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Those who live in the Washington DC area often hear the same laments:
"...So my cousin came to town for the week, and one day she said to me, 'Hey, I want to see the monuments. I want to see the Holocaust Memorial. I want to see the Cherry Blossoms. What'd you say?' ...and I realized how long it's been since I've seen those things."
"Y'know, it's funny... I've lived here all my life, and I've never gone to see (insert landmark, monument or building here)."
"No, I go into town to work, and back out, all the time... but I never seem to go down and sightsee anymore."
Maybe it's because Washingtonians are so busy, maybe it's because they get complacent, or maybe it's because there are so many things to see here... but a lot of us have gone indifferent to the sights around here.
(I try not to fall into that, but I'm aware of how many monuments have been put up in the last 20 years that I haven't gotten around to seeing yet...)
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