Yes, the DC area is not designed for pedestrians. Longest freaking blocks of any major city, sidewalk optional neighborhoods throughout the place. If this wasn't the easiest place for me to find work....
David ________________________________ From: pedegars <[email protected]> To: TVorNotTV <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 9, 2009 6:34:27 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: Way OT: California Question Another thing to consider (aside from train capacity/volume), is that proximity to the nearest Metro station is all relative. On one of my forays to the National Capital Area for a DC Big Event, I stayed at a hotel on the outskirts of Arlington, which touted their location as being five blocks (or perhaps even three) from the nearest Metro station. Sounds really close & walkable, no? Well, what they didn't mention is that the hotel (and the most expedient route to the station) is located on a busy roadway which is a main route to downtown Arlington, and that as such, there are almost no sidewalks, so that it was necessary to walk on the off-shoulder of the road, and navigate through a narrow underpass---all with traffic whizzing by at 35-40 MPH---until you reached the area of the station, which had all the urban walking amenities for the last 500 feet to the entrance. It was challenging enough in warm, dry weather; I can only imagine what walking it is like on a cold day with inclement weather (and possibly icy/slushy/mucky conditions). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
