Portion of an infographic created by 1Bog.

The District of Columbia has always suffered from an identity crisis. It’s in the city’s DNA. Here we are, sitting in a space that some people around the country still consider a second-class territory, simply the place where a bunch of people in suits come and spend their hard-earned money inside big buildings coated with pearly white paint. We all know better, of course, but sometimes, it just feels like an endless battle.

That said, when we see things like this infographic — outlining what every state in the Union is best at, but excluding the District of Columbia entirely — it sends us into a bit of a funk. Are we really not notable enough to break a list of superlatives including the location of the country’s biggest shopping mall (Minnesota), the highest rate of auto accidents (Pennsylvania) and the highest number of cheesemakers per capita (Wisconsin)? It’s just kind of a bummer. It’s not only a matter of state/city disparity, either: Washington is nowhere to be found on the list of America’s forty drunkest cities, for instance. When you’re getting beat by three different cities in Iowa at something as rudimentary as drinking — something Washingtonians are pretty well versed in — well, it’s probably time to start reassessing some things.

Since the dawning of a new year is a period of reflection for everyone, we thought we’d crowdsource: what, dear readers, should D.C. be known for? What’s our city’s defining quality, the one thing which may help people to understand that the District is so much more than the place where our country’s government gathers? It can be anything, really: positive, negative, completely meaningless — just something, anything to tie our name to. Drop your thoughts in the comments or shoot us an email, and we might just highlight your thoughts as we look back on 2010 tomorrow.