Living in Washington, DC
A beautiful, dynamic, cosmopolitan city, Washington is often called the "City of Power" or "Capital of the Free World.” Government, media, science and technology, medicine, law, and the arts, among other fields, all find a home in our national's capital. Organizations of every sort have national offices in Washington. The federal seat of government, Washington is where public policy is made. National music festivals, folk arts, and other fields of endeavor flourish in the metropolitan area where the Senate, House of Representatives, White House, Supreme Court, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Commerce Department, Pentagon, FBI, Smithsonian Institution, National Institutes of Health, and World Bank are located. Foreign embassies from every country in the world and international agencies like Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Special Olympics International, Youth for Understanding, Red Cross, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, and the United Nations are found in Washington.
All big professional sports are represented in Washington: The Redskins (football), Wizards (basketball), DC United (soccer), Capitols (hockey), and our newest team the Washington Nationals (baseball). Professional tennis and golf tournaments also take place every year.
Washington, like many other large cities in our country, is a very diverse city. There are more denominations of churches just on 16th street than there are in many major cities throughout the world. If the performing and visual arts are your interest, then this is also a great city for you. From the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts to the National Art Gallery and the Smithsonian Museums, every kind of art is offered.
Washington attracts the best and brightest from across America. Meet ambitious young people just starting out, as well as professionals who have broken into TV, radio, politics, theater, journalism, health policy, etc., and can teach you the ropes.