This is the thread where we complain about DC

No.

thats actually all i got - im pretty content here...

The shopping options in this city can be pretty dire, I feel like we get the leftovers from national chains in our H&Ms and Macy/Hechts and etc. The Club Monaco in Georgetown is usually pretty good though. Lack of an Agent Provocateur is seriously annoying my life.

Also: people who wait on line and completely fill up the Brickskeller, the Taphouse, etc so they can drink...Miller Lite. What?? Go anywhere, why are you waiting on line to get into a dive bar that is only worthwhile for having 17,000,000 beers avaialble and order Miller Lite? Just go to any number of other dive bars or Irish pubs for crying out loud, what is wrong with those people? It seems almost like DC has it 10x worse than NYC, this weird "There's a line and/or enormous crowd therefore it must be awesome" mentality. I don't mind the closing times on the bars here though, even if it is pretty early compared to NY/LA--they're still open til 3 on the weekends which isn't really that bad, though most of 'em shut down shop at 2 and then try to force you out. Better than in Bodymore Murderland, I forget which one we were in (around Fells Pt) but they not only decided to shut down shop early (despite place being PACKED) but then the bouncer started actively screaming at/fighting with/physically shoving patrons to make them leave. WTF? It was like an hour and a half before closing time.

And yeah bagel situation wtf? Plz to invent one (1) Greek lady street vendor cart with the bagels and the $1 coffees for fuck's sake.

I'm not going to complain about lack of meetable hangoutable ppl here because I've met enough awesome dudes tho quite a few of the ones outside DC proper never want to come in and hang.

DC is good because it's so close to DELAWARE. Raise up.

DC is also good because you can get scrapple there.

Which is because it's so close to Delaware.

xpost no, I really don't feel like learning bus systems, that's giving into their pressure to not ever improve their damn metro which is, theoretically, faster, easier and capable of transporting many more people.

But the outside of DC transport system seems weak too, I mean the trains in Maryland, wtf.

I don't think I've ever actually been to Delaware. I mean, I've driven through it, and taken a train that went through it, so if that counts I've been to Delaware.

Oh WASHINGTON DC?

It feels like the promised wonderland to me just now, final destination in a longed-for holiday which is the only light at the end of a particularly punishing spell of work hell. Hooray for DC!

I can now safely say I'm no longer ornery and aggravated because of the new voice on the Metro but those goddamn musicbox samples need to fucking GO. REMOVE YA.

Um this would actually be kind of awesome depending on what Metro stop this occurs at and what time of day it is? What are you talking about? Hello 5:00pm, Farragut West! I'm looking at you!

So yeah I guess the ire towards the metro should be more directed towards the people who are lifers in this city.

xpost more airlines fly in and out of BWI, simple as that.

1.A LOT OF COMMUTERS COME FROM SUBURBAN VA!
2.INTRA-CITY TRANSPORT = TAKE THE BUS. IT'S CHEAPER, AND YOU SEE THE SUNLIGHT ALL THE TIME.

Also oh boo hoo tons of commuters come in from Arlington--uh a lot of commuters come in from Columbia too, why not enhance transport up there too? Oh right cos ppl in VA have bitched a whole lot more at Metro meetings.

xpost yeah that's OTM re: Dulles, BWI is kind of crazy with the parking lot being 18 miles away or whatever but the airport itself is totally straightforward.

also,
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2)

Now, if Columbia were not in the inenviable position of being in-between Baltimore and DC, it would be able to pay more attention to the DC side of issues. Still - they're a planned community, right? Act like it!

A) I refuse to support bus transport. It's outmoded and, while I know they've installed a couple of "clean air vehicles," it's a pollutant (not to mention hi gas prices how is it made). I don't think we should be encouraging the Metro authority to rely on bus transport in lieu of examining ways to enhance more sustainable vehicles.
B) I really dislike the fact that, for all intents and purposes, it appears from just looking at the system and knowing a little about how the Metro authority runs, a rather alarming portion of money seems to have been allocated to a very specific part of Virginia. I'm glad they put in the NY Ave stop and the Largo extention, hopefully this is a sign of changing opinions. They really need to install a circle line before they even consider additional extentions in VA however. I mean Fairfax is pretty fucking far out dude--why NOT have a Columbia extention if "commuters" are the reasoning for not examining intra-city improvements?

