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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the commuters from outside the District are slowly creeping back in I would love to see them pay a commuter tax.[/quote]

That will not happen.  Businesses will simply move to the burbs.  Many businesses have no real need to be in DC.  The 3 jurisdictions have a compact that none will tax residents of the others who work in their jurisdictions.  Not sure that DC loses out here.   [/quote]

[i]Plenty[/i] of businesses have need to be in DC, not only because of colocation benefits but also to attract and retain talented workers who would strongly prefer not to work in a soulless office park in Gaithersburg.[/quote]
What if commuters don’t return?  District officials have to be at least a little concerned over the $ tied to commuters spending money here.  I seriously doubt we’ll see feds return to the offices in any significant number and that’s going to have a major ripple effect.[/quote]

That's a good question, but even if not a single employer returns to the butts in seats Monday through Friday paradigm, as long as workers spend at least [i]some[/i] time in the office, downtown DC still retains the colocation and lifestyle advantages relative to soulless Gaithersburg office parks.[/quote]

It would be SWEET if I could work in one of those soulless office parks in Gaithersburg instead of downtown.

Then I could pick my girls up from school everyday (private) and be home in time tor dinner at a civil hour and then a nice dog walk.

As opposed to now, with a 70 minute redline commute. Yeah, bring on that soulless office park!!![/quote]

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