When did Georgetown die?

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Anonymous wrote:What about that mall? Was it ever nice?

Back when it first opened and people liked indoor malls but that was literally 40+ years ago.

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So what are the upscale/ritzy neighborhoods of DC now if any?? My husband and I just moved here from Dallas and it seems like there isn't any perfectly maintained, chic, upscale neighborhoods like what we're used to. Lots of newly gentrified hoods that are still kinda sketchy that appeal to young people. I had thought it was Georgetown and some of the streets are very quaint but commercial areas are disgusting-empty storefronts, homeless people pissing on the street...
Kalorama seems okay but it's pretty small

cleveland park, true Capitol Hill, Kent, Palisades, Colonial Village, parts of Shepard Park and Crestview. New money-the Wharf.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No parking , no metro , no bars.

Bars were made unwelcome by residents. Georgetown would be smart to have microbrew bars all over and be a destination .

The problem with the bars are the drunk people who go there and wake up residents at 3AM with fights, screams ("Love you, buddy!", "where did you park your f... car, idiot!?"), and vandalism.

[Anonymous]

This.

It’s like a ghost town’: lights go out as foreign owners desert London homes
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/25/its-like-a-ghost-town-lights-go-out-as-foreign-owners-desert-london-homes


London mayor targets ‘ghost mansions’ and ‘zombie flats’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/london-struggles-with-ghost-mansions-and-zombie-flats-the-empty-units-in-city-bereft-of-affordable-housing/2017/09/18/253d67fa-97c4-11e7-af6a-6555caaeb8dc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1943d321d065

Here Are The Canadian Cities With The Most Empty Homes
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/02/11/empty-homes-canada-vancouver-toronto_n_14691034.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This.

It’s like a ghost town’: lights go out as foreign owners desert London homes
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/25/its-like-a-ghost-town-lights-go-out-as-foreign-owners-desert-london-homes


London mayor targets ‘ghost mansions’ and ‘zombie flats’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/london-struggles-with-ghost-mansions-and-zombie-flats-the-empty-units-in-city-bereft-of-affordable-housing/2017/09/18/253d67fa-97c4-11e7-af6a-6555caaeb8dc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1943d321d065

Here Are The Canadian Cities With The Most Empty Homes
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/02/11/empty-homes-canada-vancouver-toronto_n_14691034.html

I agree. Lots of Chinese money, because they do not get penalized if they buy foreign real estate.

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Anonymous wrote:to me, it died when all the bars closed down. third edition, garrets, Charring cross, nathans, the guards, chadwicks, mr. smiths. even old glory is gone and they were late to the party. i have no idea what is there now

For me it began to die when the independent theaters (the Biograph and the Key) left and then some years later Olsson's Books and Records.

I actually just miss the whole DMV back in the day. It was such a great place to live and everyone was so friendly and seemed happier. Now it's like a concrete jungle with tons of traffic and a lot of bitter competitive people.

Same! I rented in G'town 1992-1995 - what a blast.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
So what are the upscale/ritzy neighborhoods of DC now if any?? My husband and I just moved here from Dallas and it seems like there isn't any perfectly maintained, chic, upscale neighborhoods like what we're used to. Lots of newly gentrified hoods that are still kinda sketchy that appeal to young people. I had thought it was Georgetown and some of the streets are very quaint but commercial areas are disgusting-empty storefronts, homeless people pissing on the street...
Kalorama seems okay but it's pretty small

cleveland park, true Capitol Hill, Kent, Palisades, Colonial Village, parts of Shepard Park and Crestview. New money-the Wharf.

Also Spring Valley and Massachusetts Heights. Anything off of Foxhall.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What about that mall? Was it ever nice?

Back when it first opened and people liked indoor malls but that was literally 40+ years ago.

It wasn't 40 years ago. It was nice into the early 1990s.

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Anonymous wrote:At least they don’t have the big bad metro there because you don’t want the wrong element dropping by.

Georgetown metro station would have been the deepest and most expensive station in the system, if they had built it. The soil is incredibly unstable in Georgetown; they would need to go deep into the bedrock. It would have caused a host of engineering issues with the tunnel beneath the river.

They need to just build the damn street car.

A street car without a dedicated lane is just a bus, only worse. If they want it to actually work they need dedicated transit lanes.

The street car will have dedicated lanes on K Street through downtown, IF that part is ever built.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On top of the others comments, Georgetown used to be THE place for high-end commerce and dining. Really the only place in D.C. Now that's changed with the upmarket growth EOTP in places like Dupont, Logan Circle, Shaw, CityCenter, and SW Waterfront.

I think Apple is one of the few things that draws crowds there and there will be a new store opening in Mt. Vernon Square in 2019. Georgetown needs to revitalize with better community amenities, more fast casual or quirky dining, and better transit access - that scuttled gondola would have been a great start to completely tearing out and rebuilding the waterfront there.

I live in Dupont and almost the only reason I go to GT is for the apple store, and sometimes to buy kids clothes. And I don't enjoy the commercial streets at all. to narrow, no where to ride or park my bike, and too many big bland brands hocking their generic looking clothes. It is not cool, but really no where in DC is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This.

It’s like a ghost town’: lights go out as foreign owners desert London homes
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/jan/25/its-like-a-ghost-town-lights-go-out-as-foreign-owners-desert-london-homes


London mayor targets ‘ghost mansions’ and ‘zombie flats’
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/london-struggles-with-ghost-mansions-and-zombie-flats-the-empty-units-in-city-bereft-of-affordable-housing/2017/09/18/253d67fa-97c4-11e7-af6a-6555caaeb8dc_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.1943d321d065

Here Are The Canadian Cities With The Most Empty Homes
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/02/11/empty-homes-canada-vancouver-toronto_n_14691034.html

I agree. Lots of Chinese money, because they do not get penalized if they buy foreign real estate.

Am I wrong to say this doesn't bother me? Living in a luxury condo is a dream and if 20% of the flats are empty even though they've already been purchased that does two things for me - a) Keeps my property values high, and b)Keeps my hallways and amenities quiet.

Meanwhile go in a luxury apartment building and have chess pieces thrown off the roof by college students with parents paying the rental bills and the pool constantly full because they want to drink and party. World of a difference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What about that mall? Was it ever nice?

Back when it first opened and people liked indoor malls but that was literally 40+ years ago.

It wasn't 40 years ago. It was nice into the early 1990s.

30 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Was just there tonight and it was completely hopping, totally busy. There are great light displays everywhere and more coming. Streets were packed. Perhaps few of you have been there recently?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was just there tonight and it was completely hopping, totally busy. There are great light displays everywhere and more coming. Streets were packed. Perhaps few of you have been there recently?

Even if this is true and you’re not trolling—it was tourists who don’t know any better

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Was just there tonight and it was completely hopping, totally busy. There are great light displays everywhere and more coming. Streets were packed. Perhaps few of you have been there recently?

Even if this is true and you’re not trolling—it was tourists who don’t know any better

Yes, because we, the residents, drive to VA malls to buy stuff.