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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC's unemployment rate is almost double that of the surrounding region.  We should be encouraging people to come into the city not discouraging it.

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Wouldn't it be great if DC had ways for people who don't live in DC to come into DC without having to drive and park their own cars? [/quote]
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It would be great if the region had an extensive mega city subway system.  But we don't.[/b]

It would also be great if we had teleporters.  Until that happens though all that is being accomplished by this war on cars, residential neighborhoods, and MD/VA residents is a loss of business and the creation of a bad reputation.[/quote]

We don't?[/quote]

We don't.  We have a midsize city limited subway.[/quote]

I mean, it could always get better, but it’s one of the top transit systems in the US [/quote]

Being realistic about the limitations of our subway system is important.  The lack of East-West routes and peripheral connections is a fatal flaw that makes it unsuitable for what you are suggesting.[/quote]

Unsuitable for what? For getting to U St? There are two stops in the U St vicinity, multiple stops and lines downtown, and two lines in proximity to the Wharf. Nobody needs to drive and park to go to DC’s main entertainment areas. [/quote]

The question isn't whether people can it is whether people will.  [b]The District has embarked on a truly radical anti-car policy[/b] that encompasses far more than just this extortionate parking proposal.  The more friction, hassle, and hostility imposed on people the more they look for other options.  You seem to think that DC has a captive market.  It does not.  You also seem to think that 20 year olds are the be all and end all despite this generation being the biggest homebodies in a century.

Let me put it in terms you transplants might understand.  DC is not San Francisco it is Oakland.[/quote]

Fact check: false[/quote]

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