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Metro is now more reliable. More additional "infill" stations are built on existing lines.
The city has sprawled out more. Neighborhoods like Brookland are now more like Adams Morgan. Anacostia is now a safe area.
Population over 1 Million.
Far out suburbs like areas beyond Vienna, Shady Grove, Glenmont, Brand Avenue, etc. start to decay and become more crime ridden as the majority of DC becomes low crime.
In 20 years...
-The DC/Balt CSA will be the 3rd largest in the country. Bolstered by the booming Baltimore metro area.
-Tysons Corner will undeniably be the largest suburban city with a decent selection of nightlife.
-The new trendy neighborhood in DC is GoHo (Good Hope Rd. SE, formerly Anacostia) and DC will be fully built out.
-Potomac Yard metro station and the K St. Streetcar will be at or near completion, the purple line will still be a talking point for political elections.
-The most viewed topic on this forum will be "Why is dating in DC so bad"
DC will tie its 1950 population of 800,000 if not surpass it
DC will trully be vanilla village as the black community will be less than 30% (but @ the absolute lowest 10-12%)
Latino population will grow somewhat but with high housing costs it wont go past 10-15%
DC gentrification will spillover into parts of PG County and completely conquer Hyattsville, the poor side of Oxon Hill, maybe even Capitol Hts Seat Pleasant and Bladensburg
NoVA wont change much just more townhouses more bad traffic and if someone smart is involved more proposals for public transit expansion
Blacks will still work for the metro and most other lower level govt agencies bc most of the whites in DC will not be working class. At most the staff will diversify somewhat with more english proficient latinos working for the metro. Entry level govt jobs will still be mostly black workers unless US born latinos show more interest in working those positions.
Metro will have expanded somewhat. The silver line to Dulles long finished and better links to BWI and Baltimore
PG County bus services will have expanded.
More black middle class and black upper class people will firmly entrench themselves in Charles county maybe even spilling over into St marys and calvert.
Montgomery county wont change much. Gaithersburg will get a little more working class and poor. Immigrant communities in silver spring will probably gentrify. At most 495 will expand.
DC will firmly be what san francisco and Seattle are now.
DC will still be known as a govt town complete with uptight social climbing and backstabbing govt workers lobbyists and interns.
I personally hope to be far away from it donning an occasional visit to the monuments for my children.
I wish I could find the report that I think either the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments or the Center for Regional Analysis did for the area and the projected housing costs were astounding -- like average sales costs in the millions.
DC will tie its 1950 population of 800,000 if not surpass it
DC will trully be vanilla village as the black community will be less than 30% (but @ the absolute lowest 10-12%)
Latino population will grow somewhat but with high housing costs it wont go past 10-15%
DC gentrification will spillover into parts of PG County and completely conquer Hyattsville, the poor side of Oxon Hill, maybe even Capitol Hts Seat Pleasant and Bladensburg
NoVA wont change much just more townhouses more bad traffic and if someone smart is involved more proposals for public transit expansion
Blacks will still work for the metro and most other lower level govt agencies bc most of the whites in DC will not be working class. At most the staff will diversify somewhat with more english proficient latinos working for the metro. Entry level govt jobs will still be mostly black workers unless US born latinos show more interest in working those positions.
Metro will have expanded somewhat. The silver line to Dulles long finished and better links to BWI and Baltimore
PG County bus services will have expanded.
More black middle class and black upper class people will firmly entrench themselves in Charles county maybe even spilling over into St marys and calvert.
Montgomery county wont change much. Gaithersburg will get a little more working class and poor. Immigrant communities in silver spring will probably gentrify. At most 495 will expand.
DC will firmly be what san francisco and Seattle are now.
DC will still be known as a govt town complete with uptight social climbing and backstabbing govt workers lobbyists and interns.
I personally hope to be far away from it donning an occasional visit to the monuments for my children.
One thing you forgot is Asians. I think their population in DC will increase significantly.
I also, think racial diversity in general will increase significantly for all jobs at all levels and probably much sooner than 20 years. However, DC will probably be at least 70% white by then with more minorities living in the suburbs.
One thing you forgot is Asians. I think their population in DC will increase significantly.
I also, think racial diversity in general will increase significantly for all jobs at all levels and probably much sooner than 20 years. However, DC will probably be at least 70% white by then with more minorities living in the suburbs.
If anything, their population has massively declined and continued to do so.
What makes you think the Asian population will rise?
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