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This will lead to a change in how both business and Government is run. Millennials being such a large generation will change things dramatically in the coming years as they eradicate much of the status quo. They will vote out people who don't see things their way and they will replace all the aging babyboomers. Majority of the workforce, managers, CEO's, etc. in the next 20 years. And millennials generally hate bureaucracy.
Its already happening in many companies in DC. I've seen large cultural shifts in companies with younger management.
This can't happen any faster. I am really tired of dealing with the "if it ain't broken, don't fix it" or "don't rock the boat" mentality.
You can't compare DC to Manhattan, SF, Boston, or Seattle which have been largely white most of their history without the crime and blight DC had. All you newcomers can't remember a time in DC when there were no restaurants, shiny apartment buildings, or retail shopping across the city. DC is punching way above its weight in this completion considering where it started. All of you keep talking about what it's been like since 2002 etc., however, DC was very different prior to the last decade. DC will be very different over the next decade from now too. The more the city develops, the more it will change. We can come back to this thread in 2020 to see who was right and who was wrong.
You can't compare DC to Manhattan, SF, Boston, or Seattle which have been largely white most of their history without the crime and blight DC had. All you newcomers can't remember a time in DC when there were no restaurants, shiny apartment buildings, or retail shopping across the city. DC is punching way above its weight in this completion considering where it started. All of you keep talking about what it's been like since 2002 etc., however, DC was very different prior to the last decade. DC will be very different over the next decade from now too. The more the city develops, the more it will change. We can come back to this thread in 2020 to see who was right and who was wrong.
I totally get what you are saying and you make absolute sense but HOWEVER, you must admit that while people keep talking about what it's been like since 2002 etc., the new and or recent casts of elitists/classists have completely taken over. Therefore, all that you have written sort of gets washed away with the "world class", "on par" and reaching-like types that couldn't care less about the past.
Also, if the CURRENT culture wasn't genuinely cultivated at the grass ROOTS level and is ever changing, one has to wonder the overall impact this has had and will continue to have.
NYC topped 2000 murders a year back in the late 80s/early 90s. While all five boroughs may not have been overwhelmingly black, there's been plenty in the 30-40% range for the the last years. Even NYC today has a 25% black population.
Who said NYC? I said Manhattan. NYC is 300 sq. miles and is way too large to compare to DC proper. Manhattan has been flipped upside down and turned inside out and the exact same thing is happening to DC with all the redevelopment. People complain about everything especially when they are new here. But people living here now have no idea how different the city is from 10 years ago. There are so many changes coming to DC the people in living here a decade from now in 2025 are not going to believe DC used to look like it does today. The people in 2035 are going to say the same thing about DC a decade prior.
DC, unlike San Fran or NYC has way more upside and undeveloped or underdeveloped parts of the city. You heard it here first, NOMA, Union Market, Mt. Vernon Triangle, Northwest One, Capital Riverfront, the Wharf/Waterfront Station, Buzzard Point, H Street/Atlas District, Ivy City/New City, and the Eco District will be considered some of the best urban neighborhoods in the nation when it's all said and done at full build out.
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Who said NYC? I said Manhattan. NYC is 300 sq. miles and is way too large to compare to DC proper. Manhattan has been flipped upside down and turned inside out and the exact same thing is happening to DC with all the redevelopment. People complain about everything especially when they are new here. But people living here now have no idea how different the city is from 10 years ago. There are so many changes coming to DC the people in living here a decade from now in 2025 are not going to believe DC used to look like it does today. The people in 2035 are going to say the same thing about DC a decade prior.
DC, unlike San Fran or NYC has way more upside and undeveloped or underdeveloped parts of the city. You heard it here first, NOMA, Union Market, Mt. Vernon Triangle, Northwest One, Capital Riverfront, the Wharf/Waterfront Station, Buzzard Point, H Street/Atlas District, Ivy City/New City, and the Eco District will be considered some of the best urban neighborhoods in the nation when it's all said and done at full build out.
Would that be best in terms of overall culture or best as in richest for the elite? I still can't see how we go from what used to be, to current, then to what is going to be but still have a sense of rich rooted culture. If we don't have people that identify with its history, how can they contribute going fwd? Or is it by the time those places you state are fully developed, the field would have been panned out? Because if you need to have a BA to live in this area, how can people from all parts of the world that don't have such education be able to relate to those that live in these new build outs? How does culture beyond the uniqueness of DC thrive on this alone?
Would that be best in terms of overall culture or best as in richest for the elite? I still can't see how we go from what used to be, to current, then to what is going to be but still have a sense of rich rooted culture. If we don't have people that identify with its history, how can they contribute going fwd? Or is it by the time those places you state are fully developed, the field would have been panned out? Because if you need to have a BA to live in this area, how can people from all parts of the world that don't have such education be able to relate to those that live in these new build outs? How does culture beyond the uniqueness of DC thrive on this alone?
Best, as in very urban and vibrant. Usually, "best urban neighborhoods" tend to have the following:
-Very High Density
-Very High Shopping Saturation
-Very High Restaurant Saturation
-Multi-Modal Transportation Options
-Very Walkable
-Very Vibrant
Each of those neighborhoods will have all of these things.
Having been to all four of the above cities, I can say that they offer a much more compelling lifestyle for young, affluent people.
I mean, give someone 20 million dollars and ask them to live in one of the following five cites: Boston, NYC, Seattle, SF or DC. How often will DC come out on top? We might beat Seattle or Boston occasionally, but who in their right mind would choose this place over NYC or SF?
Me. NYC is too busy for me and living in SF doesn't appeal to me since my family is in the Northeast. Way too many generalizations on here.
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