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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Georgetown peaked in the 60s and had a little bump in the 80s but overall it’s pretty bad. It’s for tourists and suburban folks who don’t know where else to go in dc. I grew up here and there has always been a sad mix of sketchy stores, the worst rats in the city and petty crime. [/quote]

There's petty crime everywhere in DC, especially high-density retail places like Georgetown. So I'm not sure that's a realistic complaint. But I do agree with you that Georgetown is no longer a destination and hasn't been for decades (the jersey barriers don't really change this). Mediocre restaurants, retail that you can find in any suburban shopping mall (or sketchy-ass clothing stores that never have any customers and clearly are fronts for something), no mass transit apart from buses that take 20 minutes to go two blocks: there's no reason to go there. There's certainly no reason to go through the hassle that is driving there.

I agree it's for tourists and suburbanite rubes only these days.[/quote]
Georgetown died when the city restricted off-campus undergrad housing and killed off the college bar scene.[/quote]
Yup. Where do young people have fun in DC anymore? With the Georgetown bar scene long dead and Navy Yard and Ivy City nightclubs gone, DC is not looking like the premier place for young people anymore. Pretty sad. [/quote]

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