>The way they operate here is more about maintaining a fiefdom than actually having great parks for the public.

Huh... I've always enjoyed my experience at NPS sites in the DMV and surrounding areas.

Or they hit black ice? Seriously, do you have much experience driving? Legitimate accidents can and do happen every day, despite "driving responsibly."

>If there’s ice and debris and you are a sober and responsible driver, you slow down so you don’t crash.

I take it you've never been in an accident caused by another driver due to icy, snowy conditions. Because it's happened to me before and I was completely sober and in control of my vehicle... until another driver swerved onto a patch of black ice and rammed into me, totaling my car on the spot.

There's only so much control an individual driver has when you're not the only vehicle on the road.

>Idk whats up with folks being so entitled they think they move somewhere and not realize they'll have to learn new skills to assimilate. Uber drivers included.

😆😆😆

What an absolutely boneheaded take.

>yeah Pike and Rose siphoned off the suburbanites

Nah, it was Bethesda Row (and City Center) that did the siphoning. Williams-Sonoma and Anthropologie, for example, both left Friendship Heights and relocated to Bethesda long before Pike & Rose started to develop.

>I would be weary

FWIW, the word you're looking for here is wary (feeling or showing caution about possible dangers or problems.)

Weary means tired. 😏

Also relevant: https://www.dclibrary.org/washingtoniana