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Across the fruited plain comes word that Washington, D.C. is now considered the worst place to live in America. From the National Review to The Hill, many a media outlet is posting the result of a recent YouGov poll that puts the District dead last, but no one is bothering to answer the question of why.
As a young married couple, more than three decades ago, my newly minted husband and I had a decision to make: Where in the world did we want to live? Looking at a map, we considered many options. There was New York where my husband hailed from (too expensive), back to New England where we met (not terribly friendly), or stay in Pittsburgh, PA (grew up there, done that). Scanning further south, we happened upon the District of Columbia and its environs.
D.C. offered a temperate climate, a beautiful downtown unlike any other, a vibrant performing arts community, and lots to do. The only downside we calculated was the lack of a baseball team. But that could change, couldn’t it?
Ding, ding, ding, we had a winner.
WTTG-TV (now Fox 5) offered me a job, and we packed up our U-Haul and high-tailed it to Washington. We are still there. Over the last thirty years, D.C. has grown exponentially. In particular, the traffic has become untenable, and the performing arts did not turn out to be as anticipated. Outrageously expensive and centered downtown at the eternally under-construction Kennedy Center became more of a drag than an opportunity. Want to take your mother to the opera? Get ready to fork over a grand between good seats, dinner, and parking.
But hey, we did get our baseball team. And you cannot beat Washington in the spring: cherry blossoms, redbuds, forsythia – it is as if the whole brown world turns to living color every April.
So, what is the problem here? One cannot overestimate the effect COVID-19 has had on the city. Democrat Mayor Muriel Bowser is one heavy-handed politician. She makes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan look like a libertarian. Washington’s revelry – the bars, the performances, the eating establishments – were closed. Those “happening” places like Adams-Morgan became the backdrop to forced political virtue signaling. “Raise your fist to show solidarity to the cause or else” does not make for a pleasurable dining experience. Senators such as Rand Paul (R-KY) and his wife, Kelley, were terrorized while walking the District’s streets. The same held true for elderly out-of-towners sporting a MAGA hat. District of Columbia police looked on and did little under this mob rule, so the empty streets became emptier, and D.C. took on a ghost-town look.
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We Often Feel Like David Taking on Giants
Today’s Goliath is the Mainstream Media Industrial Complex that brainwashes the masses.
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