Most nonresident debtors will not qualify for the District of
Columbia’s exemptions. “The following property of the head of
a family or householder residing in the District of Columbia, or
of a person who earns the major portion of his livelihood in the
District of Columbia, being the head of a family or
householder, regardless of his place of residence, is free and
exempt . . ..” D.C. Code § 15-501(a).