Unfortunately we don’t have a library here 🙁

I can promise you that it is way more strange/rude/pathetic to criticize someone wearing a baseball jersey to a baseball game than it is to wear a jersey.

I need a car for work (potential for having to go into work after metro hours) - with silver line expansion I can start taking the metro and I think I might monday - because traffic has gotten even worse. I maybe drive on the weeknight/weekend maybe once or twice a quarter

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they never said all transit is bad

OTA got us a landlord check for nearly 5 figures after they'd blatantly screwed around with illegal renewals/increases, all for the cost of one meeting and a follow-up phone call. This was about 6 years back but definitely worth inquiring.

Hmm that’s a tough one. I would stick to private spaces. You don’t want to show up on Reddit as the ball shiner.

Keep in mind it's not just a safety issue - Dupont Circle is also a really fun neighborhood to live in just in general. I lived there for years and loved the safety, the easy walk to lots of other neighborhoods I hung out in like Logan and Shaw, and just the overall vibes. NoMa is a little less connected in my opinion to the rest of places you might want to go to, so you might want to consider that along with overall safety, which I cannot comment on as I live in an Old Town bubble now.

The only somewhat dangerous part of NoMa is on the North Capitol side of things. When the homeless encampments were under the underpasses that could also occasionally see an incident.

Given that the encampments are gone, and you’re multiple blocks from North Capitol with no reason to be close to that part at night, you’re fine.

As someone who’s lived in that part of town for multiple years and watched it change, I’d say it’s nearly as safe as DuPont circle now, for the average person. I mean your apartment is right between an REI, a gay brewery, a planned parenthood, and an elementary school. This isn’t the hood people make it out to be, it’s thoroughly yuppie.

You must not take the red line during rush hour. Currently shoulder to shoulder at metro center lol

You’re sad

cant believe you'd bash public trans on TDOV

I used to drive every day in my home town-now I drive once a week if that. Mostly just to not get the street sweeper tickets. So 6 times a week

Thanks for the suggestions

Just wear Kevlar

> Once you have to time your trips, it doesn't really count as functional working transportation for me

Sorry what?

OP: total first world problem. WMATA has its issues, but 10 minute headways aren't even on the first page of the list.

This used to be normal during rush hour pre pandemic….trains would come every 3-5 mins it felt like. And if you had to switch lines, it wasn’t such an issue. Now you have to wait 10+ mins for one line and then another 10+ mins for the other line. All in pretty crowded trains during rush hours. More trains is a legitimate ask.

As a disabled vet who no casual observer would immediately figure out am disabled, yes. The point still stands though, DC needs to regulate them better than they currently do. Of course that could be said about many, many aspects of city government.

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Nova Tropicals is gorgeous. They do have a betta selection although stock seems to vary - might recommend calling them first to see how much they have in. I definitely recommend checking them out. Even if you don't find your dream betta there if you go, it's still a great store to look around. I didn't end up getting a betta from them, but they're probably my first choice if I decide to restart my tank at some point

I got a betta from Tropical Lagoon in Silver Spring and it ended up having really bad ich which was kind of a pain, especially because I'm new to the hobby.

For those unfamiliar with the concept, a leading pedestrian interval lets pedestrians go for at least a couple of seconds before the signal for cars turns green. This is a ridiculously cheap intervention that measurably improves pedestrian safety through increased visibility in crosswalks. I'm not sure if it's been implemented District-wide, but it's at a ton of intersections now and at least in my experience, it definitely feels safer. Sometimes DDOT can do stupid things, but I'm real glad they made this change and wish it was more common across the US.

No difference. I don’t take the metro.

I hate to say it but 10 minutes isn't bad. I've seen 15-18 minutes within an hour of rush hour.

I used to commute from the near Virginia suburbs to 4000 Wisconsin Ave. by bus and it was 50-75 minutes each way for a trip that was about 10 miles. The best part is when I went to take the bus home, I'd wait at the stop for 30-40 minutes and then see 3 buses (which are supposed to run every 10-15 min) all pull up bumper to bumper.

I'll take a 10 minute metro wait any day.

I'll take the flip side of this - metro is not a convenient option from my location in the 'burbs. I use it a single digit number of times per year, mostly when I have friends in town and I'm playing tourist in the city with them all day. I hate driving in this area more than words can describe, but I do it every day out of necessity. If metro were an option for my daily commute, I would use it.