We got 6 feet of snow in New England a few years back. Definitely thought that was gonna be my year.

+1 for use of the word Rumspringa

I read that as “my uncle would try to write while driving,” and it still seemed to work.

DC zoning allows new row houses in most districts by-right, but you are correct that the lack of open land is a problem. The other issue is that huge swaths of our existing row house stock is under historic district restrictions, which makes demo and rebuild prohibitively expensive if not impossible.

Even if a driver in one lane stops for me, I still wait for the inevitable impatient jackov that tries to go around them at speed.

Bollards would presumably just be there to allow scheduled deliveries to get through but otherwise no other drivers would be allowed.

I don’t know about subs, but they have the best approximation of a proper Italian grinder I’ve had here.

If your talking about Carytown then I’d vote Mt. Pleasant.

I’ve had issues with incorrect orders or slow service but never with noise from the staff. I wonder if they’re having issues.

Okay I’ll bite. Why?

But I wonder if their road networks were laid out in the 18th century

I think you’re underestimating how much people associate RI government with corruption. At the moment, the state is not much worse than most states (and considerable better than some) but even within my own lifetime that wasn’t the case. RI was one of the biggest pay-to-play states in the whole country at least through the 90’s. “Plunderdome” helped root out a lot of it but once trust is lost on that level it takes a very, very long time to regain.

The bathrooms at the Watergate were nice enough that I was kind of sad I didn’t have to go.

They might get back to that if they get the automated system cleared for use again

Who is? This isn’t Tokyo

I miss Tea in Sahara

Answer to that is to get more people to run

No guilt necessary. My mom is a multigenerational RI native, but I was born in California so I never got her undying love for the Dunk.

Annoyed beatnik avatar is perfect for this comment

Did you grow up here? I only ask because if so, this might be a sign of evolution.

I have no idea but the fact you’re asking made me very happy for some reason.

I started elementary school in RI in 1985 and it was a thing then. Like people said above, there were a handful of very gruesome, very sad cases that were enough to justify it.

https://planning.dc.gov/page/dc-history

The mall has undoubtedly seen better days

There used to be a place called “the beer pit” in Warwick where kids had been drinking illegally for decades. Bet there are gems at the bottom of that pile. Lord knows I did my part.