10 T E L L TA L E S I G N S YO U L I V E I N WA S H I N GT ON , D . C .

BY TO M T O GGA S

1 . WHE N YO U GO TO A SP O RTS B AR T O WATCH THE GAME , YO U END UP AR GU I NG ABO U T PO L I T I CS .

2 . YO U K NOW E A S T-WE ST S TR EE TS A R E LETTE RE D , NORTH -SO U TH S TRE ET S A RE NU MBE RE D , A ND D I AGONA L S TR EE TS A R E NA M E D A FTE R STATE S .

3 . YO U D O A LL YO U R S HO P P I N G O N M S T R E ET.

4 . YO U ’ V E B E C O M E C O M F O RTA B L E N O T B E I NG T H E SM A RT E ST P E RS O N IN T H E R O O M .

5 . YO U ’ VE STO O D I N L I NE FO R GEO RG ETO W N CU PCAK ES , AT L EAST O NCE .

6 . YO U ’R E PRO U D T O S AY YO U LOVE T H E D M V.

(As long as we’re referring to the acronym used for the greater Washington D.C. area, which includes parts of Maryland and Northern Virginia.)

7 . YOU ’ VE CAU G H T YOU R S ELF A S K I NG S OM EONE W H AT T H EY D O B EFOR E YOU ’ VE EVEN AS KED T H EM T H E I R NAM E .

8 . YOU ’ VE G OT AT LEAST 5 PUB L IC F I GUR E S R EADY T O NAME-DR OP AT AN Y G IVEN PO INT IN A C ONVER S AT ION .

9 . THE R E I S N O W OR S E OFFE N S E T HA N S TAN D I N G ON TH E W R ON G S I DE OF T HE E SC AL AT OR.

“Walk left, stand right.”

1 0 . YO U ’ V E S E E N T H E A I R A ND S PAC E M U S E U M M O R E T I M E S T H A N YO U C A N C O U N T. ( B E C A U S E E V E RYO N E W H O V I S I T S YO U I N S IS T S O N GO I NG , A N D D RAGG I N G YO U A LO N G . )

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