Mine would be to have the exit fare machines accept cards.

They're pretty and they herald spring.

It’s because the WFH crowd will grab every table to camp out all day, turning the café into a coworking space.

Can we stop pathologizing everything, including crime? People in DC mostly aren't shooting each other because of mental illness, but because of material interests (drugs, turf) and cultural attitudes (machismo, honor, "beef").

There is (was?) a little Mexican grocer on the corner of Georgia Ave. and Morton St. that had a good selection of Mexican herbs, spices, and candies. Last time I was there (last year), they had a little kiosk with freshly made baked goods.

I'm not sure, tbh. But judging by the lack of generous happy hours around here, I think that might be one tactic used.

Also, one time I went to the Brass Rabbit in Clarendon for a $3 wine night. Of course, it turned out that was too good to be true. Wine was only $3 is you ordered it with food.

Legally, VA does not have stand-alone bars. There are only restaurants that serve alcohol. Any establishment that serves alcohol must earn 51% of its revenue from food sales.

I like the city's amount of green spaces and parks. I also like that DC has actual bars, unlike VA.

Anecdotal, but I've noticed a lot of recent MA grads go into the non-profit sector, which is not exactly lucrative work.

>No one wakes up and decides to be homeless for funsies.

Uh, yes, they absolutely do. Ever hear of vagabonds? I saw a lot of them down in Charlottesville--they're usually young people who decide to just drop out of society and travel around the country by jumping on trains and stopping in cities/towns to beg for money and food.

No.

Don’t mute DC!

Apart for the humane concerns, another major impetus behind deinstitutionalization was the cost of running asylums and facilities. The MHSA was intended to supplement state provisions with federal grants to support and maintain community mental health facilities. When those federal grants fell through, many states just didn't bother with expanding mental health facilities on their own provisions. I'm sure it's the case that some communities resisted these facilities, but that is not always an impediment. DC, for example, recently built and refurbished homeless shelters in every city ward.

That was part of the problem, yes. I don't pin the homeless crisis entirely on Reagan, although I think his repealing most of the MHSA in '81 was a contributing factor.

Y'all wanted density. This is how you get density.

Decades ago, deinstitutionalization was the humane alternative. Now we seem to be circling back. I think today institutionalization can be done humanely, but we need the political will and funding to start and sustain it.

The crime in DC is definitely concerning, but I've never felt too unsafe to walk around the city and have a good time. I live in Arlington but go into DC often--I just try to remain situationally aware.

No, people absolutely factored this in. Hence the MHSA of 1980. Reagan, however, never did anything with it.

Sorry but 6+ hours a day commuting, even if it is just once or twice a week, seems like it would get old quick. Will your job even pay for the train tickets? Acela isn't cheap.

He was very good in Gangs of New York and The Aviator.

Every city sub is like this. People love to go online to vent or complain. Do not get your first impressions about DC, or any other city, from its subreddit.

That said, a lot of the negativity you see here comes from a real place. There are problems in DC: it's not all yuppies and monuments and brunch.

No. Maybe you don't watch the news, but the MIC is currently sending billions in military aid to one group of Slavs to kill another group of Slavs.

It's not 2006 anymore.

That's a Rob Zombie song, right?

I lived there for a month when my apartment in Parkview flooded. It was a nice area and I liked the proximity to the Metro, but there aren't a lot of "third places" there (places to hang out that aren't work or home). There are a few restaurants, but from what I remember no bars, lounges, cafes, or even shady parks. If you want to do anything or hang out somewhere, you have to leave the neighborhood.