Anonymous wrote:Feds are moving back into the office minium of 3 days/week before 2024 election. It’s happening.

Nope. Nice try.

Anonymous wrote:I just watched an episode of the whole story on Max with Anderson Cooper and saw a few similarities between what has occurred there and what is occurring here. The cost of living is high here creating displacement, then the pandemic happened and remote work has led to high earners fleeing. I don’t see as many tent encampments but I’m wondering if DC is headed in the general direction of San Fran or not. What are your thoughts?

Yes it is. There are tent encampments here too.

These discussions about how an entire city are doing miss a lot of subtlety. In SF, like DC, the downtown business district is suffering but many of the outer neighborhoods are thriving with work from home. I've heard that many new businesses are opening in the Sunset (which had been a sleepier part of SF), and I'd guess places like Pacific Heights and Forest Hill are also thriving. In DC, Logan Circle and SW Waterfront are incredibly vibrant. Dupont and Upper NW seem tired, but that was true before COVID as well. Again, it's really the CBD that is suffering not the city as a whole.

Anonymous wrote:Tech is moving out of SF but DC will always have the federal government.

Yes but high earners left DC for Virginia and
Maryland and I don’t think federal workers can maintain DC to the same level.

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea. I haven’t been to San Francisco since before the pandemic, so I have no comparison. Have you, OP? I live in DC (in what many here would consider a rough neighborhood) and still love it here.

I’ve never been - just watched the episode on Max and see San Fran in other posts/ news as it relates to drug use and homelessness. Was just curious if others who have been and lived in DC long enough to see us going from boom ( where it feels like right now - ie large developments like the waterfront for example) to bust.

Feds are moving back into the office minium of 3 days/week before 2024 election. It’s happening.

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Anonymous wrote:I just watched an episode of the whole story on Max with Anderson Cooper and saw a few similarities between what has occurred there and what is occurring here. The cost of living is high here creating displacement, then the pandemic happened and remote work has led to high earners fleeing. I don’t see as many tent encampments but I’m wondering if DC is headed in the general direction of San Fran or not. What are your thoughts?

I was just in SF for the first time since 2019. It was fine. Please stop spreading right-wing media talking points on local forums, you shill.

I guess it depends on what your definition of “fine” is. In addition to the homelessness and open drug use, retailers are fleeing.

https://sfstandard.com/business/union-square-stores-closing-san-francisco/

Anonymous wrote:I just watched an episode of the whole story on Max with Anderson Cooper and saw a few similarities between what has occurred there and what is occurring here. The cost of living is high here creating displacement, then the pandemic happened and remote work has led to high earners fleeing. I don’t see as many tent encampments but I’m wondering if DC is headed in the general direction of San Fran or not. What are your thoughts?

I was just in SF for the first time since 2019. It was fine. Please stop spreading right-wing media talking points on local forums, you shill.

Tech is moving out of SF but DC will always have the federal government.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, definitely if the Feds don’t return to work at least 3 days a week the hospitality industry will collapse and the tax base along with it. DC will be just like San Francisco in 2-3 years if work from home continues.

Please stop, REIT shill.

Yes, definitely if the Feds don’t return to work at least 3 days a week the hospitality industry will collapse and the tax base along with it. DC will be just like San Francisco in 2-3 years if work from home continues.

I have no idea. I haven’t been to San Francisco since before the pandemic, so I have no comparison. Have you, OP? I live in DC (in what many here would consider a rough neighborhood) and still love it here.

Yes. And it will end up being worse because we don’t have nearly the wealth to buoy the tax base.

Yes

I just watched an episode of the whole story on Max with Anderson Cooper and saw a few similarities between what has occurred there and what is occurring here. The cost of living is high here creating displacement, then the pandemic happened and remote work has led to high earners fleeing. I don’t see as many tent encampments but I’m wondering if DC is headed in the general direction of San Fran or not. What are your thoughts?