DC has been deserted since before January 6, 2020. Better if they just jam up the I-495 beltway, and piss off the collar counties. You know the 6 out of the 10 richest counties in the USA that don't make anything but spend all of our tax dollars.
I tend to believe Kampfer. All this stuff about DC being deserted is being repeated by people who've read what other people have repeated and not even been there.
There's probably some buildings that are deserted for whatever reason, just like any other city.
I live and work here. DC is not deserted, at all. Just the opposite.
It is pretty much back to normal, minus government employees that are still telecommuting.
Traffic is heavy, parking is hard to find, tourists are here, people are on the National Mall, construction is everywhere, Caps games are packed, restaurants are packed, businesses not destroyed by Covid restrictions are bustling, protesters are marching down Constitution Ave., rowing teams are rowing on the Potomac, the George Wasington Parkway is backed up, etc.
Since Jan 6, I've been there three times, and it looked dead to me compared to my numerous pre-Covid visits, but it could have been just my timing. I will of course defer to you since you live there. The larger question being, would jamming up the streets of DC bring enough media attention to warrant the risk of political arrest Jan 6 style, or should they stick to the beltway?
I live in Chicago and although traffic is back, the restaurant and entertainment districts are a shadow of their former self. If trucks clogged up the Loop, for example, not many would care (outside the police) because people still work remote, and many do so outside the state. They would get more media attention blocking the routes to O'Hare Airport, for example.
DC has been deserted since before January 6, 2020. Better if they just jam up the I-495 beltway, and piss off the collar counties. You know the 6 out of the 10 richest counties in the USA that don't make anything but spend all of our tax dollars.
See what Kampfer said above you?
I tend to believe Kampfer. All this stuff about DC being deserted is being repeated by people who've read what other people have repeated and not even been there. There's probably some buildings that are deserted for whatever reason, just like any other city.
Where do you live?
I live and work here. DC is not deserted, at all. Just the opposite.
It is pretty much back to normal, minus government employees that are still telecommuting.
Traffic is heavy, parking is hard to find, tourists are here, people are on the National Mall, construction is everywhere, Caps games are packed, restaurants are packed, businesses not destroyed by Covid restrictions are bustling, protesters are marching down Constitution Ave., rowing teams are rowing on the Potomac, the George Wasington Parkway is backed up, etc.
Since Jan 6, I've been there three times, and it looked dead to me compared to my numerous pre-Covid visits, but it could have been just my timing. I will of course defer to you since you live there. The larger question being, would jamming up the streets of DC bring enough media attention to warrant the risk of political arrest Jan 6 style, or should they stick to the beltway?
I live in Chicago and although traffic is back, the restaurant and entertainment districts are a shadow of their former self. If trucks clogged up the Loop, for example, not many would care (outside the police) because people still work remote, and many do so outside the state. They would get more media attention blocking the routes to O'Hare Airport, for example.