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The shame of that is some taller buildings, not monsters IMHO would look great over by Rosslyn accross the river, regardless like the uniqueness of DC on many levels
I would say a 600 footer and maybe even 700 foot would look good in Rosslyn. Anything over that though looks out of place. Key Bridge, Arlington, VA - Google Maps
Always enjoyed walking across Key Bridge and you get a nice view of the largest skyline in the DC area.
Au contraire. Property taxes are way way higher in VA and MD. The taxes on a typical rowhouse in DC run about $3K per year. In VA, the taxes on the typical townhome will run about twice that. In PG County, my cousin is paying $8K-$9K in taxes per year on his townhome. Because the County has no hotels, no huge shopping malls (like Tyson's) and few other businesses, it relies far more on property taxes as a source of revenue.
I thought DC has a car tax as well. I'm not luxury and don't know who gets a luxury tax. DC's income tax is higher. Property taxes aren't high from what I hear compared to DC. Car insurance is usally lower in NoVA as well. There is a county tax that is about 20-35 bucks a year in most places.
DC doesn't have an annual car tax! VA does. VA also has an annual motorcycle tax, boat tax, jet ski tax, etc....
Boston, and its not even close. DC should go up against something it can handle, like Atlanta, Houston or Dallas. Up until recently all these places were not on the map, Boston has a is a much richer urban fabric than DC.
Let's not be ridiculous hear. I tend to agree Boston is a little more urban than DC. But, the difference between Boston and DC are far smaller than DC vs Dallas, Houston, Atlanta.
The bottom line is that DC needs to get its weight up before it can come at Boston. Older city. Bigger city. Denser city. More history. Better architecture. More developed and consistent urban fabric. Better infrastructure, especially after completion of the Big Dig. Better schools (Harvard, Berklee, Wellesley, Tufts, MIT, BC). Better hospitals. This is not even a contest.
This is not like the big dig because it only goes into downtown, but the last open section of I-395 is being decked over and the builder just found financing today. This is another major project for downtown D.C. that will have 6 mixed use buildings consisting of residential and office highrises with ground floor retail built over I-395. It will restore F st. and G st. D.C. has to be close to the same level as Dubia in construction right now.
This is not like the big dig because it only goes into downtown, but the last open section of I-395 is being decked over and the builder just found financing today. This is another major project for downtown D.C. that will have 6 mixed use buildings consisting of residential and office highrises with ground floor retail built over I-395. It will restore F st. and G st. D.C. has to be close to the same level as Dubia in construction right now.
Well you said it was different from the big dig because it goes Under Downtown, but the big dig goes under downtown too.
Thats not what I meant. I was saying its not as big as the big dig because it stops at downtown instead of cutting through the city. I know the big dig is underground. I was saying this project will make I-395 similiar to the big dig.
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