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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I always feel so weird out of step with my fellow District residents.

Muriel Bowser is the literal worst but pushing for federal RTO is good for DC. I know feds don't like it -- I also didn't like being pushed back into the office. But it's good for the city. A lot of my colleagues live in the burbs and they don't care but I live in the district and I know it's good for the city. If you are a fed go ahead and fight it, but getting mad at Bowser for advocating that one of it's largest employers (the largest? I don't actually know) actually put people in the enormous number of tax-exempt office buildings in DC is not a defensible position in terms of district policy. DC needs the revenue, the cultural impact, and follow-in economic boost.

This is also how I felt when people in DC were mad at Bowser for saying she wanted to get kids back in schools during Covid. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but it's confusing when I feel so at odds with my neighbors.[/quote]

I used to live downtown too, but moved to upper nw due to crime. Still work downtown. It’s sad to see the ghost town it’s become during the work day. Where have all the people gone? If they could pair RTO with a major incentive of making metro in the district and wmata free, that would be a major incentive. That, and having a liviler, safer downtown with more lunch and retail options.

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What part of downtown do you work in?  Some parts are really busy and lunch places are packed.  I wonder if that’s because they are the only places still open.[/quote]

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