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Points out the different cultures that exist in Washington D.C. and San, Francisco, California, both which cross Highway 50. The political culture in Washington D.C.; The entrepreneurial culture in San Francisco; The highway as the only similarity between the two.

Analyzes conservatives' alleged distaste for Washington, D.C. as a permanent residence. History of the concept of government service as a temporary position; Statistics on where the top government officials of the Reagan Administration are now; Theory as to why a vast majority have remained connected with politics.

Opinion. Considers the use of brazen self-reinvention in United States political life. How the author changed his political and social beliefs simply by moving away from Washington, D.C., to Washington State; Example of Republican presidential candidate Lamar Alexander, who transformed himself from establishmentarian into man of the people.

The article offers information about several luxury home sale and purchase transactions in Virginia and Washington, D.C. for 2011. Lawyer Robert Reznick sold a five-bedroom house located on Sedgwick Street. Journalist Katherine Boo and her husband Sunil Khilnani sold a Victorian house on O Street for 1.1 million dollars. Retired Coast Guard officer Thad Allen and wife Pamela acquired a Colonial house in Vienna.