Nah, Americans just be fat. Gotta divide average number of likes of the last 10 posts by the number of followers they have. You end up with shit like 0.05% follower engagement rate, and at that point it's fucking hilarious that these people don't realize they should be paying dinner plus an exorbitant fee for risking our brand on such a shit page

Blows my mind how few people understand this.

A year ago I got in a fight with hip city veg about their EXTREMELY hidden service fee. Through an email exchange with them, they disclosed that the DONT PAY TAX on the service fee.

Me informing them that was tax fraud likely played a large role in them dropping the fee.

Also keep in mind even if you could use it it’s broken half the time in my experience.

Oh gods no.

Lets see if this gets the same victim blaming reaction like the Canada goose robberies.

That’s actually not clear at all. It could easily be read that is available for both categories of vehicles

Yeah, I legit couldn't tell if they were trolling or not when they described Wonderland as a hidden gem, or if they just don't get uptown much.

Needed something to match the 80s windbreaker!

It has to be taxed. Otherwise restaurants would set prices at $1 per entree and charge a 2500% service charge.

One rule of thumb is that you can't trust the "influencers" who aren't at least a little thick, because that's how you know they're actually tasting the food and not just pocketing the bribes.

no big deal then

Lol the garbage influencers ride on the coat trails of actual critics. I love reading emails of people looking to do a "Collab" involving thousands of dollars of free food and alcohol in exchange for two posts on a shit IG account

No, it's quite clear.

The kiosk is only available for (1) private/pleasure class vehicles model years 2005 or newer, and (2) vehicles previously inspected by DC DMV.

If you don't meet both criteria, you can't use it.

That's definitely George Santos on the right, but you know he lies about it.

They won’t be tax free, dealer processing fees have been taxed for decades. It would have to be a government charge like registration or title fees to be not taxed.

There's something suspect about food accounts for local dc restaurants having 100k followers...

Maybe I've been in DC too long, but one of these accounts also seem to treat places like The Raven or Wonderland Ballroom like some secret dive bar lol.

I would say the problem with the Trump presidency was when his supporters came in from out of town. Especially to harass local residents. I remember in December of 2020 and a few other times when the proud boys went around beating up people. Likewise the other time his fascist supporters showed up to march around. Never mind the whole January 6th thing and the nightmare of the response to the BLM protests. Just in general this man was a nightmare for the city. Biden has been subdued. Trump was horrific on occasion. The celebration when he lost the election was great though. The Obama era was awesome though. That I agree with. I want that back.

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After Obama was elected in '08, the city was electric. As one poster mentioned, it was as if a NY-ification of DC began happening almost immediately. The period between the election and inauguration was one big party (bars open all night, celebs in town, a sense of hope and joy among people that I've never seen before). Around this time, DC also became a more attractive destination as a place to live and work. The city itself began to change with an enhanced culinary scene, new neighborhoods on the upswing, more local businesses opening up, etc.

Whether or not Obama's policies lived up to the hype is one's personal preference, and the changes/gentrification in the city had its pros and cons, but this was a very transformative time for DC. Neighborhoods changed drastically (H Street, Shaw, Petworth, Navy Yard, etc.).

These days, the changes are still noticeable, but the atmosphere is different. Parts of DC that were recently pretty great are now interchangeable with Clarendon and other cookie-cutter suburbs. I've also noticed the sense of community in some neighborhoods has vanished a bit. In the H Street area about 10-15 years ago, everyone knew each other, looked out for on another, and it seemed much smaller and community-orientated. Nowadays, that vibe is gone. It's thousands of folks packed into apartment buildings who will never meet their neighbors and who walk briskly down the street with earbuds from one destination to the next. Not saying there is anything wrong with this, it's just different. Couple that with soaring housing costs, and a whole chunk of the population that used to live here is gone.

That went a little off track, but as a transient city--some people stay, some people go. I'm at an age where folks are now in the suburbs, moved elsewhere in the country, or are scattered in different parts of the city.

Happened outside of the school I worked at last year too

Were they some beige/gray New Balance dad shoes?

Take a look at Room & Board .

With contemporary or mid-century furniture .

Or on Craigslist, I found great stuff recently .

Then it's a question of a few pieces on shelves or some art on the wall.

You can get inspiration online like on Pinterest

I’d park at the Ballston Commons garage. It’s cheap and not a far walk from the metro.

Prior to getting my DC license and street parking permit, I used to park in Arlington near the Lyon Park community center. It’s free street parking in that neighborhood, and I literally would abandon my car there for weeks without issue.

A bunch of armed men pulling up on a middle school when school gets out and robbing the students should be bigger news. It's insane what people are getting comfortable with in this city; the boiled frog.