about 570,000 people live in the city, but the population swells to 1.2 million during the work day.

i've met a few people (i've lived here for 1 year) that grew up in dc, but have moved to the burbs. they all decry the lack of children in the district. i live across from a park, so i see kids, but their parents aren't from here, and they probably won't live here their whole lives, or even into adulthood. the average "resident" lives here for 2 years. it is just a transient city, except for the poor.