WaPo Data show D.C. area is feeling toll of federal spending cuts

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Anonymous wrote:Ah…McLean will hurt the most. I personally know plenty of few highly paid Fed contractors (or company owners) who are sweating it. The spigot of Fed $$ is getting tightened up so mortgages and expenses on those $4m homes are starting to sting.

Based on 2023 Census estimates, approximately 80,000 people — or 13% of the county’s entire workforce — are employed by the federal government, the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority reported this spring. And that doesn’t include Fed adjacent workers. It’s pretty ignorant to assume that none of those people live in McLean.

NP. +1. There are scores of Federal IT contracting company owners living in McLean thanks to the Fed outsourcing boom. McLean obviously houses pure Fed workers also but it’s the recent rich who have been buying up or building up McLean during the last 20 years or so.

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Anonymous wrote:Life in 2025 is very normal in my McLean neighborhood, very similar to last year.

Just like most neighborhoods but it’s too soon for many to feel the downturn of the economy and the effects of poor government policies.

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Anonymous wrote:Life in 2025 is very normal in my McLean neighborhood, very similar to last year.

Congrats on your insulation, I guess? I don’t even live in the DC area—I’m about three hours away—but I was at a sports competition for my kid recently and overheard conversations among parents from a NoVa team about widespread layoffs among their neighborhood friends.

The vast majority of people who live in McLean have a lot of $$$ to weather the bad economy. It is what it is.

Plenty of negatively impacted federal workers/fed contractors/fed adjacents in McLean. Unfortunately the PP doesn't understand that their anecdote are not actual data.

Source?

LOL ! Thank you !

What is your source for everything being great? No one crying in the grocery store?

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Anonymous wrote:Uh, ya think?

Yeah, but now there's actual data show it's affecting everything...

Washingtonians are spending less
Consumer spending in D.C. is also starting to slip. Washingtonians are cutting back on things like dining out, clothing, and beauty products — and they’re doing so more sharply than people in other big cities. In June, spending at full-service restaurants was down 9 percent compared with the prior year, a steeper drop than in places like Atlanta, Boston and Miami.

The same pattern shows up in categories like apparel and entertainment, pointing to a local slowdown even as spending elsewhere holds steadier.

Housing construction is slowing
Predictably, with uncertainty looming, the real estate picture is starting to shift.

“We still have a shortage, meaning there is more demand for housing than supply,” Lee said. “And with that, the prices go up.”

But inventory is climbing, a sign that fewer buyers are competing for homes. At the same time, new apartment construction is tapping the brakes — about 8,000 units went up in the first quarter of 2025, well below the usual 12,000 to 16,000 seen in recent quarters.

Who is sharing this data? If T's in charge, I won't trust the data. But I suppose he would not release anything bad, so maybe this data is real.

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Anonymous wrote:Life in 2025 is very normal in my McLean neighborhood, very similar to last year.

Congrats on your insulation, I guess? I don’t even live in the DC area—I’m about three hours away—but I was at a sports competition for my kid recently and overheard conversations among parents from a NoVa team about widespread layoffs among their neighborhood friends.

The vast majority of people who live in McLean have a lot of $$$ to weather the bad economy. It is what it is.

Plenty of negatively impacted federal workers/fed contractors/fed adjacents in McLean. Unfortunately the PP doesn't understand that their anecdote are not actual data.

Source?

Yeah. I never understand the solitary person who says they don't see any issue as if they can see inside all the houses and know the details of the lives of everyone around them.

I have no idea how my neighborhood is doing. On the surface, things seem the same. However, I live in area with people T would like to kick out because of their skin color.


That there are two news articles from just this week covering the event at the McLean Community Center featuring 11 fired federal workers sharing their tale of economic woes following the mass layoffs. That might give you a clue that the anecdote about McLean not having any negative impacts is false.
https://www.ffxnow.com/2025/08/01/fired-federal-workers-voice-frustrations-in-walkinshaw-hosted-roundtable/

https://patch.com/virginia/mclean/amp/32772836/former-feds-share-hardships-concerns-after-trumps-mass-layoffs

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uh, ya think?

Yeah, but now there's actual data show it's affecting everything...

Washingtonians are spending less
Consumer spending in D.C. is also starting to slip. Washingtonians are cutting back on things like dining out, clothing, and beauty products — and they’re doing so more sharply than people in other big cities. In June, spending at full-service restaurants was down 9 percent compared with the prior year, a steeper drop than in places like Atlanta, Boston and Miami.

The same pattern shows up in categories like apparel and entertainment, pointing to a local slowdown even as spending elsewhere holds steadier.

Housing construction is slowing
Predictably, with uncertainty looming, the real estate picture is starting to shift.

“We still have a shortage, meaning there is more demand for housing than supply,” Lee said. “And with that, the prices go up.”

