.

It's not that deep

A great suggestion!

Hoping for peoples' stories and experiences at different places.

Thanks! Also hoping for anyone's experiences/stories about various locales