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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am so sick of all of these people saying their streets need to be treated differently because they are "cut through" - no, these are all public spaces and should be accessible by and for the public at all times. It really isn't fair to push traffic on to other streets because you don't like it on yours. Buy a house on a different street out in the country. We live in a city. Tough it out.[/quote]

There’s something called the FHA functional classification of streets, which DC follows.  Narrow residential streets are not the same as an arterial like Wisconsin Avenue and may not be appropriate for thru traffic.  The statement that “you live in a city” is absurd.  Bethesda and some other parts of Montgomery County are more urban that some DC neighborhoods, and MoCo has very effective traffic calming, including no thru traffic limitations.  Don’t be an idiot.[/quote]

By your definition I’m an idiot (who lives in a comparably expensive DC house NOT under a flight path). But I’m a democratically inclined idiot who will make it my business to drive up and down these streets as often as I possibly can because what you’re trying to do, while a bandaid to a gash, is deeply troubling and undemocratic. Your best hope was to stay quiet, as your attempt is unenforceable and has given a rise to a Streisand effect. Who’s an idiot now? [/quote]

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