holiday visits to god-awful hometowns

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let me guess.. you are headed our way...

Loudoun?
Fairfax County?

This was what I was thinking too. DC is the only US city that I know of that calls their transit system “Metro”

Plus, some of the outer burbs are downright depressing. But there is generally stuff to do. My kids could spend hours at a super H Mart

Insult those areas all you want, but there are few parts that are isolated or unsafe in the way OP describes, much less neighborhoods that aren't accessible to every possible form of family entertainment, dining, and retail on the planet, even if it's not the vaunted culture of DC.