i know that supporting development means supporting developers, but god that is really really hard sometimes https://www.linkedin.com/posts/hoffmandev_maine-avenue-at-the-wharf-has-supplanted-activity-7186049946570096644-kNgt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
capitalism, amirite
@bikepedantic I dislike the assumption that expensive == better. Absolutely not true for many projects.
@getalifemike i wouldn't infer "better," i said "fanciest." Dedicated dog-washing rooms and rooftop pools are fancy, timeless good architecture and locally-contributing materials are "better"
@bikepedantic I agree, I was commenting on their framing, not yours.
@getalifemike ahhhh ok, sorry bout that!
@bikepedantic @getalifemike the silica for the glass is probably from West Virginia, and most the steel is probably recycled. limestone for concrete Probably From North Carolina. Trace amounts of veneer wood are maybe from around here #buylocal I’ll let them have their W, if they are getting really rich people to reside here, I know how taxation works, and that’s a good outcome. They require very few public services.
@bikepedantic And of COURSE it's on LinkedIn…
But yeah, I agree. The Wharf has been a pleasant surprise in market-rate development. I was expecting it to turn out like National Harbor.
Lookit, The Wharf is nice, it has good bones. Anyone building more city should copy lots of what they've done. The newest stuff is always gonna be the fanciest stuff. And if DC built many more Wharves, market rate affordability would probably filter down.
But damn, y'all just had to crow about the President not living on the most expensive street anymore.