I walk pretty much everywhere and only use the metro when necessary so my interest/annoyance in their system is far less because I rilly, rilly want a line that drops me off straight up in front of like the Gtown Mall or something like that. It's more just a case of irritation/fascination with shitty planning and the people who have allowed it/encouraged it.

xpost yeah I agree with that, BLAM, I'm not blaming Virginia for asking for more shit, I'm blaming everyone else for not telling them to sit the hell down already.

May 2006: "Why on earth did I move to DC?"

xpost haha

xpost hahahaha no dude...like...Monticello...

Haha though groups getting separated is awesome.

Basically, tourists suck any time they are clogging up where you live. Nothing irritates me more than Cubs fans all clotted around the turnstiles of the El, acting like they've never seen a fare card before, waving twenties at the Chicago Card sensor and whining about how they haaaaaaate taking the El because OMG black people!!!

xpost: YES ALLY is correct.

as for the bar thing, however, the beer garden (astoria) has been suffering from brickskeller-esque crowd problems recently.

no good dj bars in dc either. (although wonderland is a nice addition)

That's sad about the Beer Garden!!! It might be possible it's getting that problem because of better weather + one of few bars you can smoke in (due to most of bar being outdoors)? :\

xpost tell that to tourists from Tokyo!

That being said I have a hard time believing the annoying tourists in smaller areas and beachtowns AREN'T from cities.

xpost Maybe I'm supernaturally able to adapt to alien environments. I also know plenty of people from small towns who live in NYC now. And like I said 95% of tourists, this doesn't seem to apply to.

Another complaint, horrible home record for the Nats at RFK. The only win I've seen in attendance was at Shea.

I bitched about DC tourists in Delaware, but really, DE beaches ARE for tourists. The state's economy would be nothing without (well, tourists and banks and asset protection trusts...) them so it's misplaced to complain there.

What is up with the Nats seemingly not being able to sell tickets?? That's kind of sad.

What gets me is an apparent lack of awareness of surroundings and a certain sense of entitlement, as in "I'm on VACATION and OBLIVIOUS."

YES that's what I mean as well, it's one thing to BE a tourist, that's fine and I really am generally very helpful to these people. But being completely oblivious and kind of RUDE about it, wtf? Being a tourist is fine, being a stereotype of an Ugly American (regardless of where you are from) is not. But this really is a much wider issue. The uniqueness in DC is the people who insist on clogging the metros at rush hour while being tourists, I still don't get why they don't sleep in.

which is not to say that some tourists aren't willfully ignorant. anyway i like tourists with all their looking around. it reminds me to do the same. also shy japanese girls asking for directions is the best!

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But the tourists seem to think that its such a bad thing that the trains are so crowded at rush hour. Hence, the name, fat boy!!!

DC is too far from my house--that's my only gripe with it at the moment.

- s buses go from fed triangle to silver spring and are the most reliable ones in the whole system
- e buses go across military - good for getting from ct to 16th and vice versa
- l buses go up and down ct like s buses do 16th st
- h buses go from wisconsin to mt pleasant - somewhat infrequent
- 42 goes from downtown to mt pleasant and back

those are the ones i have most experience with. ive used the wmata site a bunch of times, though, to catch a random bus around the city etc. i dunno, the buses feel less antiseptic than the metro. theyre noisier and i can see the sunlight. plus yeah, TONS more chicks.

Retro-fitting is bad, this is why Tom and I have probably gotten into 17 heated arguments vis a vis the "taxation without representation" issue because we shouldn't be getting representation, I don't want morons who moved to a city that was literally designed, on purpose, for NO ONE TO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE being represented, too many idiots are represented in this country as is and really I don't deserve to be represented if I can't figure out something that simple. I mean really I have to admit I can't be too hard on the lackingness of certain things because NO ONE WAS SUPPOSED TO ACTUALLY LIVE HERE when they made this city. Ha ha and boy does it show LOL etc!

Though, uh, they could like not make us pay taxes I guess.

xpost yeah why not. According to the Drew Carey Show, Cleveland rocks and I don't see why I shouldn't trust that.

I like buses because you can see stuff. I took a bus once from Dupont to Adams Morgan--that was fun.

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