DC doesn't need to be as provincial because it already has plenty of history and culture as it is. Take away the provincial attitudes in some places, that often feels like insecurity manifesting itself, and they seem pretty ordinary. I agree with whoever said that it depends on the city. IMO, the better the city, the more tolerable the provincialism is. I don't think it's good to be insular, though.
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Originally Posted by Kingofthehill
I don't feel like digging for the info, but the 2010 Census put DC at 37% native born.
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A lot of people only think about the most yuppified and gentrified areas of the city when they think about how many natives there area. They usually aren't thinking about the eastern half of the city, which is nothing new.
More provincialism in DC would probably help make suburbanites more cognizant and prideful, but I don't think people in the city proper need to be more provincial.