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District of Safeways
If you grow up in DC, it’s hard to imagine a location, store, or neighborhood that doesn’t have a nickname. I grew up solely referring to Adams Morgan as “AdMo”, Georgetown as “G-town”, and the...
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The Vision Zero Initiative Part 1: District of Pedestrians
We’ve all experienced it when crossing one of the District’s 7,700 intersections (of which more than 1,678 are signalized). You are crossing the street and then bam! You look up and you’re a deer in...
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Bikeable District – Capital Bikeshares: Part 1
D.C. takes great pride in its bikeshare system and rightly so. In August 2008, D.C. became the first jurisdiction in the United States to launch a bike sharing system. Then called SmartBike D.C., the...
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Transit Friendly District Part I: The Most Stumble Friendly Metros
Image by David Wilson and licensed under Creative Commons. Disclaimer: The District Ninja team does not endorse nor recommend the use of Metro Transit while intoxicated. Common sense clearly shows that...
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The Vision Zero Initiative Part 2: District of Bikers
Like pedestrians, bikers in D.C. face a whole array of safety issues while roaming the streets of the District. For myself, one particular time comes to mind. I was biking by 17th and K NW when a...
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Transit Friendly District Part II: Restaurants
As anybody knows who has driven in D.C. or been in a car headed in or out of D.C., it can be a ripping a pain. Fox News reported that 3 DC area-roads made it into the Top 50 nationwide congestion...
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Once again, D.C. Long & Foster realtor Valerie Green has made it possible for the District Ninja team to bring back the Ninja Report for D.C. home sales in February 2016. Many thanks to Valerie for...
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Retrospective: DC Election 2012
Image by Manik Rathee and licensed under Creative Commons With the 2016 election right around the corner or as comedian John Oliver calls it the “Lady Liberty Convenience Store...
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Block Party District
Image by Elvert Barnes and licensed under Creative Commons. Like mambo sauce, DC loves a good block party. So much so that the you can find tips on throwing a good DC neighborhood block party in the...
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Here’s what Metro delays look like in bad weather (like last week’s freezing...
Bad weather tends to go hand in hand with longer Metrorail delays. Delays usually last the longest when it’s freezing outside, with the situation being a bit better when it’s snowing and even better...
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