‘The city is dead’: D.C. restaurant reservations drop amid federal crackdown

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Anonymous wrote:When I didn’t have work projects in DC, I was still down there weekly but the costs to get there, pay for parking/take Metro (especially if I’m taking my kids), and high food prices post-COVID hasn’t made it worth going. This didn’t start with trump but it may well end with him. With the exception of the National Mall area, DC is just another small, dull American city. Maybe move the Capitol to the middle of the country and start over. At least then maybe it would create jobs there too and spread the wealth around.

You clearly don't spend ANY time in DC if you believe this.

Washington is nothing like most national capitals. It’s not even in the top 10 most populous cities. Tell me, if DC did not have the national Mall with its museums/monuments and wasn't the seat of the federal government, what would attract people to the city over Chicago, New York, etc? It lost something with the white-ification.

What does Chicago have that’s worth visiting that DC doesn’t?

I love DC but are you serious?

Affordable corner bars, great Mexican food, great Polish food, great breweries, 24 hour trains, 24 hour restaurants, women who don't care what you do for work.

Chicago is a fantastic city. Too bad it's uninhabitable 5 months of the year.

I'm from Chicago originally - you don't think it's possible but when you live there - you still figure out how to enjoy the city even in weather. When I came here and discovered everything closes whenever it snows like 1/4 inch of snow, I was ROFL. Nothing closes in Chicago - you find a way to live life. If it just rains not even huge storms here, it's accidents everywhere. Now that is sad.

Aside from NYC, Chicago is probably the best major metro in terms of offering something for everyone. DC looks like a lemonade stand compared to Chicago, weather or not!

To be fair, people in Chicago are generally from the Midwest and the winter infrastructure is built and designed to deal with the snow. It isn't even that DC doesn't have the budget to deal with the snow, but the built environment for most of the suburbs are cul-de-sacs which are very difficult to maintain in heavy snow. So let's not blame DC which it is a regional issue, particularly when half the people who live in the region are from places that never get snow.

Actually DC gets larger snow storm events vs Chicago and DC gets heavier snow. A 14 inch snow storm in chicago shut the city down. The record snowfall in Chicago is 23 inches. DC is 28 inches. Top 10 snowfall event in DC has one below 15 inches. Chicago 3 out of 10 below 15 inches.