You'd think tax revenue. Only in DC is gaming a $4M loss in 2022 when they were projection $92M in profits.

https://www.legalsportsreport.com/73493/councilmembers-skeptical-gambetdc-dc-sports-betting-2022/

Yes, a total liability for DC and discussed many times in this sub and WaPo and City Paper documented the nepotism in awarding to Intralot with a local business front connected to DC Council Member.

Corruption has been endemic in DC government for decades so nothing new. A few businesses I know were thinking of bidding for support service contracts but walked away after seeing how rigged the bid process seemed. Everybody knew.

Thanks. Never tried but there are those who say you can:

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https://cybernews.com/how-to-use-vpn/how-to-play-fanduel-in-the-usa-with-a-vpn/

This was controversial in the '90s when some cafe owners and patrons would argue whether a cafe or communal space should turn into what some referred to as a Zombieland...people stuck to their computers. Some would have a no laptop policy and others would turn the wifi off after a certain hour or some days. Pretty well estabished that turnover of clients is usually required to run a business and that somebody with a laptop there for hours might eat/drink much less, compared to 3-5 patrons over same time.

Even now there are companies trying to block time out for people with dedicated space/power outlet if you sign up for a meal/coffee service plan. Some cafes/etc in Paris will kick you out for even taking out a laptop and jam area wifis and block sockets.

Looks like owner is trying to accomodate both.

Never tried, but can you get a free or paid VPN that will change phone geo-location?

If not, use google maps and also drive down PA Ave SE and also try I-395 S to VA and see where your telco providers switches over at border.

PS...It's not degenerate if it's legal, is it?

If your ANC Commissioner is the kind that soothes tensions, ask them to visit that house and let them know about leash laws.

Exactly, which is one of the reasons those tools are created.

I think the City Paper had an article a couple years ago where local restaurateurs basically said there were no noticeable increases in patronage due to influencer posts.

Then there are those bars/restaurants/etc. that decorate for the gram. I remember when La Vie on the Wharf had people going there to post. Just wild.

I thought they were suspect and then I read a little about the culture of requesting mad comps (couple hundred dollars of food and drinks the "influencer" might have a friend eat or dump in a trash can outside the restaurant) and sometimes not even doing a review or posting a random photo.

Even calling restaurants before they open and hassling them for a first review.

And some have the audacity to think they should be noticed as a celebrity.

"Influencers" be the modern grifters.

There are companies out there that will let you try out a tool to see what percentage of followers might be "organic" or bought thru an Instagram follower farm.

I'd guess almost all local food influencers that have 100K+ followers are suspect. Maybe Tom Siestma (Sp?).

Lol...Wonderland and Raven a secret dive bar if you were a traveler into DC from afar and reading a free travel guide.

Basically, kids going into or coming out of schools fight and occassionally shoot at each other. Safe Passage workers are supposed to be there so they don't get violent.

The violence interrupters and Safe Passage team are a pathetic use of public funding.

FTFY. Safe Passage team are getting a lot of criticism as well for not doing anything, including not showing up for their post.

Thanks and not OP and kinda was saying such.

Haven't but plan to go. Yeah, it's like the oddest name for a bar where people might go not to binge.

BYT seems like a different dimension when things in DC could be, as you said, edgy.

Maybe focus on a subculture/specific pursuit. These new-fangled "influencers" try too hard and fail and it seems more about them than the events they promote/host.

Ha! Know a few who took a leadership weekend course or other week only certificate course and buy Harvard things.

It's gotten so bad, there's a video camera developed to record dogs taking a shit and no poop bag used by owner.

Binge Bar is non-alcoholic.

There are thousands or more rowhomes inspected by DCRA for rentals and they pass rental with working fireplaces.

Look at DC Tenant Rights guide on dc.gov for regulations

Yup! Biden administration has not been shy about their HBCU goals.

It's not the first. Article notes the first where they will be leading a research center (1 of 15).

A couple of years ago, went to a hotel and surprised by the number of luxury cars parked there with Alaska plates. Like Bentleys and such.

Was a small conference for ANCs.

But then, how will you know somebody is trying to convey that they are well-read and cosmopolitan?

Gonna quit my job and sell a tote bag with NPR on one side and New Yorker on the other at farmer's markets.

Go to the Key Bridge Boathouse in Georgetown and IIRC they have rules sheet.

NYC and cheap buses and hostels.

I'm no longer surprised at the number of adults who lived here their entire life that have never visited NYC.

Some not adventurous, some told you'd be murdered, some never had the time or thought expensive to visit (had no idea about cheap buses).

Also not surprised anymore about adults in MD or VA and even DC who never took a metro train.