> Like, any time there's a chance for snow it turns to rain!

Cold weather usually comes from the west and precipitation usually from the south. Conditions need to be just right for snow here.

DC is also near the edge of the coastal plain. Back in MCPS, they’d give us snow days because it was snowy in Poolesville but raining in the east county.

> I’d be happy to listen to any well reasoned thought out argument about why.

I think this varies wildly by job and that this doesn’t apply to most jobs in the federal government but in-person collaboration can be better depending on the context. I work in a research position that (in theory lol) supports policy. Some of the best conversations I’ve had are people with people in the five minutes before a meeting or that I run into in the hallway that I wouldn’t normally talk to.

If you’re endlessly filling out whatever paperwork HR people or 1101s or 2210s do, what I said above probably does not apply. For my specific type of role, there is a creative element to research that isn’t always done well via Teams. Not saying people need to be in-person everyday but occasionally in-person together can yield some pretty good results.

Im sure people are gonna downvote that I suggest some people be in-person sometimes lol.

my proposal is sharks with laser beams

(no, but seriously, the pylons should be strengthened)

I thought I saw pepper spray behind the counter at Annie’s/Ace Petworth

The whole thing is a mess.

> According to a plea agreement, Harris admitted confronting the victim within the 2300 block of 18th Street NE and shooting him nearly a dozen times. Miller had been walking through the area with another adult, an infant carried in a car seat, and a 5-year-old child whose hand he was holding when the attack took place.

> Miller’s wounds included four gunshots to the face and neck, and he died at the scene. His children and the other adult with him were uninjured. Harris escaped by car and was labeled a fugitive, but was arrested just over two months later on one charge of voluntary manslaughter while armed.

> At the time, D.C. police Cmdr. William Fitzgerald called Miller’s killing “one of the most horrible things we’ve had here in the Fifth District in several years.”

> Court documents outlined Harris’ “significant criminal history” before murdering Miller, including prior convictions for unlawful firearm possession, robbery and assault throughout D.C. and Prince George’s County, Maryland.

Significant prior criminal history, sought out and drove across the city to shoot someone in the face multiple times walking with their children, fled the scene and was a fugitive for two months, and then eventually arrested for manslaughter and get 13 years? This is a joke.

> In pleading guilty, Harris told prosecutors he regretted his actions and sought to spare Miller’s children from the trauma that would result from a trial.

Now he cares about the children?

> The defendant’s actions with regard to this case are devastating not only because they led to the loss of Sedrick Miller’s life, which weighs heavily on his family. But also because they led to the traumatization of (his) children,” prosecutors said in a sentencing memo.

> “The government remains extremely concerned with the particularly brazen and dangerous nature of the defendant’s crime, which not only involved the loss of a person’s life, but also involved the defendant shooting in a residential neighborhood, in the presence of children, in the early morning hours of a school day.”

Do they, though?

> The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia recommended a 13-year prison sentence followed by five years of supervised release, citing Miller’s history of violent crime and to “afford him an opportunity to seek rehabilitation that he desires.”

I guess not. This is a mess.

have you ridden a bike while wearing a balaclava?

laughs in Wheaton/Dupont/wherever escalator

Yes. It’s expensive af. There’s no reason to put Silver Line stations underground because digging tunnels is very expensive and the land wasn’t developed like downtown DC.

I prefer above ground stations. Having the tunnels above ground is also much more stimulating to actually see the landscape change rather than not seeing anything but the sidewalks (there used to be moving ads in the tunnels, too).

I assume it depends on the detail. Minimum frontage set backs require the home to start x feet from the street. Most people don’t want to lose a little space in the “pop front” so the rest of the home is extended back a couple feet. I have no idea how this all pencils out but it does cost something. Same with adding a turret or other ornamental details. If you know which blocks to look for, you can see homes get simpler and simpler until they are square brick blocks with flat roofs (like Riggs Park).

So here’s the thing, SE or EOTR gets a bad rap, some of it is warranted, but some of it is not. I have no idea for this particular block, maybe someone else can chime in. The thing about EOTR, though, is it lacks a lot of amenities. People are willing to put up with more violent neighborhoods in NW or NE but they have access to [whatever]. It’s not the same in that part of SE.

is that something they’ve actually promoted? I’ve seen the development but never actually been or looked up info

Not sure if you’re asking why they don’t build rowhomes/townhomes anymore or asking why they lack detail/style but here’s a set of townhomes built to have the stepped facade like a rowhome and were constructed in 2020. These are a little different because they’re recent construction but I think are sort of like what you’re looking for. DC EOTR has all kinds of townhome developments.

