DC Costco

[Anonymous]

Does every f**king thread need to devolve into a battle between DC city people versus NoVa/MoCo people?! I am really sick of it. I just click on this to see if I could purchase wine at the DC location because *wine* is what is important, not who lives in a better location.

Although, one could argue that DC is better because you can buy wine at Costco...just saying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Without MD and VA folk, DC's economy would die. Be careful what you wish for.

I'm wishing for a commuter tax on the suburbanites.

Now why would you want that? Wouldn't that encourage businesses to take their business to VA or MD?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does every f**king thread need to devolve into a battle between DC city people versus NoVa/MoCo people?! I am really sick of it. I just click on this to see if I could purchase wine at the DC location because *wine* is what is important, not who lives in a better location.

Although, one could argue that DC is better because you can buy wine at Costco...just saying.

I've seen it in VA, too.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Without MD and VA folk, DC's economy would die. Be careful what you wish for.

I'm wishing for a commuter tax on the suburbanites.

Now why would you want that? Wouldn't that encourage businesses to take their business to VA or MD?

The District is in a unique and unenviable situation because it's the only place that does not have the ability to tax people who earn their income in that place. This was a provision in the Home Rule Act of 1973. It has a very limited tax base.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"What's the crowd like?"

This- it's in the hood so before I cross the park I'd like to hear what it's like.

Well, it's in a crappy place (thank goodness-- it's almost the worst of the big boxes and would be incompatible with appropriate urban land use), but my goodness, lady... the park hasn't been THE LINE in over a decade!! If you're one of THOSE UpperNWesties, grab your fleece have a look at the parts of DC that aren't pretending to be Maryland. (The new Costco won't count, since it's in the area that pretends to be PG County.

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Anonymous wrote:I super excited it's open. Now my Costco won't be full of DC folks!

I hope you don't work in DC, or your husband. Or visit our museums. Or eat in restaurants. I hate when it's full of VA and MD folk!

+1. She totally deserved that. And FWIW, we DC folks are glad that we finally don't have to go to the suburbs to shop for much any more. That's the only reason I went to NoVa in the first place.

I go to the museums but that's about it. I try and avoid DC as much as possible.

Your loss, Little Provincial, and we don't mind so much.

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Anonymous wrote:We just went. It was total insanity. People literally fighting over parking spots, etc.

Hopefully that's just because it's the first weekend that it's been open. Should die down soon...

I hope so. We gave up and left.

I dunno ... Isn't the foggy bottom trader joes still insane on the weekends? This may be like anything else slightly good in dc - so crowded as to be useless.[/quote]

Not so bad since the West End Whole Foods opened... and besides, we're getting another one on 14th Street soon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"What's the crowd like?"

This- it's in the hood so before I cross the park I'd like to hear what it's like.

Well, it's in a crappy place (thank goodness-- it's almost the worst of the big boxes and would be incompatible with appropriate urban land use), but my goodness, lady... the park hasn't been THE LINE in over a decade!! If you're one of THOSE UpperNWesties, grab your fleece have a look at the parts of DC that aren't pretending to be Maryland. (The new Costco won't count, since it's in the area that pretends to be PG County.

If you live in NW on the other side of Rock Creek Park, this new Costco isn't really very convenient for you. Don't bother coming all the way over here to slum it with us on Capitol Hill. Go to the 'burbs like you always do. "cross the park" - Geesh!

[Anonymous]

I just click on this to see if I could purchase wine at the DC location because *wine* is what is important, not who lives in a better location.

+1

[Anonymous]

I could not care less about Costco selling wine. Corridor in Laurel is the place to go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I could not care less about Costco selling wine. Corridor in Laurel is the place to go.

why?