Taxes aren't my thing either, I got a guy for that but money is very much a thing I'm concerned about so I dig into it every year.

Appraisals run on a 3 year cycle, you may be in the window, but won't be for long.

It's not that I don't believe you, other people seem to be saying similar things, it's just I've never seen them do a decrease before and not known it to happen.

Can I walk to the Monument from there?

Actual name is “Smithsonian National Mall”station

What station is that?

> One place I desperately miss is this little cafe in Chinatown (might have been called Chinatown cafe?) In a skinny brick building that always felt like what I wanted a downtown cafe to feel like. Rip to that shop.

I liked that place (and strong agree about the vibes), but I kind of stopped going after 2 or 3 times in a row of them being unexpectedly closed during the middle of the day. It was just too far of a walk to head down there and then have to turn around and come back.

> Sweet Science was pretty cool.

Sweet science now has a new-ish location in NoMA. They still have all the fancy brewing vessels displayed, but I'm not sure if they actually use them ever.

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You can also just get on the Metrorail at Greenbelt and go straight to the station nearest the Washington Monument

No

You know why...

I worked somewhere in DC where this was the case too! A guy came out to spray for us and was like "yeah, they breed in those big vents on the ground. Nothing can be done, you just get eaten."

We would just know that every summer we'd be eaten alive.

I've bought beans from them often but never actually made it out there! I'll have to add it as a spot to check out. Thanks for the rec!

Thank you! I've never checked out Three Whistles so I'll add it!

Swings in Del Ray is so nice.

Rare Bird is my favorite. I like the vibe, the coffee is amazing, but also as someone who brews a lot at home they have my favorite selection of beans that are roasted light - medium, with very little in that dark/charred range.

I always shout out Cervantes too because it's kind of funky and tucked away. Nothing near it, so if you go it's because you like coffee.

For traditional coffee house vibes Misha's is also really cool.

La Colombe on Florida Ave is about a 10 minute walk from Wydown and has much more seating available. Wydown is in the heart of 14th street and has a large amount of space for that area.

I echo the request for your cafe reviews!

Warning about the Wydown, though: last year its outdoor seating had the highest concentration of mosquitos I’ve ever seen. I would sit inside at the window and watch people sit for 30 sec, get 30 bites, and run away. The air was thick and dark with these swarms…

Love this rec! I've had kaldis on my list but haven't made it out there. I'll def check it out.

Baked joint is easily my favorite! The biscuits are amazing!

When I lived in Australia, many of the coffee shops gave you a code for the WiFi that functioned for an hour with each purchase of anything. I think that really cut down on group #3 for the coffee shops.

Austrian here, we spend all day in coffee houses to study, work, read the newspaper (most Viennese coffee houses have all major newspapers/magazines there for free), meet friends. Noone is forced to leave if they don‘t keep consuming - same is true for restaurants, by the way.

I don‘t think we would have a coffee house culture if making money was the main incentive for these businesses. DC has better coffee than Vienna, but no coffee house culture (I‘d argue because of a pervasive capitalist mindset).

Rolls Royce*

Is Greenbelt Expensive?

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You are mistaken. Occupancy is a function of size and number of restrooms…

It’s more that it’s not profitable for people to just be parked not spending a lot all day.

They only have $6k in savings so that isn’t going to impress any landlord when the rent for a decent studio or 1BR starts at like $1300.