Thanks for sharing that link. Your statement “in comparison with other states” makes me wonder if the city of DC is being compared to entire other states. Do you by chance know how it compares to comparable cities like NYC, Miami, Boston, LA, or San Francisco?

> Folks are acting like people are going to start camping out if a coffee shop has a few more tables/benches

Have you been to Compass Coffee on 7th Street or Spring Valley? That’s been exactly my experience at both locations. I think it’s totally reasonable to have tables available for people to enjoy their drink, but that requires people to enjoy their own beverage and move on.

> I can’t believe we’ve reached a point in society where asking to have a damn seat after you bought a coffee for $10+ (not including the tip you were probably asked to add at checkout) is considered wholly unreasonable.

It seems like there’s three types of people who go to coffee shops:

1. Buy coffee to-go and leave.
2. Buy coffee and sit at the cafe while drinking it.
3. Buy coffee and sit at the cafe for multiple hours while working/studying/reading.

The coffee costs the same for all three customers, but the third group of people makes it much harder for the second group of people to exist. Almost every time I go to Compass on 7th Street or Spring Valley, it’s filled with people from Group 3. Not really sure how to change this besides putting a time limit on tables.

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