HyperText Essay on Place
...I am where I come from...
~Prince George's County, Maryland~
~Washington, DC~
~Northern Virginia~



You see I'm from "THA AREA" MD, DC, VA. Where females can go to PG Plaza, Pentagon City, or Tyson Corner for their wardrobe and fellas know all about that MCHUNU, BONIDACCI, ALL Da'Z, and SOLBIATO. We are the home of Redskins/Wizards. We know that no matter how many schools the AREA decides to build it will remain overcrowded. We know H2O isn't just water, Love is more than a feeling between people, and Platinum is not just what people wear---these are clubs!! DC is just around the corner from MD and across the bridge from NOVA. Our parents work for the government and get there by metro, not subway. To us that (subway) is a food restaurant. We rock Nike boots, NorthFaces and listen to Go-Go religiously. BACK is not a part of the body but an infamous go-go band. TCB is not a hair gel, but another well loved go-go band. Liquor stores are open 24 hours and in some cases drive-thru. We don't get along with Northerners with man capri's and especially their duplicators in B-MORE who listen to techno. We got our sense of style and that is why we are original and why I LOVE WHERE I COME FROM!!

I have been exposed to the D.C. Metropolitan Area all of my life. For about three years of my life I lived in Ahoskie, North Carolina, but this place clearly did not shape and mold me as much as the metropolitan area did. The customs and styles that I have become used to have been instilled in me because of this area. I am who I am because I have lived in the D.C. Metropolitan Area.