Anonymous
10/13/2022 06:31
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:DC's beauty has been marred by gentrification and white privilege. Start there.
Wrong and racist.
Like it or not, gentrification leads to investment in homes and an uptick in small businesses including restaurants and stores of all kinds. It increases tax revenues for the city too.
Beauty is not hordes of wealthy people descending upon lower income communities, forcing out those who were there before with artificially inflated housing prices, and eradicating a community’s history, culture, and sense of place with bland “could be anywhere” businesses selling bland and overpriced “could be anywhere” food or products.
Beauty is also not money and tax revenues.
Anonymous
10/13/2022 06:09
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
Anonymous wrote:DC's beauty has been marred by gentrification and white privilege. Start there.
Wrong and racist.
Like it or not, gentrification leads to investment in homes and an uptick in small businesses including restaurants and stores of all kinds. It increases tax revenues for the city too.
Anonymous
10/13/2022 05:41
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
Anonymous wrote:Better code enforcement—and laws to prevent ugly buildings from sprouting up like mushrooms.
Litter prevention and cleaning— like the clean team sweepers in some commercial areas. We need this in u street/shaw.
Beautification grants to community orgs to plant gardens and tree box plantings in areas like my street, nj avenue.
Crack down on slumlords.
Architecture design contests fir new public buildings like they did for the newer dc libraries, which are awesome
Complete ban on single use plastic bags at grocery stores, corner stores and markets
Eradication of regrettable public art that is objectively ugly, like the ny ave bridge gate of thorns or the yellow monstrosity near city vista -5th and k
Total ban on atvs and loud engine vehicles
More street musicians, artists, performers encouraged by the city in parks, downtown plazas etc
Beautify all the medians with planters, trees and grass
Education, because you can't seem to count.
Anonymous
10/13/2022 04:18
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
Less humidity.
Anonymous
10/13/2022 03:45
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
DC's beauty has been marred by gentrification and white privilege. Start there.
Anonymous
10/13/2022 02:59
Subject: Re:Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
Solve the problems, the city is already beautiful. Lack of beauty isn't DC's problem, neither is the lack of pedestrian friendly places, parks, bike lanes, etc.
Some problems effecting QOL of those living in DC or visiting:
-- homeless encampments
-- rodents
-- crime
-- smoking in residential buildings (any smoking is terrible, but pot is particularly out of control)
-- incentives for leasing companies and landlords to rent to low quality tenants with housing vouchers who don't follow the rules of conduct or may even be criminals.
-- schools
Some problems effecting QOL of those living in DC or visiting:
-- homeless encampments
-- rodents
-- crime
-- smoking in residential buildings (any smoking is terrible, but pot is particularly out of control)
-- incentives for leasing companies and landlords to rent to low quality tenants with housing vouchers who don't follow the rules of conduct or may even be criminals.
-- schools
Anonymous
10/13/2022 00:01
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
Anonymous wrote:Better code enforcement—and laws to prevent ugly buildings from sprouting up like mushrooms.
Litter prevention and cleaning— like the clean team sweepers in some commercial areas. We need this in u street/shaw.
Beautification grants to community orgs to plant gardens and tree box plantings in areas like my street, nj avenue.
Crack down on slumlords.
Architecture design contests fir new public buildings like they did for the newer dc libraries, which are awesome
Complete ban on single use plastic bags at grocery stores, corner stores and markets
Eradication of regrettable public art that is objectively ugly, like the ny ave bridge gate of thorns or the yellow monstrosity near city vista -5th and k
Total ban on atvs and loud engine vehicles
More street musicians, artists, performers encouraged by the city in parks, downtown plazas etc
Beautify all the medians with planters, trees and grass
The thing that enable DC to have a comeback was excellent housing stock. It’s a shame what they have allowed to happen to it and it will certainly have long-term negative consequences.
Anonymous
10/13/2022 00:00
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
A city that considers disabled people wouldnt allow the dockless scooters everywhere and would ensure sidewalks are wide enough and maintained.
Anonymous
10/12/2022 23:58
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
In addition to my long list above:
Restore Dupont circle— the benches are so sad
Redo alleys to be more well lit, paved and clean them more regularly and trim weeds
Grants to businesses in run down commercial areas to renovate and modernize
Restore Dupont circle— the benches are so sad
Redo alleys to be more well lit, paved and clean them more regularly and trim weeds
Grants to businesses in run down commercial areas to renovate and modernize
Anonymous
10/12/2022 23:51
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
Better code enforcement—and laws to prevent ugly buildings from sprouting up like mushrooms.
Litter prevention and cleaning— like the clean team sweepers in some commercial areas. We need this in u street/shaw.
Beautification grants to community orgs to plant gardens and tree box plantings in areas like my street, nj avenue.
Crack down on slumlords.
Architecture design contests fir new public buildings like they did for the newer dc libraries, which are awesome
Complete ban on single use plastic bags at grocery stores, corner stores and markets
Eradication of regrettable public art that is objectively ugly, like the ny ave bridge gate of thorns or the yellow monstrosity near city vista -5th and k
Total ban on atvs and loud engine vehicles
More street musicians, artists, performers encouraged by the city in parks, downtown plazas etc
Beautify all the medians with planters, trees and grass
Litter prevention and cleaning— like the clean team sweepers in some commercial areas. We need this in u street/shaw.
Beautification grants to community orgs to plant gardens and tree box plantings in areas like my street, nj avenue.
Crack down on slumlords.
Architecture design contests fir new public buildings like they did for the newer dc libraries, which are awesome
Complete ban on single use plastic bags at grocery stores, corner stores and markets
Eradication of regrettable public art that is objectively ugly, like the ny ave bridge gate of thorns or the yellow monstrosity near city vista -5th and k
Total ban on atvs and loud engine vehicles
More street musicians, artists, performers encouraged by the city in parks, downtown plazas etc
Beautify all the medians with planters, trees and grass
Anonymous
10/12/2022 23:37
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:defunded cops
more parks to combat environmental racism
more density and ease of housing for BIPOC, Latinx and indigenous folx.
wtf is folx???
folx is how black people say FOLKS
Folx is how xtra obnoxious and pompous leftists try to communicate they are down with the people.
Anonymous
10/12/2022 19:47
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
Anonymous wrote:More bikes duh!
The city has spend BILLIONS on bike lanes (this in a city where poverty levels exceed some states in the deep south). So, yes, it would be nice if somebody actually used them....
Anonymous
10/12/2022 19:44
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
More bikes. More Parks, More public transportation, Fewer featureless condos, fewer homeless people, fewer criminals, better sports teams, better schools, better DC Council
Anonymous
10/12/2022 16:13
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
Anonymous wrote:More bikes duh!
A rare kindred spirit on DCUM??
Anonymous
10/12/2022 16:02
Subject: Name top three things needed to instantly beautify DC
More bikes duh!