19th Century infrastructure in DC

[ProdigyofZen]

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[jk]

Re: 19th Century infrastructure in DC

http://mobile.washingtonpost.com/c.j...d=578815&spf=1

iirc the u.s. infrastructure grade improved to a d, or maybe d+. there's plenty worth doing before more people get killed by bridges falling down and so on. i think the economy will have to have another downleg, unfortunately, before anyone in power is willing to vote to spend the money. alternatively, it might happen sooner with some public-private partnerships that allow the finance types to make money on it.

[Chris Coles]

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Not worth worrying about. Most of DC will go under water when sea levels rise.

[aaron]

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I just got back from a trip to D.C. It is a different world there. All that stimulus money... it ended up there. They have no clue as to what is going on in the rest of the country. New roads, new houses, new buildings... there is NO recession there. The rest of the country will fall apart before D.C. has to worry about something as silly as "water".

[jpatter666]

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I just got back from a trip to D.C. It is a different world there. All that stimulus money... it ended up there. They have no clue as to what is going on in the rest of the country. New roads, new houses, new buildings... there is NO recession there. The rest of the country will fall apart before D.C. has to worry about something as silly as "water".

You got it -- my friends in DC don't believe me or just shake their heads (read: that's terrible, please pass the wine) when I tell them how bad things are outside DC (and attendant suburbs).

Disclaimer: I live in those suburbs, but travel extensively on business

[ProdigyofZen]

Re: 19th Century infrastructure in DC

You got it -- my friends in DC don't believe me or just shake their heads (read: that's terrible, please pass the wine) when I tell them how bad things are outside DC (and attendant suburbs).

Disclaimer: I live in those suburbs, but travel extensively on business

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I am from the DC area and just visited over the holiday break. Housing prices are still slightly up in most of the DC suburbs. This will end when government stops growing. ......

[bill]

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I just got back from a trip to D.C. It is a different world there. All that stimulus money... it ended up there. They have no clue as to what is going on in the rest of the country. New roads, new houses, new buildings... there is NO recession there. The rest of the country will fall apart before D.C. has to worry about something as silly as "water".

Sounds like smart power (war against terrorism and energy security) economy management team (office division) ramping up.

[jpatter666]

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I am from the DC area and just visited over the holiday break. Housing prices are still slightly up in most of the DC suburbs. This will end when government stops growing. ......

Perhaps. You'd be surprised the size of the tech industry (my area) here. Biotech is big as well.

[c1ue]

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Perhaps. You'd be surprised the size of the tech industry (my area) here. Biotech is big as well.

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I wouldn't be surprised at tech industry presence in DC. Besides burgeoning lobbying, Homeland Security related tech is a huge growth area, as is War on Terror tech.