You’re about to move to a city where everyone has opinions about everything, parking costs more than most people’s rent, and your barista probably has a graduate degree in international relations. Welcome to Washington, DC, where ambition meets reality on every corner and even the tourists look like they’re conducting important business. DC isn’t just another city where you happen to live and work. It’s a place that becomes part of your identity, whether you want it to or not. You’ll find yourself reading news differently, having stronger opinions about policy, and somehow becoming the person your hometown friends ask about what’s “really happening” in politics.