Everything DC manages is a disaster

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Anonymous wrote:There are racist undertones to this thread that are making me uncomfortable.

It's typical for this website. Such people just cannot help themselves.

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Anonymous wrote:The bar is set so low...how pathetic.

Yet people are moving here in droves; go figure.

They all leave when kids show up.

DCPS is so horrendous that President Obama wouldn't dare subject his children to even the very best school DCPS has to offer.

Well he didn't send his kids to the public schools of Illinois either.. the obamas are products of their own private school educations. It only makes sense that they would want the same for their children

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Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding me, OP? You must not be a long timer. It is paradise living in the city compared to the 1990s. Trash is picked up, snow is removed, libraries are actually open, and there are no squashed rats on my street. That's progress.

Trash and filth cover most of DC. You probably live in North Cleveland Park with Popville. Try going east of the park someday.

I live in NW EOTP and my snow is always plowed, trash is picked up, pools are awesome. Where the hell do you live that trash covers most the city?

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Anonymous wrote:Since when was the District of Columbia sole manager of Metro and Dulles Airport? Really?

Let's not be willfully stupid. I am well aware that VA and MD have a role in Metro. I am also aware that DC wields disproportionate control over managing Metro and hiring the useless incompetents that work for Metro. Let's not pretend otherwise and embarrass ourselves.

Well you're wrong. DC acrually has less of a vote, if you combine the county votes to make MD and VA. The votes are allocated to the counties that have stations, both MD and VA governors appoint a representative, and congress now appoints a representative. Congress did not always have a seat at the board, but they demanded such a couple years ago as a condition of funding aid.

You must be right, all the incompetents at Metro are from VA and MD. ?

Comprehension fail on your part. The point is that DC doesn't have any more control over Metro than your beloved MOCO or FFX. They are all responsible, but for years VA delegates refused to do what was necessary to maintain proper upkeep, which led to a slow deterioration of a once functioning and inexpensive system. It wasn't until they wanted the extension to Tyson's that VA began paying attention their collective responsibilities.

Wrong. Metro is a jobs program for DC. Always has been. Don't try to blame VA, or MD, or $, or anything else.

Really? Cause I'm pretty sure most of the employees live in MD and VA.

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Anonymous wrote:The bar is set so low...how pathetic.

Yet people are moving here in droves; go figure.

They all leave when kids show up.

That's why my kid's school is overcrowded? My neighborhood is full of teenagers. The poors move.

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Anonymous wrote:When I fly to and from Dulles internationally, I feel strange. The infrastructure in the countries we scoff at blows us out of the water.

Examples please

What does Dulles have to do with this thread?

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Anonymous wrote:Since when was the District of Columbia sole manager of Metro and Dulles Airport? Really?

Let's not be willfully stupid. I am well aware that VA and MD have a role in Metro. I am also aware that DC wields disproportionate control over managing Metro and hiring the useless incompetents that work for Metro. Let's not pretend otherwise and embarrass ourselves.

Well you're wrong. DC acrually has less of a vote, if you combine the county votes to make MD and VA. The votes are allocated to the counties that have stations, both MD and VA governors appoint a representative, and congress now appoints a representative. Congress did not always have a seat at the board, but they demanded such a couple years ago as a condition of funding aid.

You must be right, all the incompetents at Metro are from VA and MD. ?

Comprehension fail on your part. The point is that DC doesn't have any more control over Metro than your beloved MOCO or FFX. They are all responsible, but for years VA delegates refused to do what was necessary to maintain proper upkeep, which led to a slow deterioration of a once functioning and inexpensive system. It wasn't until they wanted the extension to Tyson's that VA began paying attention their collective responsibilities.

Wrong. Metro is a jobs program for DC. Always has been. Don't try to blame VA, or MD, or $, or anything else.

Really? Cause I'm pretty sure most of the employees live in MD and VA.

They actually do.

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Anonymous wrote:Every large city has problems. Help, or get out.

Not every U.S. City is the capitol of the USA.

The pathetic condition of DC over the past 4 decades is a national (and international) disgrace.

+1.

But it's getting better

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Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding me, OP? You must not be a long timer. It is paradise living in the city compared to the 1990s. Trash is picked up, snow is removed, libraries are actually open, and there are no squashed rats on my street. That's progress.

Trash and filth cover most of DC. You probably live in North Cleveland Park with Popville. Try going east of the park someday.

I live in NW EOTP and my snow is always plowed, trash is picked up, pools are awesome. Where the hell do you live that trash covers most the city?

1991.

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You failed to mention the crappy public schools and DMV OP.

The ONLY thing DC can do is parking enforcement.

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Which specific "racist undertones" are you referring to? I didn't see anyone mention race anywhere. If something is true, it's not racist.

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Anonymous wrote:There are racist undertones to this thread that are making me uncomfortable.

It's typical for this website. Such people just cannot help themselves.

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Huh, the DMV is awesome! I grew up here and it's day and night better than it was in the 80s. Just as good as MD, VA and VT, where I have also had licenses.

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Anonymous wrote:Huh, the DMV is awesome! I grew up here and it's day and night better than it was in the 80s. Just as good as MD, VA and VT, where I have also had licenses.

+1. Credit is due where credit is due. DC does a very good job with its DMV, no question about it.

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Anonymous wrote:Are you kidding me, OP? You must not be a long timer. It is paradise living in the city compared to the 1990s. Trash is picked up, snow is removed, libraries are actually open, and there are no squashed rats on my street. That's progress.

Trash and filth cover most of DC. You probably live in North Cleveland Park with Popville. Try going east of the park someday.

I live in NW EOTP and my snow is always plowed, trash is picked up, pools are awesome. Where the hell do you live that trash covers most the city?

1991.

What does 1991 have to do with anything? Was that the last time you were in the city?

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Anonymous wrote:There are racist undertones to this thread that are making me uncomfortable.

You probably find racist undertones in every single thread, article and book you read, and every single person you encounter. You make yourself uncomfortable. Ask for professional help.