Thanks DC

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Anonymous wrote:I own a restaurant in Arlington and his weekend my business achieved record sales compared to the past 10 years. Many came from DC and were unvaccinated. The requirement for papers will further hurt the DC scene and help me.

Lol no one crosses the river to do anything in Va and that was before youngkin.

I live near Clarendon and there are always cars with DC license plates at all the grocery stores and in the shopping areas. It's like when you go to Pentagon City and see all the cars from Maryland. I just thought people in DC and Maryland had no good shopping near their homes.

I live in DC and see tons and tons of Virginia and Maryland plates. I used to go to the Costco and a few other stores at Pentagon City but since Youngkin got elected, I go to the Costco in DC instead. And at least the Costco in DC has gas - cheaper than gas anywhere in Arlington.

And the DC Costco has booze -- the hard stuff! Love how VA thinks its a Dont Tread On Me state and you have to go to a state owned liquor store like you're in the USSR

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I own a restaurant in Arlington and his weekend my business achieved record sales compared to the past 10 years. Many came from DC and were unvaccinated. The requirement for papers will further hurt the DC scene and help me.

Lol no one crosses the river to do anything in Va and that was before youngkin.

You have that exactly opposite. Everyone I know avoids DC like the plague.
NP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I own a restaurant in Arlington and his weekend my business achieved record sales compared to the past 10 years. Many came from DC and were unvaccinated. The requirement for papers will further hurt the DC scene and help me.

Lol no one crosses the river to do anything in Va and that was before youngkin.

Umm life ling DC resident and you are wrong. Wondering everyday if I should move to Virginia. Less crime, more freedom, and most significantly for me less taxes. Op, congratulations on a profitable weekend, that's great!

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a DC resident and go to VA to eat and shop as much as possible. I don't know why you all think we're trolls. I am being 100% honest about this. I am vaccinated and boosted, but over the masks and DC politics in general.

I'm a DC resident and I love the protections rolled in. Love the masks, love the vaccine mandate, love the free and copious at-home testing, and love the benefits of living in DC like universal pre-school, paid leave, free transportation the whole pandemic, protections and moratoriums for the entire public.

If all that is anathema to you...why not just move to NOVA or further out? Its cheaper and has almost the exact opposite atmosphere as they just killed off the mask mandate, voted out a candidate with the same propositions, no protections, and pretty soon - no abortions.

DC resident here. And do you just love how all of the mandates have killed retail, businesses, and restaurants and bars? Ugh you are part of the reason I want to move. I'm a multi generation Washingtonian, I shouldn't have to move but alas might be the only way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I own a restaurant in Arlington and his weekend my business achieved record sales compared to the past 10 years. Many came from DC and were unvaccinated. The requirement for papers will further hurt the DC scene and help me.

Lol no one crosses the river to do anything in Va and that was before youngkin.

Umm life ling DC resident and you are wrong. Wondering everyday if I should move to Virginia. Less crime, more freedom, and most significantly for me less taxes. Op, congratulations on a profitable weekend, that's great!

+1

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Op -I hope this won’t be a ‘careful what you wish for’ thread
Take care ~

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Agree re DC wholeheartedly. Went to the Palm in Tysons last week vs heading downtown. Also, Wegman’s in McLean is easy parking and close in. Well worth the 15 min drive.

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Anonymous wrote:These posts are so ridiculous

So are the vaccine mandates.

I had to go into DC this weekend. Avoided eating in DC.

And unrelated, but I also avoided getting gas in DC! What is up with those insane gas prices!!?

What a snowflake.

So wanting to spend less money makes one a snowflake?

Fascinating! Tell me more!

Does not wanting to be carjacked also make one a snowflake?

Have I been doing it all wrong all these years? Because I’ve been looking for bargains wherever I kuldip find them and avoiding places where I might get a gun stuck in my face.


Tell us how you’ve become a success by wasting money and/or getting shot!

Share your secrets!!!!!! Please!!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:Good for you but I feel sorry for your staff

+1 I will wait here til next week when OP says things are a disaster because 60% of his staff is out with COVID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I own a restaurant in Arlington and his weekend my business achieved record sales compared to the past 10 years. Many came from DC and were unvaccinated. The requirement for papers will further hurt the DC scene and help me.

Lol no one crosses the river to do anything in Va and that was before youngkin.

You have that exactly opposite. Everyone I know avoids DC like the plague.
NP

Then you live in a bubble.

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Taxes are not actually lower in VA when you factor in the car fees and other costs that aren't "taxes"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I own a restaurant in Arlington and his weekend my business achieved record sales compared to the past 10 years. Many came from DC and were unvaccinated. The requirement for papers will further hurt the DC scene and help me.

Lol no one crosses the river to do anything in Va and that was before youngkin.

I live near Clarendon and there are always cars with DC license plates at all the grocery stores and in the shopping areas. It's like when you go to Pentagon City and see all the cars from Maryland. I just thought people in DC and Maryland had no good shopping near their homes.

They are instacart shoppers, ya fool.

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We live in the Georgetown area and some retail stuff in NoVA is just closer to us, rather than driving into NE DC. I get my car washed in NoVA. We go to a few of the German bakeries. Home Depot in NoVA is closer than the Home Depot in MD or DC.

It has nothing to do with masks and everything to do with convenience.

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Anonymous wrote:Taxes are not actually lower in VA when you factor in the car fees and other costs that aren't "taxes"

Yup. Aggregate tax burden is lower in DC if your HHI is around $400K and under for a married couple. Once you're over $500K or so, NoVA becomes cheaper due to the lower income tax rate.

The property taxes are significantly higher in NoVA than DC. Lots of special property tax add-ons in NoVA for utilities, infrastructure, etc that can vary significantly by neighborhood. Once it's all added up, DC has less of an aggregate tax burdens for the vast majority of families.

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Anonymous wrote:Taxes are not actually lower in VA when you factor in the car fees and other costs that aren't "taxes"

Yup. Aggregate tax burden is lower in DC if your HHI is around $400K and under for a married couple. Once you're over $500K or so, NoVA becomes cheaper due to the lower income tax rate.

The property taxes are significantly higher in NoVA than DC. Lots of special property tax add-ons in NoVA for utilities, infrastructure, etc that can vary significantly by neighborhood. Once it's all added up, DC has less of an aggregate tax burdens for the vast majority of families.

I’m confused - I thought libs want to pay more in taxes? That’s why they always say taxes on the rich should be much higher.

So it sounds like Virginia is taking the right path. Why aren’t more rich libs moving to VA so they can pay higher taxes?