DC Gets Younger Still

A very interesting story in the Washington Post noted that the District's population is currently skewing to the younger adult ages. In fact, "people in their 20s and early 30s make up almost a third of the District's population," according to the article. Given Washington's focus on political power, which generally is found among middle-aged adults, the District's swelling, young demographic is a fascinating phenomenon. It has certainly come a long way from the days when foreign diplomats were given incentive pay to agree to be stationed there.

Other youthful cities in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave include university oases, such as Ann Arbor, hybrid cities such as Austin, and cool coastal zones such as Boston. Curiously, empty nesters enjoy living in the very same metro areas as the twenty somethings. They just don't go to the same bars.

The photograph shows DC's popular Dupont Circle.