We’ve heard the rumors before. And had them dismissed. And we’ve heard some more rumors. And had those dismissed, too. But this time, we swear it’s TOTALLY true (at least until the rumors are dismissed): Washington, D.C. is getting is very own Real World season. For real! E! T.V. columnist Kristin Veitch reports:

Capital and Punishment: The first email I received, I disregarded. Same goes for the second. But after five different D.C. looky-loos emailed me with the following tip, I got a little suspicious.

According to some chatterboxes in our nation’s capital, MTV has purchased a large space in the Adams Morgan district, across from Caribou Coffee, and the buzz around town is that it will be the future home of the next set of seven strangers…picked to live in a house…you know the rest.

A rep for MTV said the Adams Morgan rumor has been going around for years, and while there are currently no plans to film there, they are scouting out a lot of cities.

DCist has long yearned for a D.C. Real World season, if only so we can fulfill our dream of making out with/beating up one (or several) of the seven strangers on camera. However, for right now, we recommend putting this one in with the grain-of-salt files. But if it actually comes true: remember, you heard it here first! Must credit DCist!