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Mr. Jones Offline
#1 Posted: Sat, Dec 30 2023, 9:44 AM EST
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52 restaurants closing in one yr alone within the metropolitan area of D.C....

I haven't been down there in yrs??
5? 10?
I used to be down there ALL THE FREAKING TIME BACK IN THE LATE 70'S AND 80'S...
GEORGETOWN HAD AWESOME RESTAURANTS, MANY GREAT french restaurants...then of course
The OCCIDENTAL GRILL next to the Williard Intercontinental hotel ...both attached to the secret X-17 white house escape tunnel..
8trackdisco Offline
#2 Posted: Sat, Dec 30 2023, 10:04 AM EST
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Heard someplace that DC is also losing one, maybe two professional sports teams to Northern Virginia.

That is a good chunk of revenue on its was out the door.
RayR Offline
#3 Posted: Sat, Dec 30 2023, 12:22 PM EST
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The last one out should turn off the lights.
8trackdisco Offline
#4 Posted: Sat, Dec 30 2023, 10:30 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Heard someplace that DC is also losing one, maybe two professional sports teams to Northern Virginia.

That is a good chunk of revenue on its was out the door.


Edit: The Washington Wizards and Capitals are the teams moving per the Washington Post.
dkeage Offline
#5 Posted: Sat, Dec 30 2023, 10:35 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Edit: The Washington Wizards and Capitals are the teams moving per the Washington Post.

Whew. No sports that matter..
frankj1 Offline
#6 Posted: Sat, Dec 30 2023, 10:54 PM EST
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meh. two teams moving a few miles away, one used to be in Baltimore (Bullets) anyway.
NYC has two NFL teams playing in New Jersey!
8trackdisco Offline
#7 Posted: Sat, Dec 30 2023, 11:04 PM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
meh. two teams moving a few miles away, one used to be in Baltimore (Bullets) anyway.
NYC has two NFL teams playing in New Jersey!


Liked the Baltimore Bullets. Elvin Hayes & Wes Unsell?

They took the bullets away from the b ball team and gave them to the citizenry.
Now who’s running from bullets?
And now, the Wizards will … disappear!

Gonz
8trackdisco Offline
#8 Posted: Sat, Dec 30 2023, 11:05 PM EST
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dkeage wrote:
Whew. No sports that matter..


Yeah, DC United is still there.
frankj1 Offline
#9 Posted: Sat, Dec 30 2023, 11:16 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Liked the Baltimore Bullets. Elvin Hayes & Wes Unsell?

They took the bullets away from the b ball team and gave them to the citizenry.
Now who’s running from bullets?
And now, the Wizards will … disappear!

Gonz

Unseld also played with Gus Johnson and The Pearl during his Baltimore/Capitols/Washington career.
Abrignac Offline
#10 Posted: Sun, Dec 31 2023, 9:07 AM EST
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This comes as no surprise. Lived in Fredericksburg, VA in the late 90’s early 00’s. Worked in DC and northern, VA. At the time DC’s mayor was a crackhead. Except for the area surrounding the K street corridor, Georgetown, embassy row, the capital and the White House the place was a 3rd world chit hole. IIRC it was the murder capitol of world at that time.
TMCTLT Offline
#11 Posted: Sun, Dec 31 2023, 10:16 AM EST
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Abrignac wrote:
This comes as no surprise. Lived in Fredericksburg, VA in the late 90’s early 00’s. Worked in DC and northern, VA. At the time DC’s mayor was a crackhead. Except for the area surrounding the K street corridor, Georgetown, embassy row, the capital and the White House the place was a 3rd world chit hole. IIRC it was the murder capitol of world at that time.


That wouldn’t have been during the Marion Berry tenure would it?
Hello Anthony!!
KingoftheCove Offline
#12 Posted: Sun, Dec 31 2023, 10:18 AM EST
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frankj1 wrote:
Unseld also played with Gus Johnson and The Pearl during his Baltimore/Capitols/Washington career.

Watching Unseld whip his patented outlet chest pass after a defensive rebound, was a thing of beauty.
The ball came out like a rocket, on a line, 50-60ft.
One of my favorite players of all time.
Abrignac Offline
#13 Posted: Sun, Dec 31 2023, 2:12 PM EST
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TMCTLT wrote:
That wouldn’t have been during the Marion Berry tenure would it?
Hello Anthony!!



But of course.

Btw, hey buddy. Long time. Hope all is well.
JGKAMIN Offline
#14 Posted: Mon, Jan 1 2024, 8:57 PM EST
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8trackdisco wrote:
Heard someplace that DC is also losing one, maybe two professional sports teams to Northern Virginia.

That is a good chunk of revenue on its was out the door.

Building a new arena in between Arlington and Alexandria due to the crime in the immediate area outside the arena. Ironic police HQ is just a few blocks away yet they don’t provide much of a police presence around the arena and the metro.
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