OK. I've had about as much as I can stand living in DC

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54. I was held up in DC in the late 80s

Broad daylight, too. Two guys were sitting in an idling car parked beside the sidewalk. As I walked by the guy in the passenger seat said something; I thought he was asking what time it was. When I asked what he said, he pointed what looked like a gun at me and said "Give me your money." It all happened in a flash. He may not have actually had a real gun, but I didn't ask to see it again.

I only had $2, which he took and they drove away. I only felt scared the moment right before they drove off. Me and the guy in the passenger seat looked right at each other and I thought he was going to shoot me. He just nodded his head and they took off.

I've seen some weird things in DC...like the guy wearing a three-piece polyester suit on a sweltering July day (you know how dangerously hot it can get in DC). He had some kind of metallic thing on his head and was walking around zombie-like down the middle of the street with what looked like a divining rod in his hands.

My friend lives and works in DC and we've actually been on the phone talking when he'll casually say, "Oh, there goes another gunshot." Apparently, he frequently hears them.

Nah...I could never live there.