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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think DC needs to be less car friendly and charge cars to enter DC like London. Maryland drivers cut through my neighborhood speeding and ignoring stop signs. F**k commuters!! You have zero respect for Dc residents.[/quote]

100%. It's infuriating that DDOT and DC government caters to suburban drivers who don't even live here.[/quote]

Here in SW DC, most of the time when I'm on Maine Ave, 98% of the plates I see are VA / MD plates.   Suburbanites want the DC jobs but don't want to contribute to making the city a decent place for the rest of us.  Suburbanites come in and flood the Wharf whenever the weather's nice or something going on because there's nothing to do in the burbs.[/quote]
First, you’re exaggerating. Second, why wouldn’t you expect people from other jurisdictions at the geographic midpoint of 3 jurisdictions right off an interstate highway? Third, DC residents only represent one-third of the jobs in DC. I think both yourself and MD and VA agree that you’d prefer that these people worked in their home states; I’m pretty sure that DC doesn’t agree. Fourth, approx. 100,000 DC residents reverse commute to MD and VA, which is about a third of employed DC residents, and those DC reverse commuters are using cars at higher rates than MD and VA commuters in DC. Fifth, DC uses MD and VA as it’s functional back yard. Need a summer camp? Trying to find a quality day care center with space for your kid and safe outdoor space? Want to send your kid to private school? Want to let your kids safely watch a movie and “hang out” on a Saturday night? If you want to turn DC into a walled city, go for it. The reality is that DC needs MD and VA much, more than either need DC. [/quote]

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