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Hmmletmec t1_jdv0uki wrote

>I really don’t get what the hype is all about.

They're pretty and limited. It's not terribly complicated.

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anonymousprincess t1_jdv2p8w wrote

People want to act like they’re so cool and don’t get excited about pretty flowers on trees. But you go down there and you can’t deny it’s pretty damn beautiful. And then you have to fight the crowds to get back home and you’re like I’m never doing this again.

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rlpw t1_jdv4pvk wrote

Idk it took me 15 min to bike from cap hill and then 15 min back 🤷🏽‍♂️ - I went in with the expectation there’d be crowds and was not bothered. Probably cause I was enjoying the great weather with the thousands of people there.

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No-Lunch4249 t1_jdv1snb wrote

Yeah peak bloom lasts what, 3-5 days? I think we can be okay with 1% of the year having local social media really centering around the cherry blossoms

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HanaBothWays t1_jdv3erv wrote

I am once again asking why some people post stuff on this sub just to start fights.

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HamG0d t1_jdvpzz9 wrote

Why do you assume that was their intentions? I read it and thought they were really curious.

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HanaBothWays t1_jdvq6qm wrote

There have been a lot of posts asking more or less the same question in this sub in the past few days.

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IndependentYoung3027 t1_jdv2khi wrote

They are pretty! The Combo of the flowers and the monuments is unique and gorgeous and represents spring. Spring in DC is my favorite.

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Appropriate-Ad-4148 t1_jdv2etu wrote

The National Mall is really impressive as a park on its' own with all the major sites, and when all these trees are at their peak bloom, it brings serious crowds.

People book hotel rooms for "Cherry Blossoms" because these few weeks around the peak bloom are just generally considered a good time to visit D.C. Then marketing picks up on it.

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resdivinae t1_jdv303h wrote

They're pretty and they herald spring.

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swampoodler t1_jdv5o99 wrote

What’s really not hype is the state of the sidewalks around the tidal basin.

For such a big tourist spot you’d think that NPS would actually take care of it.

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sprint113 t1_jdvahxm wrote

They announced a plan to repair/redesign the Tidal Basin last year though it seems to be a pretty major project since it's addressing the failing seawall, so it'll probably be a couple years before we see the results.

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marzgirl99 t1_jdvc2sj wrote

They’re pretty and you don’t see them very often

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MFoy t1_jdycexa wrote

Lost in all this is the historical significance, that the trees were gifts from Japan to welcome peace between our countries. The first tree was planted by President Taft’s wife. Most of the original 1,800 Yoshimi Cherry trees are still alive, but more were propagated from the original trees to fill in along the rest of the Tidal Basin.

In fact, the original grove in Japan that our Cherry trees were taken from was damaged in WWII, so Japanese Arborists took cuttings from the DC trees to rebuild the grove in the early 1950s.

The Japanese gave another gift of cherry trees in the 1960s, and after a flood in the 1980s, DC gave more cuttings back to Japan. Cuttings are consistently passed back and forth from the original lineage of trees in order to ensure their genetic purity.

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Wyremills t1_jdw4qt5 wrote

When properly prepared with other secret ingredients they are said to provide immortality.

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ft_wanderer t1_je00dst wrote

I think the cherry blossoms that bloom a couple weeks later are a lot more spectacular.

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messmaker523 t1_jdv42xf wrote

Humans like to get excited over random shit. (Shoes with a swoosh thing, backpacks that say "supreme", a new video game, etc)

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celj1234 t1_jdv6gil wrote

They look good for instagram

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ahmc84 t1_jdv3s2h wrote

I agree. It wasn't that exciting of a TV show.

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JonesBoyFan2018 t1_jdvrij9 wrote

They are the true definition of something that is overhyped.

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