You can't get into a conversation about the District without inevitably talking about how divided it is. That's because it's true. more ›

Now that W-2s, 1099s and whatever other income reports you might get have mostly arrived, tax season is officially upon us. Do you find the whole idea of filing overwhelming? Before you haul over your documentation to a commercial tax prep office, you should know that the District offers some dedicated tax help for free. more ›

According to data published by the Census Bureau, D.C. is the national leader in the percentage of households that earn over $200,000 a year. The rest of the metropolitan area is not doing too shabby either: Maryland and Virginia place fourth and seventh, respectively. more ›

If you're anything like me and enjoy looking at colorful maps which show large amounts of data in an easily digestible format, you'll probably want to spend a fair amount of time parsing through the information provided in the New York Times' "Every City, Every Block" feature. The interactive maps utilize five-year results from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, which was released yesterday. more ›

Okay, so maybe we're not the best looking people around. But according to a report by the Social Science Research Council's American Human Development Project initiative, the Washington region is doing pretty well for itself when it comes to life expectancy, education and income, topping a ranking of the ten largest American metro areas in those statistics. The long life expectancy of white D.C. residents (the longest among any group in the survey at 83.1 years), large numbers of people with college educations (about 47 percent of the D.C. region have at least a bachelor's degree) and the employment and income boost that the federal government provides to the District and her surrounding suburbs were the driving forces that landed the Washington metro area the top spot. Take that, you shallow Travel+Leisure readers! [Ed. Note: A few people have expressed that this post -- in its haste to grab a quick laugh on the back of yesterday's "attractiveness" rankings -- failed to note some pertinent statistics revealed in the report, like the fact that black D.C. residents have the lowest life expectancy of blacks in any state. I certainly didn't mean to trivialize these aspects of the study by not mentioning them, and apologize to anyone offended by their omission.] more ›

CNN.com's Money Magazine has a new ranking out that lists the top U.S. cities or towns in which to snag a wealthy significant other, and Arlington, Va. is in the #2 spot. With 41.6 percent of Arlington's population listed as single and a median family income of $108,815, the Northern Virginia county is second only to Hermosa Beach, CA, where the median income is $137,941 and 47.2 percent of the population is single. Now, given that fewer than 20,000 people live in Hermosa, while Arlington has about 200,000, we might quibble with Money's ranking just a smidge. But Hermosa Beach is also billed as the sexier option: there you'll find "sun-kissed singles roller-blading along the Strand bike path or surfing," where as in Arlington, "scientific geniuses and government types dominate." Fair enough. Herndon, Va. also makes the list, coming in at number 8, with 33.2 percent of population single and a median income of $109,217. Seems fair to say that the only place we can think of in the metro area that's less sexy than Arlington is Herndon. more ›