Posted Jan 12, 2008, 6:15 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Columbia/Sumter, SC
Posts: 16,913
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Originally Posted by LittleMike
this set is incredible....
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thanks
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Originally Posted by austlar1
Great pics. I always felt that DC looks better in pictures than it feels in real life. Yes, it is big and it is dense, but somehow it misses the mark in terms of urbanity. Possibly that is because it is frequently so poorly maintained at street level. It is normal to find streets filled with huge potholes, uneven sidewalks, and garbage/litter strewn about and not picked up by business owners or street cleaners. There is no real urban shopping area with a concentration of world-class stores and boutiques. The malls are impressive but they don't really cut it. Also, it feels dangerous to be out on any but the busiest streets. I lived in DC (Cap. Hill and Woodley Park) for over ten years. During that time I travelled a lot in Europe. It was always such a let down to get back to the unsettling reality DC after time spent in London or Paris or Berlin. Ditto for a jaunt up to NY or Boston. At any rate I left DC 11years ago, so maybe it has gotten better in that time. I know that it has grown a lot and added a lot of new buildings.
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i gotta totally disagree. it's no Paris or London but it's a great city too.
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