swampoodler

swampoodler t1_j6mql52 wrote

“If only we could make DC like every other single city in America.”

/s

If the city wants a more dense and residential downtown, they could institute height minimums for new buildings to max out the legal height now, and convert all those ugly offices into apartments instead of trying to encourage the feds to end work from home.

A business district isn’t a thriving community; a community is.

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swampoodler t1_j6mqbz8 wrote

Old DC was a much more violent place.

The DC of the Obama years did seem more chill though. And post-COVID DC is weird in a bad way.

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swampoodler t1_j5aokij wrote

Literally DC is a result of colonialism.

Closing the door after the fox is in the hen house, IMO.

The US today is a free and open country when it comes to travel and choice of residence. Don’t excuse xenophobia. This city, like this country, is made out of the many.

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swampoodler t1_j55481k wrote

People who hate ‘transplants’ are at heart xenophobic.

In this country you have no right to a place because you were born in a place; it’s a free country. Someone who chooses to move to a city is at least making a conscious decision to do so, as opposed to just suddenly existing in and never leaving that place.

What matters: Do you call this place home and do you want to make it better?

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swampoodler t1_j50lako wrote

I do things I like and talk to other people there also doing things I like.

This has worked so far.

Also, don’t always do things as a couple. Other couples are probably just as busy with coupling as you, and singles don’t always want couple vibes. Branch out. Be brave. Talk to vibe-checked strangers.

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