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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Retail and foot traffic will fail when areas charge for parking. Paying for parking is like paying for shipping. We hate it. 
Rockville town center has this problem and so does National Harbor. 
If these places want people to come and wander around on weekends to eat and shop there needs to be incentives. Paying to park when other places are free isn’t it. [/quote]

I went to a friend's party at the Gaylord about two years ago. As I was parking, I was floored by the cost. It was like $15 hr. I ended up staying for an hour and left. National Harbor used to be a fun up-and-coming place. It's odd that it fell off so quickly. Places like that take decades to decline, but it only took a few years there. [/quote]

High parking costs, traffic getting in because of access roads limits and lack of practical amenities make it less than desirable for people to bother.  It feels isolated for me to live there and underserved when it comes to basic amenities people need for daily life.  It almost feels like a resort area where focus is on dining/drinking and very limited shopping.  Sad suburban strip mall clusters have more useful amenities than Wharf and NH combined, they just don't feel like functional residential areas.

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