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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Increasing residential density in the vast swaths of DC dominated by huge and empty office buildings.  converting some of these medium height offfice buildings into residential would also force creation of more street level life in form of 1st floor restaurants, gyms, stores, medical offices, etc, to serve the increase in residential populaiton.  Let's be honest, people aren't coming back full time to offices to create critical mass of people hanging out downtown on workdays supporting a bunch of local businesses.  It's what perpetuates this feel of abandonment, empty storefronts, areas that have nice infrastructure and architecture and connectivity but are devoid of life.  It's happening in other cities as well.  DC has a nice city grid and can create really thriving urban culture. And DC is really compact, you don't even need to use metro to get from one place to another, you can walk or bike or scooter.   [/quote]

Ironically, the political energy is to try and force higher density into residential neighborhoods.  Which will leave downtown barren and cause many families to flee. [/quote]

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