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Originally posted by baltassoc
That's an interesting way to put it. I can easily accept the proposition that the solution is that jobs and housing should be close together or easily linked. I'm not sure the logical corollary to that is that jobs should move out to Dulles. Why not improved housing in DC, and/or improved Metro service to existing housing in DC? Is Dulles such a better place to live that we should abandon DC*? Are voting rights that important?
* I fully acknowledge that I live in Maryland and so lack a certain right to be critical in this context, but I moved to my job, and would gladly move back to DC but for that job.
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My view is that many of the transportation problems could be solved if we treated the entire metro area as one unit, rather than putting everything within the confines of DC. I don't think the answer is extending the metro to Dulles and Tysons, I think the answer is to spread everything out a little bit. DC is just too concentrated. There are too many people converging on too small of an area. Think of all the people in VA (as far away as Herndon and Woodbridge) that are trying to get across the river every morning. It just doesn't make any sense. We clearly can't move long standing agencies, but we certainly shouldn't be compounding the problem by putting new agencies in DC. Just my 2 cents.
