Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live downtown and telework isn’t the problem. It is crime dummy.

+1

I am one of the feds who will supposedly come “revitalize” DC. Except that my office is old, decrepit, and in a sketch area. There are a) no decent lunch places or coffee shops within walking distance (assuming any of us actually would decide to spend money there) and b) none of us feel very safe walking around the area.

Sorry, but fed employees aren’t going to fix the root issues.

Crime of all kind in DC has been dropping precipitously and continues to drop. You have no idea what you’re talking about. There’s a thing called Google where you can actually find the statistics. You might want to try it.

This. I work in law enforcement in DC.

Anonymous wrote:The assault she’s unleashing on federal workers by solely blaming them for downtown DC not being “vibrant” because of remote work, is just so out of touch. And she’s aligning with the incoming administration? Has she lost her mind? I’m angry at this. I just want to vent. Why are feds always targeted unfairly for everything?

Muriel is an idiot. The attorneys leading the MOLC are also idiots. The Mayor’s GC, however, is bright but limited in what she can do. Muriel MUST go this next time around.

Trump is about to skeet all over Bowser. He remembers what she did to him the first time and he will make her pay. Make this chic beg on her knees

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem with DC downtown is not crime. The problem is empty offices, no one spending in restaurants and retail, and reduced tax revenues as a result.

The mayor is advocating for her city. Plain and simple.

She’s advocating for Trump to reign in Federal workers. The problem with making such requests to Trump is that it is much more likely that if you convince him to take any action at all on Federal workers aside from just ignoring them, the outcome is likely to be bad for both the workers and DC. She’s better off just keeping her head down, but she cannot seem to help herself and wants to Peacock, apparently trying to instigate a showdown with Trump that will raise her profile.

Your point of view is clearly colored by your self interest. Bowser has been lobbying Biden for years for RTO. Her position hasn’t changed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The assault she’s unleashing on federal workers by solely blaming them for downtown DC not being “vibrant” because of remote work, is just so out of touch. And she’s aligning with the incoming administration? Has she lost her mind? I’m angry at this. I just want to vent. Why are feds always targeted unfairly for everything?

She might as well have kept her mouth shut. Remote work will probably be curtailed under Trump. Depending on their agencies, federal workers have greater worries than losing remote work, as big an adjustment as that may be.

Basically, feds will live from office. Isn't this what workers did before work from home - never make it home? Didn't those prez-elect family also work from "home" - their T tower, living on a few floors and working out of the other floors?

micro-mobility?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The assault she’s unleashing on federal workers by solely blaming them for downtown DC not being “vibrant” because of remote work, is just so out of touch. And she’s aligning with the incoming administration? Has she lost her mind? I’m angry at this. I just want to vent. Why are feds always targeted unfairly for everything?

She might as well have kept her mouth shut. Remote work will probably be curtailed under Trump. Depending on their agencies, federal workers have greater worries than losing remote work, as big an adjustment as that may be.

Basically, feds will live from office. Isn't this what workers did before work from home - never make it home? Didn't those prez-elect family also work from "home" - their T tower, living on a few floors and working out of the other floors?

[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]

+1

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live downtown and telework isn’t the problem. It is crime dummy.

There's nothing wrong with downtown. Grow up.

There's nothing wrong with it but it is a giant pain in the ass to get in and out of, expensive and nothing special.

[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]

+1

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The problem with DC downtown is not crime. The problem is empty offices, no one spending in restaurants and retail, and reduced tax revenues as a result.

The mayor is advocating for her city. Plain and simple.

She’s advocating for Trump to reign in Federal workers. The problem with making such requests to Trump is that it is much more likely that if you convince him to take any action at all on Federal workers aside from just ignoring them, the outcome is likely to be bad for both the workers and DC. She’s better off just keeping her head down, but she cannot seem to help herself and wants to Peacock, apparently trying to instigate a showdown with Trump that will raise her profile.

+1. This is exactly right. There are so many possible bad outcomes here. Maybe feds spend more time at the office, but there are fewer of them because so many are fired or moved to other locations, so the net impact is negative. Maybe Trump demands personal favors relating to DC real estate in return for giving the mayor what she wants on RTO. Or maybe something else. It's too bad that the mayor doesn't remember from Trump's first administration that everyone who thought that some good would come out of aligning with Trump on something ended up being taken advantage of and then discarded.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think this is a hot take, but I'm going to avoid places where there's a high rate of crime, which these days seems to be most of DC.

Anonymous wrote:I live downtown and telework isn’t the problem. It is crime dummy.

There's nothing wrong with downtown. Grow up.

Anonymous wrote:The problem with DC downtown is not crime. The problem is empty offices, no one spending in restaurants and retail, and reduced tax revenues as a result.

The mayor is advocating for her city. Plain and simple.

She’s advocating for Trump to reign in Federal workers. The problem with making such requests to Trump is that it is much more likely that if you convince him to take any action at all on Federal workers aside from just ignoring them, the outcome is likely to be bad for both the workers and DC. She’s better off just keeping her head down, but she cannot seem to help herself and wants to Peacock, apparently trying to instigate a showdown with Trump that will raise her profile.

The problem with DC downtown is not crime. The problem is empty offices, no one spending in restaurants and retail, and reduced tax revenues as a result.

The mayor is advocating for her city. Plain and simple.

[quote=Anonymous]There are two things she could do to get people back to DC: increase affordable housing and expand high quality middle and high school programs for college bound kids. As long as high performing schools are treated like something shameful to have or want, people will continue to move out of DC with their kids. [/quote]

Families with children are expensive for cities. That’s not the demographic that she wants to attract back. She wants Federal workers. You people are all so self-centered. You always assume that the entire world revolves around your families and your snot nosed white kids. It doesn’t. You have no idea what you’re talking about.