But inventory is climbing, a sign that fewer buyers are competing for homes. At the same time, new apartment construction is tapping the brakes — about 8,000 units went up in the first quarter of 2025, well below the usual 12,000 to 16,000 seen in recent quarters.

Who is sharing this data? If T's in charge, I won't trust the data. But I suppose he would not release anything bad, so maybe this data is real.

And that post^^ is probably one of the most damaging impacts of the Trump presidencies. It's fine to say things that are false and have #alternative facts, so people choose to believe whatever they want that fits their worldview even when it's demonstrably false.

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I hope people understand this is just a taste. If you don't think so, look at the difference between revenues and expenditures. This isn't going to last. Get out now if you can.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope people understand this is just a taste. If you don't think so, look at the difference between revenues and expenditures. This isn't going to last. Get out now if you can.

You might want to ask Trump why he is decreasing taxes given what a bad idea it is.

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Anonymous wrote:I hope people understand this is just a taste. If you don't think so, look at the difference between revenues and expenditures. This isn't going to last. Get out now if you can.

You might want to ask Trump why he is decreasing taxes given what a bad idea it is.

The majority of Congress (i.e. the Republicans) all voted for the "Big Beautiful Bill" and its 3 trillion dollar increase in national debt. Which is why I'm diversifying my assets to have more non-US holdings. The time is coming for when the American house of cards will fall. Big fiscal deficits+ volatile leaders who don't respect institutions, laws or economic principles is a recipe for disaster.

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Anonymous wrote:Life in 2025 is very normal in my McLean neighborhood, very similar to last year.

Congrats on your insulation, I guess? I don’t even live in the DC area—I’m about three hours away—but I was at a sports competition for my kid recently and overheard conversations among parents from a NoVa team about widespread layoffs among their neighborhood friends.

The vast majority of people who live in McLean have a lot of $$$ to weather the bad economy. It is what it is.

You are a moron
They are going to burn it all down ie republicans project 2025 tells you that

Your children are going up live on a hell hole you dam fool

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hope people understand this is just a taste. If you don't think so, look at the difference between revenues and expenditures. This isn't going to last. Get out now if you can.

You might want to ask Trump why he is decreasing taxes given what a bad idea it is.

The majority of Congress (i.e. the Republicans) all voted for the "Big Beautiful Bill" and its 3 trillion dollar increase in national debt. Which is why I'm diversifying my assets to have more non-US holdings. The time is coming for when the American house of cards will fall. Big fiscal deficits+ volatile leaders who don't respect institutions, laws or economic principles is a recipe for disaster.

This

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Anonymous wrote:Life in 2025 is very normal in my McLean neighborhood, very similar to last year.

Congrats on your insulation, I guess? I don’t even live in the DC area—I’m about three hours away—but I was at a sports competition for my kid recently and overheard conversations among parents from a NoVa team about widespread layoffs among their neighborhood friends.

The vast majority of people who live in McLean have a lot of $$$ to weather the bad economy. It is what it is.

Plenty of negatively impacted federal workers/fed contractors/fed adjacents in McLean. Unfortunately the PP doesn't understand that their anecdote are not actual data.

PP here. Maybe so; however, my neighborhood is Mackall Farms Ln in McLean, and life is the same in 2025, just like last year.

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Anonymous wrote:Life in 2025 is very normal in my McLean neighborhood, very similar to last year.

Congrats on your insulation, I guess? I don’t even live in the DC area—I’m about three hours away—but I was at a sports competition for my kid recently and overheard conversations among parents from a NoVa team about widespread layoffs among their neighborhood friends.

The vast majority of people who live in McLean have a lot of $$$ to weather the bad economy. It is what it is.

Plenty of negatively impacted federal workers/fed contractors/fed adjacents in McLean. Unfortunately the PP doesn't understand that their anecdote are not actual data.

PP here. Maybe so; however, my neighborhood is Mackall Farms Ln in McLean, and life is the same in 2025, just like last year.

Yes and if you as one anonymous Internet person keep saying it, that will make it true. /s

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Anonymous wrote:Life in 2025 is very normal in my McLean neighborhood, very similar to last year.

You must not get out much.

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Anonymous wrote:Life in 2025 is very normal in my McLean neighborhood, very similar to last year.

Congrats on your insulation, I guess? I don’t even live in the DC area—I’m about three hours away—but I was at a sports competition for my kid recently and overheard conversations among parents from a NoVa team about widespread layoffs among their neighborhood friends.

The vast majority of people who live in McLean have a lot of $$$ to weather the bad economy. It is what it is.

Plenty of negatively impacted federal workers/fed contractors/fed adjacents in McLean. Unfortunately the PP doesn't understand that their anecdote are not actual data.

PP here. Maybe so; however, my neighborhood is Mackall Farms Ln in McLean, and life is the same in 2025, just like last year.

Nothing is going to feel much different yet. Only a bit over 6 months of Trump.