> this is probably a bimodal skew.

Exactly. There’s two or more hidden groups that lumping them together accurately describes neither. There’s no “why” to any of this analysis, just that people are generally older when they retire, and if you retire here then you need a lot of money.

It would have been interesting to know about people who retire at 67, if it’s people who need the money vs. those who work in niche fields that truly interest them vs. those who made work their entire life and have little else to do.

I grew up in MoCo and most of my friends are from there with plenty from DC, PG, and NoVA. Especially growing up, it seemed like there were constantly people moving from DC/PG into MoCo.

> I’m hoping to renovate/knock some walls down,

You need to read the condo by laws to see if they have rules about walls coming down. Even if it’s possible and can be reinforced another way, the condo association might have rules about doing it at all. This varies from condo to condo.

I’m from the area, not NW, and drive to care for a family member who can’t bike and honestly is beyond public transportation at this point. I do plenty of things outside of NW that require a car.

I can still separate the fact that not all infrastructure needs to be car-based. As a driver, the best place for cyclists and pedestrians to be is on a grade separated sidewalk or track. When I go places to shop, I realize not everyone can fit at curbside so using a garage is fine. I don’t think all trips should require a car, people should be able to get downtown or to other major employment centers without a car, or do their grocery shopping, or pick up kids from an elementary school - all without a car.

> Taking more responsibility doesn’t explain why people hate cars.

A couple thousand pounds speeding, running lights or stop signs, going the wrong way on a one-way, getting too close to cyclists or pedestrians, cutting each other off, etc. hits hard. I see all of this with one block of my home, including in front of an elementary school. Have you ever seen a car crash up close?

DC is one of the few places in the US where you can do anything other than travel by car. That “outsized” portion of the population who don’t want to be ran over are vocal here, that may be why you think car drivers are victims.

It’s also not just cars, it’s the entire infrastructure system. People lose their shit over one bike lane, they then drive obnoxiously around any non-motorists. Why can’t pedestrians or cyclists have infrastructure, too?

> I’m so confused why things like this always generate comments like “What about all the elderly and disabled people who can’t bike? We shouldn’t do this because of them.”

There’s also this weird false premise that people interested in cycle infrastructure want it at the expense of other pedestrian infrastructure when really, the actual goal is about comprehensive non-automotive (or at least non single occupancy vehicle) infrastructure.

literally a single penny not dedicated to my specific needs is wasteful government spending

I’m not mad. Seriously. There is a cultural difference here you should be aware of. Your midwestern polite sensibilities are not universal. It might sound harsh to you but it’s just to drive a point.

And yes, this sub has common threads “I can’t believe I can’t find x for $y”

https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/yefbrq/cheapest_places_to_eat_in_the_city/

https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/xy75e3/whats_the_most_you_have_paid_for_a_cheap_drink_in/

https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/x2mqol/where_are_the_cheap_tacos/

https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/whr1gl/is_it_possible_to_get_a_cheap_apartment_for_under/

https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/z61qs8/things_you_wish_you_knew_about_dc_before_moving/

> This jaded phase you're in will pass, I promise.

This is where I’m from. It’s basically inevitable that midwesterns will get upset about the prices. We will then have another “I can’t believe [thing] costs [money]” thread. Many of them won’t be willing to consider regional price differences in labor and real estate. You’ll eventually spend enough time here to realize that those of us from here aren’t mean, we are direct. The fake politeness that midwesterns do is weird, too.

> I was wondering what are some good bars

Just gonna get this out of the way: no one gives a fuck that you had $2 beers and $0.50 wings at your local spot in the Midwest. Yes, I wish we had that here. Rent and labor costs are astronomically different. It’s just not a thing. There are some cheaper places in the suburbs but it still won’t be like wherever you’re from.

do we still reset the days-since if the question is for ski pants?

Even if it takes 30 minutes, paying ~$5 for metro each way is still cheaper than whatever the DCA daily rates are (google says $19/$29 depending on economy lot or not). I’d rather have that money for my trip, not parking.

Taking Uber/Lyft/taxi is cheaper and still provides the same convenience. OP also mentioned they did not want to do this but the comments seem to be all concentrated on metro.