malhoward t1_jcn8875 wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:31 AM

Ditto for me! We stayed in Crystal City and loved it! The city and train were pretty clean and we kept finding places to enter the subway/mall closer and closer to our hotel!

I say “pretty clean” because, well, full disclosure…. On the steps to a subway entrance this morning, we saw a pile where some human had shat right there.

I figure if that’s the worst I see in 5 days it’s been a pretty good trip.

yakshack t1_jcnjg4l wrote on March 18, 2023 at 3:06 AM

Last time I was in Albuquerque I saw a pile of human shit in the stairwell of a parking garage, so, you know, it seems to be a scourge of every mode of transportation

HereComesHR OP t1_jcnb7wn wrote on March 18, 2023 at 1:56 AM

Hey, we were at the Crystal City Marriott. Super convenient location to everything.

malhoward t1_jcnzcoo wrote on March 18, 2023 at 5:47 AM

We were at Crowne Plaza. The last morning we discovered we could access the metro through the Crystal City shops literally next door. The first day we trudged several blocks (passing lots of access pints) to get on the train. We did try 1 short trip on the bus and comparatively, not a fan. 😂

We also enjoyed We the Pizza!

I’m from TN (sorry it was disappointing) and we don’t have efficient public transportation. I was wishing for a blue line from my house to Target by the time I had made a couple of trips back & forth.

Edited to finish my thought.

HereComesHR OP t1_jcs1lbq wrote on March 19, 2023 at 2:52 AM

Bummer about not finding the tunnels till the last day.

Sorry, didn’t mean to shit on TN. To be fair we were towards the end of a long trip so we may have just been ready to be home!

Loved the blue line. So wonderful! We have so many good memories of our trip.

Hope your trip was as great as ours!

malhoward t1_jcsk385 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 6:00 AM

Oh I didn’t take the TN thing personally. I’m well aware that the best parts are not along the interstates. 😉 And I TOTALLY understand being ready to be home. We made our 7+ hour trip from DC with ONE stop.

BirdLawyerPerson t1_jcnktsz wrote on March 18, 2023 at 3:18 AM

Good ol crystal shitty

HereComesHR OP t1_jcs1ove wrote on March 19, 2023 at 2:53 AM

Is Crystal City known for being crap, or was that just a joke?

malhoward t1_jcsixcx wrote on March 19, 2023 at 5:45 AM

I think it was just a joke in response to my experience (observed definitely human poop on some stairs down to the subway- this was the only weird/yuck I saw).