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What are your thoughts on this article by a NYT columnist visiting D.C. for 36 hours. Would the spots chosen in the article be the ones you would recommend for a tourist visiting D.C?
Watergate is one of the boringest and ugliest building in dc — yawn. Really dont know why you would go out of your way for Bloomingdale and Union market. I personally think Eastern market is better and more “DC” but im very biased about that and I would definitely go to 14th street/u street before bloomingdale.
oh when Donald Trump calls it a swamp, now the New York Times thinks it's great. They never had a problem with people calling it a swamp or some other drerogatory term before
oh when Donald Trump calls it a swamp, now the New York Times thinks it's great. They never had a problem with people calling it a swamp or some other drerogatory term before
The DC/New York rivalry (of course New Yorkers would probably claim there is no rivalry since they don't even think of DC) is sort of like a big brother/little brother rivalry. New York is the big, splashy rich and sophisticated older brother with a lot of problems under the surface and DC is the smaller, smarter, younger nerdy younger brother who in time will actually become richer and more powerful than his bigger, older sibling. New York's an amazing place to visit but only a certain personality type usually enjoys living there (and they couldn't imagine living anywhere else). DC's a lot more livable and human scale even if the traffic is terrible and the cost of living is sky high. New Yorkers will often say this place is a cow town but New York politicians quickly find that red state senators like Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell are a lot smarter and wilier than the puffed up local pols back home.
What are your thoughts on this article by a NYT columnist visiting D.C. for 36 hours. Would the spots chosen in the article be the ones you would recommend for a tourist visiting D.C?
No. None of the restaurants, museums, or lodging is what I would recommend to a visitor. The National Mall as well as your typical tourist restaurants such as Old Ebbitt is what I’d recommend for a first time visitor.
Partisanship has absolutely nothing to do with what "the NYT thinks" of Washington as a travel destination, even if it does cloud other people's views...
"36 Hours in Washington" has run before, under administrations of both parties: 2014, 2009, and 2002.
As a local, I don't pay attention to what outsiders, and even a lot of insiders, recommend. Most outsiders will tell you Georgetown and Dupont are the happening areas when in all reality I can't think of many Washingtonians that frequent either neighborhood. It's mostly tourists and people who live in MD and VA who aren't aware of the neighborhoods that have taken off over the past couple of years like U, H, Shaw, Petworth, and so forth.
The DC/New York rivalry (of course New Yorkers would probably claim there is no rivalry since they don't even think of DC) is sort of like a big brother/little brother rivalry. New York is the big, splashy rich and sophisticated older brother with a lot of problems under the surface and DC is the smaller, smarter, younger nerdy younger brother who in time will actually become richer and more powerful than his bigger, older sibling. New York's an amazing place to visit but only a certain personality type usually enjoys living there (and they couldn't imagine living anywhere else). DC's a lot more livable and human scale even if the traffic is terrible and the cost of living is sky high. New Yorkers will often say this place is a cow town but New York politicians quickly find that red state senators like Lindsey Graham and Mitch McConnell are a lot smarter and wilier than the puffed up local pols back home.
there is no rivalry btwn DC and New York. The only city on the East coast NY has any rivalry with is Boston and thats more bc of baseball and alot of Bostonians have an inferiority complex to NY City. DC on the other hand.....from the locals to the gentrifiers none of them is thinking about New York. Heck they have more animosity towards Baltimore than they do to NYC. New Yorkers think anywhere thats not NY is a cowtown...
there is no rivalry btwn DC and New York. The only city on the East coast NY has any rivalry with is Boston and thats more bc of baseball and alot of Bostonians have an inferiority complex to NY City. DC on the other hand.....from the locals to the gentrifiers none of them is thinking about New York. Heck they have more animosity towards Baltimore than they do to NYC. New Yorkers think anywhere thats not NY is a cowtown...
I'm so fed up with how some people think NYC is the end all, be all. You couldn't pay me to live in NYC as its way too busy and dirty for my liking. I much prefer a medium sized, clean city like DC. I've been to NYC twice in my life and if I never return that's fine with me. I don't need Indian food delivered to me at 3 AM. I don't need to be out partying all night long and into the morning. I don't need the "energy" so many people speak of when referring to NYC. I think NYC sucks to be completely honest with you. Again, this is one's person opinion. People who say NYC is so much better than every city on the planet is just referring to their opinion, not fact.
Call me crazy but the author’s idea of a good time is finding expensive ways to convert dollar bills into fecal material. There is much more to see in DC than such a “limited” and “narrow” perspective as expensive restaurants and a new museum. Walk the Billy Goat Trail and see Great Falls. Walk the mall covering more than the hot attractions. Walk around the tidal basin and West Potomac Park.
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