It all depends on where are you working and how much you are making. If you have a nice job with some good company that yea it is a good place to live. DC was voted the best city to live for single people on 2004. It has some nice bars, good transporation and ohh yea lots and lots of asian food market. You will find a huge number of dv winner nepali family too. However if you are planning to work on 7-11 or resturant than it is not a good city. It is very expensive to live. A single bedroom appt cost more that $1000/month. Buying a house??? very very expensive. One of the worst city traffic wise too. I lived at DC metro area for 6 years and my company moved me here to midwest state. I'm really happy here. I didn't got that much of a raise for moving but compare to DC I feel like I'm making twice here.