Washington has become this place that people don't leave. It has become this permanent feudal class.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
What strikes me when I leave Washington is the extent to which there's a huge disconnect between Washington and the rest of the country. The rest of the country is not hyper partisan.
What's unique about Washington is that no one's from here. Almost everybody came here to change the world, to make a difference.
At some point, the government expands into the private sphere so far that you live in a place with a whole lot less freedom. I didn't like that that was the direction of travel for our country, and decided to come to Washington to try and be a small part of bringing it back.
As Washington prospers, workers suffer.
I haven't been in Washington long, but I have learned that it is a place filled with people who say one thing to get elected and do the opposite once they get there.
For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. My whole orientation is toward this place.
Activist government overreach and ongoing economic stagnation have shown us why Washington should not try to displace what is best left to civil society.
Most of the people who live in Washington come from other places and you can learn something from them.
Oh, that all the things my father had told me about how disgusting Washington is are true. And again it's the system - there are lots of nice, well-meaning people there. But it's a sleazy place. And politics is all about doing favors.
Washington Is kind of dead. It's a nice place, but It's not like New York.