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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This isn't an issue unique to DC. Every city now has more teleworking folks than before. The issue is that DC has terrible traffic, terrible crime, terrible public transportation, and a terrible homeless problem, so lots of people have no desire to come into DC unless forced to do so for work reasons.[/quote]
The difference in DC is that instead of trying to find solutions, the city thinks the Federal government should solve the problem for them. What does the Federal government owe to NYC, LA, SF? Why didn’t DC apply foresight to use their Federal COVID funds and one-time surplus to make strategic investments to address the obvious until it’s now nearing a crisis and the days of free and even cheap money are over.

Imagine if they spent some of those free billions given to them by the Federal government to acquire distressed commercial properties and collaborate with developers to convert them to residential with deeply affordable housing?

Instead they have dropped millions on new social programs and free bus service. Choices have consequences and to turn around after all of that profligacy of stimulus funds to turn around and put it on Federal workers and all American tax payers to solve DCs fiscal problems rightly should draw little sympathy. [/quote]

I don't believe that the Feds owe DC anything, but you are wrong. Feds own quite a bit of the city. No other city. With all due respect, DC is not yet suffering from fiscal problems. As a matter of fact, DC has regained every resident that has left. Our population has hit pre covid levels. [/quote]
Every city in America would gladly take this Federal presence from DC that DC seems to think is such a massive burden. And a lot of them would also pay billions for this privilege, just looking back at some of the Amazon HQ2 proposals which was only for 25,000 jobs.

As you can tell, I’m getting a bit tired of this DC whiny routine vis-a-vis the Feds. You would think that the city would show a bit more gratitude. Does the city seriously think it will be better off if the Federal government moved out of its 100+ leased buildings in the city and moved those offices to the suburbs?[/quote]

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