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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People still go to DC? I’m a city girl, but so much of the  city has left, it is basically an outer ring suburban city. It’s pretty bland, getting more expensive, and getting less from it. If you’re not already here, why would you come?[/quote]

What do you mean much of the city has left? The city is still the city and isn't comparable to the suburban satellites like Tysons or Mosaic or Reston or whatever.  It's very different.  
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DC is kind of depressing now. I've lived here a long time and can't remember when things were this bad. The city used to seem to vibrant. Now so many neighborhoods are so quiet and empty and yet far more expensive than it used to be. You'd think DDOT could pause its jihad on cars until the city can get back on its feet. [/quote]

There are two things hampering DC. Crime is the big one, and cars is the little one. Making it easier to drive/park in DC doesn't help the city with either.

The places in DC that people want to go to, like the Wharf mentioned above, are desirable because they aren't overrun with cars and parking. It has more "stuff" because it has less parking. Its the stuff that people want to have access to. DC needs to make it easier to get around without a car, which its doing in fits and starts.

If people actually wanted easy parking and high speed roads then Friendship Heights would not be in the state its currently in. [/quote]

Utter nonsense.  Transportation time, along with crime, is the biggest negative.  That means traffic.  What we have seen over the past two years is congestion noticeably increasing even though car volume has not.  The metro does not have good cross town service except for downtown.

The Wharf is not desirable because of cars or anything else you are deluding yourself into thinking.  It is simply new and frankly it is nothing special.  It's almost a cookie cutter neo-suburban development like Mosaic or Pike and Rose.

Increasing congestion by making it difficult and time consuming to go cross town doesn't increase access for anyone it decreases it.  There will be negative consequences to these actions and we are already beginning to see them.  This is a throwback to the pre-Anthony Williams days of high taxes, high crime and a hostile DC Government more concerned with punishing than serving the people.[/quote]

It is super easy to get across town - on a bike or by public transportation. The only people complaining about it are the ones sitting in cars.[/quote]

No it isn't.  You clearly don't know what you're talking about.[/quote]

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