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9throwawayDERP t1_iu5op65 wrote

Reply to comment by endlessly_apollo in Is it worth becoming a resident of D.C.? Currently a Maryland resident. by FarttardSandwich

OP is thinking of moving to Georgetown. Hard to replicate that other than in Boston, Charleston, or Savannah. Maybe a few other (equally expensive) places.

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unwhale t1_iu90ak3 wrote

Can you elaborate on why you compared Georgetown to those cities? I love Charleston and Savannah, and I was curious what made you compare those to Georgetown.

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9throwawayDERP t1_iu90vjf wrote

At least 50 blocks of housing and shopping in a historic town center that has mostly original buildings. Doesn’t really exist out of a very small subset. You could add the French quarter to that list. old town Alexandria is good too. But you need homes, shops and restaurants in buildings that are at least 150 years old.

Most other places demolished their equivalents. DC came close, but the freeway riots stopped them just in time. (The key bridge was going to be demolished for an interstate and the entire neighborhood would have become an on-ramp)

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