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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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. [b]Where do young people have fun in DC anymore?[/b] 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]

The 14/U corridor, Shaw, and Clarendon as of late (due to no masks during the aughts of the pandemic), but I don't think any of those areas is as exciting as it was pre-pandemic.[/quote]
Clarendon is in Arlington. Town closed a few years ago. How many dance clubs are left in DC?

They need to bring back Champions. [/quote]

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