I noticed that too. It reminded me that I first encountered the term in @harryjaffe and @tomsherwood’s indispensable Dream City. Recommended reading for all Washingtonians.
In opening statement, Judge Kavanaugh says his mom taught at McKinley, which is "east of the park" — a term that no DC millennial would recognized since most of them have always lived east of the park (Rock Creek Park) and have known it only to be a millennial wonderland
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Huge fan of that book!
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Wonderland should be capitalized.
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I lived 61 years east of the park and close to McKinley. I went to DC catholic schools and knew many of these Georgetown Prep assholes like Kavanaugh back in the day. The hate i still have for these people cannot be quantized.
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Whole lotta parents of elementary school kids (which include millennials) who still make that distinction
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It's almost as awesome and hip as Rosslyn!
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Hahaha. Rosslyn is a concrete nightmare
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I’m 4-5 years older than old millennials and people definitely made this distinction when I was a teenager. DC changed really fast.
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how soon until the same is true of "east of the river"? the inexorable drive of gentrification.
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I grew up in DC. Solidly a millennial. I've never heard Rock Creek used as a dividing line but it does make a ton of sense when you think about it.
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You grew up in Bethesda Brett
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You grew up in Boston!
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