Mi Rancho, just outside DC in Silver Spring has great Tex Mex.

I'm from Mississippi and fell in love ALSO in 8th grade in 2000. I visited again as an 11th grader in 2003, and it just confirmed to me that transit is ✨️awesome✨️ to us Southern folk!

Good ol crystal shitty

Surprised we let you in. You're from a Red State...

Awesome. A great idea.

Well we do have a working electrical grid up here so I’m sure that was a box checked for you.

Genuine question — do you really believe that the average net tax burden (or even net CoL) for a married family of five is equivalent in DC and Texas? Because this is Trump 2020 election levels of delusion jfc.

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

Drop the charade, Madam Mayor! I KNOW IT'S YOU!

I’m from Houston and yea the food from dc is pretty good. Some of the best Chinese food I’ve had.

I spent 3 days in dc and 3 days in Philly and took the Amtrak from Philly to dc. Man how I wish we had that here. Being able to go to Austin or Dallas would be awesome.

The subways in dc and Philly are pretty sweet. I only had to use Uber a few times when I got lost but google maps is pretty good at telling you what train to get on.

From what I experienced the people there where very friendly. I would be on a park bench eating a hot dog and people would just come up and talk to me, it was nice. And I didn’t know how to use the subway when I got to dc and a nice lady saw that I didn’t know what the hell I was doing and went over and explained to me how it works.

I recently moved from Austin, and the public transit is one of the best things about this area. Even tho i am not next to a metro, being able to hop on a reliable bus to a metro stop is great. Really wish that DART was more frequent, Houston expanded their trains, and Austin/San Antonio had more reliable busses

Glad to hear it and welcome to r/fuckcars

I’m imagining someone on Reddit is going to read that, and be a huge fan of the mayor, and be pissed. For the record I have no idea if she’s good/bad, liberal/conservative, etc.

I was in DC once in around 96 for a class trip? So don’t really remember much of that trip since I was shuttled around by teachers.

No real preconceived notions. Houston is a massive city, so I know that one part of a city can be a shitshow while other parts are wonderful. Had no idea what to expect getting around the touristy areas (will there be pickpockets trying to steal your stuff?). And knew absolutely nothing about navigating the tunnels or subways. I looked up as much as I could online and downloaded the transit apps.

We’re not your typical Texans in many ways, as many Texans like to shit on places like DC. I expected it to have pros/cons just like any other place. But again, our experience was overwhelmingly positive. Except Hertz rental at Union Station. That place freaking sucks.

If you think a $600 e-bike is stupidly cheap then you’re not the demographic that will benefit the most from this.

Helicopters for the mayor? Over DC? Only if she's flying with the president!

I might've bought that you weren't the mayor ...

... but only the real mayor would've pretend not to notice I misspelled your first name, Madam Mayor!

I always do my shopping at Latino/international markets because they’re cheap and the customer service is so much better than big grocery stores.

If you live in a part of DC near a Megamart (Takoma, Rockville, Hyattsville, Riverdale, etc.), they offer a free ride home when you spend over 50$ on groceries too.

First time in DC? Did you have any preconceived notions of the city?

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂

I’m sorry, is this a poor person thing? I’m not familiar with potholes. Let me go ask my helicopter chauffeur if he knows what that is.

Everywhere taxes, but not everywhere uses those taxes for the collective good

>Is she (am I) popular in DC?

Hi Murial! I'd like to take this opportunity to speak to you about potholes...

If you haven't been definitely check out Republic Cantina.

This is just easily, provably false.

For 2021:

Texas state tax revenue per capita: $2.982

DC state tax revenue per capita: $15,398

(For good measure, Massachusetts state tax revenue per capita: $6,545)

https://www.kff.org/other/state-indicator/state-collections-per-capita/

Thanks! You’d sure think someone could make a killing putting a Tex-Mex restaurant up there.

Did you find the cost of living increase to be difficult when you moved up there? Seems like Dallas-to-DC would be some sticker shock.