D.C. needs to get a lot more car friendly

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Forcing people into buses to commute to DC will just end up with people not commuting to DC. This may be fine, but don't think people these days no longer have any choice. They'll just say no, WFH. And that will be the end of it.

Ok, so? Are you threatening us with a few vacant offices? We could use slightly lower real estate prices. Maybe some conversions to affordable housing.

You might be the only person that I’ve ever heard of cheer on a glut of commercial office space. You realize that’s not a good thing, right?

From whose standpoint? Not everyone benefits from an overpriced city designed to exclude them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Forcing people into buses to commute to DC will just end up with people not commuting to DC. This may be fine, but don't think people these days no longer have any choice. They'll just say no, WFH. And that will be the end of it.

Ok, so? Are you threatening us with a few vacant offices? We could use slightly lower real estate prices. Maybe some conversions to affordable housing.

You might be the only person that I’ve ever heard of cheer on a glut of commercial office space. You realize that’s not a good thing, right?

From whose standpoint? Not everyone benefits from an overpriced city designed to exclude them.

Why would you want the commercial office market to crater? How would that positively influence your quality of life?

[Anonymous]

I keep seeing this thread and thinking it says “DC needs to get a lot more cat friendly” and saying “F*** yeah.”
Then I realize my mistake.
I guess a cat lady can dream.

[Anonymous]

As a DC resident, I say no. It needs to get pedestrian friendly. Thanks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forcing people into buses to commute to DC will just end up with people not commuting to DC. This may be fine, but don't think people these days no longer have any choice. They'll just say no, WFH. And that will be the end of it.

Ok, so? Are you threatening us with a few vacant offices? We could use slightly lower real estate prices. Maybe some conversions to affordable housing.

You might be the only person that I’ve ever heard of cheer on a glut of commercial office space. You realize that’s not a good thing, right?

From whose standpoint? Not everyone benefits from an overpriced city designed to exclude them.

Why would you want the commercial office market to crater? How would that positively influence your quality of life?

Please stop with the hyperbolic alarmism. This is all hypothetical talk anyhow and even so, DC would not "crater" as a result of supporting mass transit and bike lanes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As a DC resident, I say no. It needs to get pedestrian friendly. Thanks.

+1,000. We don't need people from outside DC telling us how to run our city, particularly when their planning in the NoVA burbs is so bad that you NEED to have a car to do just about EVERYTHING. It's clear they don't have the answers.

[Anonymous]

There are many European cities where you cannot bring your personal car into the downtown area or have limited schedules where it's allowed, as measures to reduce rush hour congestion, improve safety, improve air quality and promote bicycling, pedestrian and mass transit. They've been doing it for decades. And they are not "cratering" as a result.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I keep seeing this thread and thinking it says “DC needs to get a lot more cat friendly” and saying “F*** yeah.”
Then I realize my mistake.
I guess a cat lady can dream.

Oooh I like this reading much better than the actual thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forcing people into buses to commute to DC will just end up with people not commuting to DC. This may be fine, but don't think people these days no longer have any choice. They'll just say no, WFH. And that will be the end of it.

Ok, so? Are you threatening us with a few vacant offices? We could use slightly lower real estate prices. Maybe some conversions to affordable housing.

You might be the only person that I’ve ever heard of cheer on a glut of commercial office space. You realize that’s not a good thing, right?

From whose standpoint? Not everyone benefits from an overpriced city designed to exclude them.

Why would you want the commercial office market to crater? How would that positively influence your quality of life?

Please stop with the hyperbolic alarmism. This is all hypothetical talk anyhow and even so, DC would not "crater" as a result of supporting mass transit and bike lanes.

Well, D.C. is already playing second fiddle to NoVa in terms of jobs and population.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a DC resident, I say no. It needs to get pedestrian friendly. Thanks.

+1,000. We don't need people from outside DC telling us how to run our city, particularly when their planning in the NoVA burbs is so bad that you NEED to have a car to do just about EVERYTHING. It's clear they don't have the answers.

I love these posts when DC residents say Washington is “their” city. Guess what? It’s not your city. It’s the country’s city. You live in the nation’s capital.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a DC resident, I say no. It needs to get pedestrian friendly. Thanks.

+1,000. We don't need people from outside DC telling us how to run our city, particularly when their planning in the NoVA burbs is so bad that you NEED to have a car to do just about EVERYTHING. It's clear they don't have the answers.

I love these posts when DC residents say Washington is “their” city. Guess what? It’s not your city. It’s the country’s city. You live in the nation’s capital.

Well we pay property and city income taxes so we have more claim than non-tax payers. Americans can claim the federal land within DC, not ALL of DC! thanks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forcing people into buses to commute to DC will just end up with people not commuting to DC. This may be fine, but don't think people these days no longer have any choice. They'll just say no, WFH. And that will be the end of it.

Ok, so? Are you threatening us with a few vacant offices? We could use slightly lower real estate prices. Maybe some conversions to affordable housing.

You might be the only person that I’ve ever heard of cheer on a glut of commercial office space. You realize that’s not a good thing, right?

From whose standpoint? Not everyone benefits from an overpriced city designed to exclude them.

Why would you want the commercial office market to crater? How would that positively influence your quality of life?

Please stop with the hyperbolic alarmism. This is all hypothetical talk anyhow and even so, DC would not "crater" as a result of supporting mass transit and bike lanes.

Well, D.C. is already playing second fiddle to NoVa in terms of jobs and population.

Keep telling yourself that. If DC were to be relocated somewhere else, NoVa would implode.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a DC resident, I say no. It needs to get pedestrian friendly. Thanks.

+1,000. We don't need people from outside DC telling us how to run our city, particularly when their planning in the NoVA burbs is so bad that you NEED to have a car to do just about EVERYTHING. It's clear they don't have the answers.

I love these posts when DC residents say Washington is “their” city. Guess what? It’s not your city. It’s the country’s city. You live in the nation’s capital.

Well we pay property and city income taxes so we have more claim than non-tax payers. Americans can claim the federal land within DC, not ALL of DC! thanks.

In addition to the local property and city income taxes, DC residents pay more in federal taxes than 22 states.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Forcing people into buses to commute to DC will just end up with people not commuting to DC. This may be fine, but don't think people these days no longer have any choice. They'll just say no, WFH. And that will be the end of it.

Ok, so? Are you threatening us with a few vacant offices? We could use slightly lower real estate prices. Maybe some conversions to affordable housing.

You might be the only person that I’ve ever heard of cheer on a glut of commercial office space. You realize that’s not a good thing, right?

From whose standpoint? Not everyone benefits from an overpriced city designed to exclude them.

Why would you want the commercial office market to crater? How would that positively influence your quality of life?

Please stop with the hyperbolic alarmism. This is all hypothetical talk anyhow and even so, DC would not "crater" as a result of supporting mass transit and bike lanes.

Well, D.C. is already playing second fiddle to NoVa in terms of jobs and population.

Keep telling yourself that. If DC were to be relocated somewhere else, NoVa would implode.

NoVA exists because DC exists.