Millennials followed Barack and Michelle Obama to D.C., making it cool. Will President Trump and First Lady Melania change the feel of the city?
The Obamas were largely embraced by Washington, even getting credit for changes that were, in fact, already in the works under Bush: the rise of the restaurant scene, the construction of shiny new condos. But 44's arrival coincided with—and surely contributed to—the influx of
But more than anything, the Obamas created the ephemeral sense that D.C. was a place to be—as Democratic administrations tend to do, according to restaurateur Mark Bucher, co-owner of Medium Rare."It actually started during Bill Clinton's first term, when D.C. had a complete turnover after decades of Republican presidencies, from old-school meat-eating Republicans to teenagers and 20-somethings coming here to believe in politics," Bucher says.
Even though many Washingtonians are against Trump's policies, they may still end up fawning over and emulating the man—he is, after all, the most important person in town."D.C. is a celebrity-obsessed city, in a weird way, because there are so few," Parker says.
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