Thanks DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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?

Because taxes are not the "end all, be all" for quality of life?

If I wanted to live in strip mall hell, I'd choose another state over NoVA.

[Anonymous]

And lower taxes for the rich is why NoVA is all a hell of poorly managed traffic, sprawl development, cookie cutter subdivisions, strip malls, no sidewalks falling short of good planning and development practices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

Same for us in SWDC. Drive a couple blocks, shoot across the river on the freeway and we're in Pentagon City. Where, by the way, most people are still masked, regardless of what that idiot Youngkin wants.

[Anonymous]

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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.

Especially since most of her business last weekend was likely out of town anti-vax protesters and March for Lifers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Especially since most of her business last weekend was likely out of town anti-vax protesters and March for Lifers.

Nah. Most people are asymptomatic even if they are positive. Won’t even end up getting test, so won’t miss a day of work. Odds are they are vax’d anyway, so they’ll be fine. Also, as long as you’re vax’d, you’ll be good too even if you do catch it. I don’t worry bout the unvaxed…they made their decision.

Thanks for worrying about the staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Especially since most of her business last weekend was likely out of town anti-vax protesters and March for Lifers.

Nah. Most people are asymptomatic even if they are positive. Won’t even end up getting test, so won’t miss a day of work. Odds are they are vax’d anyway, so they’ll be fine. Also, as long as you’re vax’d, you’ll be good too even if you do catch it. I don’t worry bout the unvaxed…they made their decision.

Thanks for worrying about the staff.

Love this. Odds are a march of 20,000 anti-vaxxers publicly and prominently opposed to all vaccines were…vaccinated?

Stupidity thy name is NOVA.

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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.

Not true. - signed a good tipper. Good for you OP!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Especially since most of her business last weekend was likely out of town anti-vax protesters and March for Lifers.

Nah. Most people are asymptomatic even if they are positive. Won’t even end up getting test, so won’t miss a day of work. Odds are they are vax’d anyway, so they’ll be fine. Also, as long as you’re vax’d, you’ll be good too even if you do catch it. I don’t worry bout the unvaxed…they made their decision.

Thanks for worrying about the staff.

Love this. Odds are a march of 20,000 anti-vaxxers publicly and prominently opposed to all vaccines were…vaccinated?

Stupidity thy name is NOVA.

85% of adults have had at least one jab. So…odds are that anyone entering any establishment are vax’d. Even w a protest on town. It’s just math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Especially since most of her business last weekend was likely out of town anti-vax protesters and March for Lifers.

Spoken like someone who owns no business nor is employed by a small business. Money is money. I am glad this person and her staff made some.

You are a small, small person - mind and spirit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

I don't know what is sadder -- that you shop at Costco or that you actually drove to Virginia to shop at Costco. Whether before or after Youngkin, it is sad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

I don't know what is sadder -- that you shop at Costco or that you actually drove to Virginia to shop at Costco. Whether before or after Youngkin, it is sad.

There must be lots of sad people in DC based on my annual booze runs to the DC Costco. It's nearly always jammed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

You know Covid is the new "my grandmother died (again) and I have to go to her out of the area funeral on Friday" excuse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

I don't know what is sadder -- that you shop at Costco or that you actually drove to Virginia to shop at Costco. Whether before or after Youngkin, it is sad.

There must be lots of sad people in DC based on my annual booze runs to the DC Costco. It's nearly always jammed.

Lots of poor alcoholics in DC. Of course, the DC Costco is jammed.

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Anonymous wrote: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.

Same for us in SWDC. Drive a couple blocks, shoot across the river on the freeway and we're in Pentagon City. Where, by the way, most people are still masked, regardless of what that idiot Youngkin wants.

With Muriel Bowser as your mayor, you have no business calling Youngkin an "idiot."

[Anonymous]

OP, tell us the name of your restaurant.