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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Going to DC to see a show or go to a museum used to be my "treat". Now, it's a liability. The whole experience is different. There are far fewer people out and about, and those who are seem more conflict-prone. Whether it is or not, it feels decidedly less safe and less welcoming.[/b] I hate seeing the NG folxs standing around, especially armed. I respect them; they're just doing their job, but that job was unnecessary from the start. I hate that Trump et al. seem to be conjuring reasons to make it necessary, and succeeding.

We're a fed family, so the shutdown was also horrifically burdensome. One of us was furloughed, the other working without pay. I don't think I need to go into how that cause frustration and resentments at home. We've been through shutdowns before, but the malice in this one was so different. The lack of respect for what we do, the general vibe of "break the feds", it's horrid. We're just trying to do our jobs, and to serve our country.

I'm former military, but I don't even want to mention that IRL these days. The politics of our military and how they're being "reshaped" are a guaranteed conflict, no matter who I speak with. I used to be proud of my service. These days, I mostly worry for the men and women still in uniform and what they may be asked to do.

So yeah, I would say that I am meaningfully, measurably less happy since Trump 2.0 began. I'm also much less hopeful that it is a mess that can be caught and cleaned up in 4ish years. Trump is bad for morale, intentionally, and a surprising number of people don't seem to understand that (yet).[/quote]

I don’t live in DC,  but my family spent tons of time there, mostly during the Obama years due to dh’s job. It has a very special place in our hearts. But we are avoiding it completely right now. I have no interest in seeing DC in its current state. Dh traveled there for work recently. Normally, he would walk around and send us pics of our favorite places. He went nowhere other than work and his hotel. Nobody even wanted to get together for dinner or happy hour.

I feel bad for those of you who do live there and have to experience the deterioration. I hope that someday soon it will return to being the beautiful, interesting, educational, and meaningful place that it used to be. [/quote]

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