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Mateorabi t1_iybrhp0 wrote

Reply to comment by HanaBothWays in Axios: We ranked the accuracy of video games set in D.C by therealsazerac

Then you shouldn't have been such a racist town when Metro was built then.

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IvyGold t1_iycecch wrote

That's been disproven. The problem was the bedrock they'd have to tunnel through plus the quick elevation from the Potomac. It wasn't feasible at the time and still may not be.

Read this:

https://georgetownmetropolitan.com/2011/01/24/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-georgetown-metro-stop/

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[deleted] t1_iycy4ny wrote

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Gumburcules t1_iyd422v wrote

NIMBYs don't want anything, that's why they're NIMBYs.

The fact of the matter is that they were not the reason there isn't a Metro stop in Georgetown, so regardless of what they wanted it was not racism that doomed the Georgetown Metro stop.

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