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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Georgetown never wanted the riff-raff the Metro would bring.[/quote]

This is one of those urban myths, like no building being taller than the capitol dome. Gtown soil did not support the early tunnel boring metro used, thus the engineering challenge was too great. It isn't now, and Gtown will likely get a metro station and a new tunnel under the potomac. Not anytime soon, of course, but probably by 2050 or so.

And it's no like lack of metro has kept the riff raff out of gtown anyway![/quote]

+1 to your whole post, but I especially love the long-lived myth that only Metro can bring riff-raff. Do they not have cars like everyone else?[/quote]Yes, and the 30s buses run through Georgetown, like, every 10 minutes coming [b]from the poorest parts of the city east of the river!!! So it's not like the riff-raff couldn't already get there long ago[/b].[/quote]

Only the poorest people are the riff raff.  Really![/quote]

I thought the riff-raff who flocked to Georgetown were the drunken rapey types who wear chinos with whales on them.[/quote]

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