it's interesting... DCist (at least this morning) seems to be fostering (in me) a feeling of community, perhaps it's just the annual "back to school" migration. A sort of two month long congestion period where we all learn to drive in traffic again (saw 3 accidents on the road in this morning), or if it's something else, but I can understand why folks would endeavour to live in the district.
Not that I'd ever count myself one of them.