Archive for the ‘Mythbusting DC’ Category
DC Mythbusting: City of Neighborhoods
’11th Street NW Rowhouses’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ Washington DC is a city of neighborhoods, many of which the tourists who visit our fair city never really experience. But the unique neighborhoods of the District are what make it special– the beautiful rowhouses in Capitol Hill, the commercial centers in Penn Quarter and [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Bike Myths
‘IMG_8622′ courtesy of ‘busybee’ If you didn’t know it from Bike DC or Bike-to-Work Day or the other bike-related events in the city, May is National Bike Month. And in honor of National Bike Month, we’ve got some bicycling myths to bust. I’m a recent convert to commuting by bike, and now I love cycling [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Lincoln Edition
‘Lincoln’ courtesy of ‘Samuel Gordon’ Had enough of the tourists yet? Not only do they stand on the left of Metro escalators and block entire sidewalks with their matching-t-shirt armies, half of what they’re saying about the monuments and memorials in our city is wrong. The Lincoln Memorial is the subject of several monumental myths, [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Monumental Myths
‘TJ, from above’ courtesy of ‘philliefan99′ It’s officially tourist season here in DC, and our once-serene monuments and memorials are again overrun with school groups in matching t-shirts and families pushing strollers the size of SUVs. They’re here to see the monuments and memorials all over the city, and to educate future generations about the [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: White House Flag
‘The White House – The Dream Home of Many Children’ courtesy of ‘adcristal’ There are all sorts of rules and regulations about the proper display of the American flag– when it can be displayed, where it can be displayed, and how it should be regarded. For example, apparently it’s a violation of the Flag Code [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: The 2010 Census (Or, How You Are Worth $4,656)
’274/365 Filling out the census’ courtesy of ‘eiratansey’ I love busting myths about the city in this feature, but myths about owning vs. renting, the international nature of DC’s residents, and how no one is from DC would be impossible to bust without cold hard data. And where do we get that data? The Census! [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: The Lost Forts of DC
‘Fort Gaines at Tenleytown 1864′ courtesy of ‘NCinDC’ Some of the myths about the city seem a little far-fetched, particularly the more historic ones about the layout of the city. Traffic circles meant to confuse invading armies? No J Street because Pierre L’Enfant held a grudge? Come on. Here’s another one I heard– there’s a [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Daytime Population
” courtesy of ‘flipperman75′ Now that the snow is melting and the city is returning to normal, let’s focus on a non-snow topic for a change. Last Friday’s commute from hell showed us all that the city’s transportation network wasn’t quite ready for the influx of commuters going to work. That got me thinking– how [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: To Rent or To Own
‘Real Estate For Sale Signs’ courtesy of ‘Mr. T in DC’ Welcome to another edition of Mythbusting! A while back, we tackled the myth of DC being home to a transient population, and found out that the District doesn’t really deserve its reputation for no one being from here. But this month, as I’m moving [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: International City
‘Flagged entry’ courtesy of ‘afagen’ Hi, and welcome to a new year of Mythbusting! We’re going to start out the year off with a myth about the character of the District. When I first moved to DC, I always thought it was such an international city– walking down the street, you hear people speaking [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree
‘Christmas in Washington – 090′ courtesy of ‘giantminispacegoat’ Welcome to a holiday edition of Mythbusting! This week we’ll be figuring out exactly what is going on with the Christmas trees in DC. How many National Christmas Trees are there? There’s the one outside the Capitol and the one outside the White House, but are there [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: DC is a Company Town
‘The Capitol’ courtesy of ‘Tyrannous’ Welcome to another Mythbusting feature! This week, we’ll be tackling the myth that the District of Columbia is a company town– that is, that the majority of jobs in the city are federal government jobs. DC is the center of the federal government, so wouldn’t it make sense that most [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Metro Map to Scale
‘Metro_Compared’ courtesy of ‘Don Whiteside’ Hi, and welcome to another edition of Mythbusting! After our last feature busted some misconceptions about the busiest Metro stations and lines, we’ll tackle another Metro myth this week: that the Metro map that you see in stations is proportional. The official Metro map shows right angles and evenly-spaced stations [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Metro’s Most Crowded
‘good morning.’ courtesy of ‘volcanojw’ DC has a great Metro system: it’s (generally) reliable, clean, fast, and connects many major destinations in the city. But we love to complain about our commutes– being crammed like sardines on the train, being stuck in Metro stations so full that you can’t even get down the escalator to [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Haunted DC
‘Thomas Trueman Gaff Monument’ courtesy of ‘kimberlyfaye’ Hi, and welcome to a Halloween edition of Mythbusting! This week, I’ll see if my mythbusting skills can translate to ghostbusting. I’m going to tackle three different spooky DC myths and see if I can find any validity in the legends. Sound good? Let’s get started. The Demon [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: Georgetown Metro Stop
‘Georgetown Tunnel’ courtesy of ‘MikaAltskan’ Hi and welcome to another edition of Mythbusting! This week we’ll be tackling the myth of the Georgetown Metro. The legend explains why Georgetown, a vibrant part of the city with many attractions, does not have a Metro station. Legend has it that Metro planners had originally planned a station [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: No J Street Because L’Enfant Held a Grudge
‘DSC_0016.jpg’ courtesy of ‘Chris Rief aka Spodie Odie’ Here at DC Mythbusting we’ve covered a lot of myths, but the one I referenced in the first ever Mythbusting feature is one of the most persistent I’ve ever heard. That myth attempts to explain the lack of a J Street in DC. In all four quadrants [...]
More »The Wait, What? I’m Lost Symbol
I see the future, I bend my thought to it: millions turning to these words and taking meaning from them, imbuing them with personal meaning; individuals comprehending “untold” mysteries written secretively in every building; a double decker bus with a speaker, the supreme leader shouting interpretations through the streets. That’s right, I see… The Lost [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: No One is From DC
‘moving boxes’ courtesy of ‘ilya’ Welcome to another edition of DC Mythbusting. This week we’ll tackle the myth that no one is really from DC. The District has a reputation as a transient city, with young go-getters coming here after college, putting in a few years on the Hill, then moving on to bigger and [...]
More »DC Mythbusting: The National Mall as Protest Central
‘Iran Protest in DC’ courtesy of ‘spiggycat’ Welcome to another DC Mythbusting! This week, we’ll be discussing the National Mall and its place as the country’s ‘front yard’ for protesting and gathering. With such a wide open space, in view of both Congress and the President, clearly the National Mall was created to be a [...]
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