Shit, sign me up! Not an ebike fan at all but you're telling me I can get a dope Specialized eMTB for like $500, what's not to like??

The fares that people pay is the extra payment

Thanks for coming!!

Does this actually happen? I’ve never heard of Metro opening early or closing late as subsidized by a private entity. The link below implies that they stay open late for professional sports games at the expense of WMATA.

https://www.wmata.com/about/news/Metro-to-extend-service-for-sporting-events-if-games-run-beyond-normal-closing-time.cfm

It would be nice if they wouldn't shut down part of Metro near the race course, either.

Can’t do overnight maintenance if trains are running.

Meh

I think you need to separate the feelings that it apparently generates for you to see people running, from the actual reasons they are running. I guarantee they are not going out to exercise to show off for you or anyone else.

I'm sure they'd be happy to if they had the budget.

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That's not how this works. The pool is limited.

How awful of people to stay healthy!

I'm glad you enjoyed some of what DC has to offer.

'wasn't unfamiliar'....sorry, confusing double negative. I could have been clearer.

Ya, 'The T' as we called it. It was just, not a pleasant experience. That was a long time ago and I may have been unconsciously influenced by my parents hating it. Though, I did visit as a teen and it was meh then too.

> I wasn’t unfamiliar with riding public transit, I was born in Boston

Boston doesn't have transit?

Yep, exactly why I’m here now, and exactly why I’ll move to the burbs when I have a five year old. I know (from service groups and other functions) a few families with 3 or more children in grade school here in the District, and I’m afraid to ask them what they could possibly be thinking.

Yeah, unless you have $3-5,000,000 for a house so far NW that the streets don't have numbers anymore and can send your kids to Saint Alban's, it's not really a place to raise kids.

The "fun factor" and proximity to work is cool enough in my 20s

Same. I'll never go back to Florida!

Ok then what do those people do literally anytime their car needs anything? Literally compared it to a car price. What can you get for your car that’s $600? Like a few new tires?

Lidl

There it is!!! Man, that short rib Chili Relleno is on point....and the molé chicken....really nice.

They make a damn good Michelada as well.

What place?!?

I hate to say it but I went to Guapo's a couple nights ago and it was pretty friggin' decent. Branzino fajita platter was way better than expected.

… But other people find it fun. Live and let live, friend.

given the doom and gloom nature of this sub sometimes, I really love hearing this. Y'all come back now, y'hear.