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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]

We absolutely don’t have an extensive subway system. It does not even compare to Seoul or Beijing. [/quote]

"even"? Why "even"?

Population of Seoul metro area: 26 million
Population of Beijing metro area: 110 million
Population of DC metro area: 6 million[/quote]

Yes, I am well aware of that and I have been to both of those places in Asia. [b]My point is that DC metro will never be a walkable urbanist utopia.[/b] People that are trying to force a car free lifestyle due to a political agenda will not be successful at their goals.. They will be successful at destroying DC. The Seoul Metro area has a population density 14.9x that of the DC Metro area. Even in South Korea, 80% of households own a car and the majority of South Koreans see it as essential to own a car. [/quote]

"It is impossible for DC to change, and therefore I oppose every effort to change DC." - you[/quote]

No I did not say this. I said it’s a bad idea to pursue ideologically driven policies that will destroy the economy and are designed based on incorrect assumptions about consumer behavior. [/quote]

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