On Sundays, DCist publishes opinion pieces about life in D.C. The views expressed below are solely those of the author. It wasn’t until I started working in the city that I really knew anything about the city. I’ve lived in the suburbs of D.C. for a considerable chunk of my life and had always seen D.C. recreationally. My daily life happened in the god forsaken outer corners of Tyson’s Corner, McLean, Reston and Herndon. Fun…