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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I might be the only one, but as a long-time resident (grew up here in the 80's), I think this "hit" (even accepting the premise of the article) would not necessarily be a bad thing.

The development of DC has been far from uniformly positive; "density" is overrated. Metro Center/ Farragut has always sucked--used to be dangerous and crappy then became bland and soulless (and remarkably, for a long period of time, managed to be all of those adjectives simultaneously). The commute in (even from other parts of DC, I'm in NE) is life-draining, and it was always inherently a bad transportation scenario when a massive percentage of your workforce all has to commute in/out of 1-2 sq. miles of offices twice a day.  I welcome a bit of "hollowing out" and think both a much more decentralized distribution of work/commercial spaces and a more creative use of downtown would ultimately be a boon.[/quote]

I agree with you to an extent.  I'd love to see more condos in downtown DC.  And I'd hate to lose the restaurants.  I remember when the main restaurants in the region were in Bethesda but they were mediocre.  I like that we're a food destination.  If we could keep downtown lively with more condos and apartments, that would be great.  But more play spaces are needed too.  That's become quite clear during the pandemic.[/quote]

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