> the guardrail doesn't collapse and becomes a spear which can kill a driver

Wasn’t this an issue in Virginia about ten years ago, too? Might not have been quite that long, maybe 2014 or so, but I distinctly remember this issue occurring in the past.

I also somewhat remember that they had an issue either surveying the guardrails or going through the records to figure out which type of guard rail had been installed where.

I’m from MoCo which actually does a decent job at controlling sprawl with the agricultural reserve (a third of the country must remain farmland). My comment is more directed at getting out to Shenandoah but the 270 corridor is pretty sprawly, too. Growth in Clarksburg has been huge. I got back from near Harper’s Ferry in ~90 minutes recently and that was with no traffic.

The sprawl makes getting out to the actual rural areas take forever.

It varies wildly. Without knowing who funds your tank, it’s impossible to know. Look up your organization’s budget over the last 20 years, look up the funding sources over the same time.

> Niosi

Am I out of touch? Is Niosi going to crack 10% of votes? 5%?

I like DC over Maryland because MoCo/PG play second fiddle in state politics behind the Annapolis-Baltimore-Columbia region despite being the two counties being the economic engine of the state.

Overall tax burden is comparable.

> I’ve heard DMV (or MVA) as it’s called out here, Motor Vehicle Administration, is hell in DC but that may just be speculation.

It’s fine? Idk. It’s something you do once and then forget about, certainly not enough to make an entire where to live decision based on.

> They get even cheaper in winter if the team plays poorly (meaning they’re going to get even cheaper)

In years past, they would give free chipotle (or something similar) with the cost of like a $10 ticket.

> Urban planners need to figure out how to handle both deliveries and pickups. I actually find that the Amazon/UPS drivers to be less of an issue than delivery drivers for Ubereats or, frankly, people working for ride-hailing companies in general.

This is called curb side management and is a growing section of urban/transit planning. Planners are bureaucrats and don’t really hold a lot of power, they mostly implement things determined by others (r/urbanplanning is full of dejected planners who feel they aren’t making any progress in their communities).

Curb side management in DC and surrounding jurisdictions is growing but it’s slow (too slow imho). You basically need to convince a bunch of people who have always used their car that they 1) need to rethink how/when cars are used along with the limited parking available and 2) fund that shit. People don’t like to hear that current way isn’t working and going back in time won’t work, either.

A non-flex pylon would go a long way at the entrance to the bike lanes. Seems like an easy fix.

> Never try to grab the collar - it puts your hand/arm by their face. Instead, the prevailing advice is to grab both back legs and wheelbarrow the dog so that the back legs are both off the ground. It forces them to stop jumping, keeps you away from their head, and makes it so they can’t turn and start on you. Also, it’s a move that can be done on most dog sizes regardless of strength of the person. I’ve done this three times with success in high stress situations like you’ve described (and I’m a fairly small woman).

Wow, I am not sure that I would have thought of this. I have several neighbors with aggressive dogs, one of which has gotten off leash multiple times. I also ran into someone a few weeks ago with a pair of off leash Newfoundlands. One of them left the bank of Rock Creek, climbed up a small hill, and tried to attack one of my dogs. All the while, the real dodo brain of an owner was yelling “he’s friendly! can you catch him for me!” We were yelling and retreating and it still never registered that their bear of a dog was coming to attack and had back up on the way. Only at the last second did the owner appear to take the situation seriously. Very, very fortunately we managed to pull our dogs back and basically run backward while they barely caught their Newfoundlands. I had many crazy thoughts while wondering “am I gonna have to fight off two newfoundlands while my partner runs our dogs away?”

I got a crack in my windshield. Reviews online say either go with Safelite myself or insurance will outsource to Safelite. Reviews also have a bunch of people saying the sensors in their windshields never quite work the same after, even getting an OEM windshield. Sigh.

I liked La Tejana when I had it a few weeks ago.

Random federal gov office: we have no dress code and no tattoo policy. I wear jeans, Nikes, have arm tattoos, and it doesn’t matter. I also know when to dress up and look presentable. It’s gonna be hard for senior leadership to take someone seriously if they wear band t shirts to important meetings or have face and hand tattoos.

Google says GSA says cost per mile for a private car is $0.625 (yes, half a penny). Assuming you have about 19 miles from upper moco (8 miles from the red line) to downtown, both directions, that’s another $23.75 so $45.75 in total cost vs $15.30 is the better comparison.

I thought DCHA was, at least partially. I thought Park Morton was a RAD property because it’s going from public housing to mixed income. There’s a lot to unpack with RAD, though, and IIRC, a cap on unit conversions at any given time (don’t want to convert everything then find out unexpected issues).

> The occupancy decline underscores entrenched troubles at the agency tasked with housing some of the District’s poorest residents. The city’s largest landlord, the authority serves about 30,000 households through housing vouchers and mixed-finance and traditional public housing properties.

> The vacancies cost more than $10 million annually in forgone rent and federal subsidies, according to a federal housing department estimate, and they drag down communities the authority is supposed to serve. Their boarded-up doors and windows are often pried loose and attract crime, and residents say the trash left behind fuels roach and rodent infestations.

u/washingtonpost this isn’t in the article but is DCHA trying to exit public housing in favor of other low-income rental subsidy programs?

My old building tried it. It’s expensive at each step and the tenants have to really want it and hVe a critical mass. I think the surveys of my building only ever showed about 1/3 interested (and 1/3 not interested at all and another 1/3 indifferent or undecided). Urban Village I think just got through the TOPA process and has some info written about it.

I grew up on the team, am a lifelong fan, and know plenty others. None of us go to the games or buy merchandise anymore and haven’t for years. I am sure there are other ways to generate revenue but idk anyone who spends money on the team anymore.

> They will get a new stadium in VA.

Virginians have done a pretty impressive job slowing down a new stadium. Not saying it’s never going to happen but it definitely isn’t as certain as it was six months or a year ago.

I was wondering the same thing when I saw 12+ foot statues of a werewolf in someone’s yard. I went to Home Depot a week later and saw the same thing for $300. I suppose sit deconstructed in someone’s attic or basement.

my first thought, too