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[quote=Anonymous]Anyone who commutes by car knows of what I speak. Sure public transport has its advantages but honestly the problem is that it’s just so public.

Love my cozy, comfy, little slice of heaven on wheels.

At any rate my point is given a viable option most suburbanites would choose to not come into the city for work at all. It’s very inconvenient.  So why all the hate. We aren’t all gas guzzling “Olney” dwellers we don’t live in the city for a reason so why would we want to work there?

I don’t blame DC for putting in so many bike lanes but I do think it is short cited. It isn’t in VA or MDs best interest to invest in public transport infrastructure that carries its citizens into the city quickly and cheaply for work and play. Absent that many drive out of necessity.

You all say you don’t want us there but seriously commuters are good for the city.  We don’t drain your coffers through the use of public services, but the businesses we work for generate tax revenue and the money we drop in the city on dining, shopping, parking Etc does the same and generates revenue for small businesses.

Expansion of good well paying jobs in NoVA can’t come fast enough for me.  VA even is making it easier for DC folks to do the reverse commute. You don’t have to pay to use our toll roads. You too can have a cheap and easy commute to work with free parking.  
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