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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As a federal employee- what has DC done for me?! Made it easy to get to work? Nope, metro is bad, parking is bad, traffic is bad. Made it nice to eat lunch outside? No, the park next to my federal office has needles, homeless people sleeping on benches and pee everywhere.

Even before telework was a thing, people were begging to work in our suburban offices instead of DC. [/quote]

If you are a federal employee living outside of DC 95% of your trip is regional and not in DC. Metro is a regional business. Traffic is regional. [b]Ask MD and VA what they were doing as well.[/b][/quote]

Better county/municipal services, better schools, more amenities, less crime, more job opportunities for starters...[/quote]

Think that PP meant what are MD and VA doing about traffic, specifically.[/quote]
VA has invested billions in infrastructure. DC cannot even keep its bridges properly maintained. [/quote]

The gap between VA’s infrastructure investment and DC/MD has grown so wide that they’re not even in the same league anymore.[/quote]
Agreed. However there is a substantive difference between DC and MD. MD is seemingly incapable of investing in new infrastructure but at least is capable of keeping its existing infrastructure maintained. In the last 18 months DC has had a pedestrian bridge on 295 collapse and need to perform emergency repairs on the Roosevelt Bridge that are still ongoing. Both a testament to an inability to perform basic inspection and maintenance. [/quote]

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