There are no DC townhouses where you can get that much of a clean view of the Washington Monument. At best the top 25% and only with lots of other federal buildings in the way.

Verdict: Composite photo

You should receive a notice in the mail about 6 weeks before the bills are issued. Which means mid-February.

"Some of the highest taxes in the U.S."? Is this true? I always thought after reading various analyses we were above average but not close to the top.

This is why I'm on board with DC doing whatever it can to limit driving and encourage all other modes of transportation. The roads are used by outsiders that cause pollution (noise, light, fumes, etc), death, and wasted space for the people that actually live here.

Yeah, it's their short hand for the way for describing the phenomenon of how car culture impacts what we view as "normal".

For a while advocates use the term "windshield perspective" to describe how from behind the windshield you have little understanding or empathy for the way those outside a car may need to use the street.

Some researchers are using the term "motornormativity" to describe the phenomenon of that leads many americans (or in this sudy I believe brits) to think it's not ok to leave your private property on the street, but it is ok to leave your private vehicle on the street, or it's not ok to have kids breathe your second hand smoke, but it's ok to have them breathe your car exhaust.

Once you have a culture that is so use to automobiles, it becomes hard to convince people to walk even 500 meters to the store, whereas in the past you would walk maybe 3-4km and it would not be noteworthy.

Motornormativity also causes us to pave over (pun intended) the sheer financial burden of vehicles (second largest household expense outside of housing), the deaths associated with them (a leading cause of death for those aged 1-49, 40k/year in the US), and the environmental impact -- both pollution and inefficient land use.

So yeah, carbrain is a silly term to describe a very real phenomenon. Another way to think about it, if you described the way we use cars, the death they inflict, the environmental damages they cause, the lack of physical exercise they encourage, extreme dedication of space, etc to your great-great-grand parent, they would think you are crazy, but you think it's normal.

Thank you.

Beautiful shot!!!

I was there a few weeks ago and the buds were there but missed this obviously

I think a bigger long term problem is the power load and sourcing the electricity. Right now about 40-50% of DC’s power comes from non-renewable and non-nuclear sources. Electric busses and cars are useless if we are burning more gas to power them. It just a cosmetic solution to carbon emissions

Typically pay $60-$100 per hour based on their experience/past performance and how urgent the project is for Comms contractors.

Cameras can be useful to track getaway drivers.

Unrelated issue that also deals with an element of public safety?

But "absolutely do nothing anywhere ever until we 'solve crime' which has no clear policy answer and almost all proposals bear out over extended periods of time."

"Stud Muffin " is taken, just a FYI

I'll drive through Kenwood if I'm over that way because it's worth seeing but avoid other areas like the plague..

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Cherry blossoms are amazing, I work in the area and can understand why people book up our hotels from all over the world for it. People who drive down their to try and park are doing it wrong and that ruins it completely for them and a little for everyone else.

I hope 0 people show up.

Lifelong DMV resident here. I will NEVER understand this attraction. What the actual fuck is wrong with the million people every year. Stupidest tourist event ever designed.

I took a stroll by there yesterday, this only shows a tiny part of it. Traffic was backed up all the way to the Lincoln with basically zero movement. Lots of VA plates. Do these people know the Metro exists? And where do they even plan to park?

If you like dive bars and pinball you might like Lyman’s.

https://lymanstaverndc.com/

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Nats Park has a bunch too

The prize area is very different at Towson. For a long time I’ve felt they have a better selection. But, some of the prices for games are higher and MD has a big tax on entertainment. I know some people will get tickets in Woodbridge and save to go to Towson to buy prizes.

The crane games usually have a lot of different items. Sometimes I think Towson gets access to new items first.

The arcade cabinets (and how many of them each location has) are different too.

This is crowd sourced so might not fully be up to date, but there are pages that report about about the Japanese cabinets -

Woodbridge Towson

Edit: typo “price” to “prize”

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I walked there after work on Thursday, worth it once if it’s convenient

Agreed - I would buy this.