Washington DC: Tourist Trap or Urbanist Powerhouse?
After visiting Chicago this spring, we continued on to Washington, DC—a fascinating city that surprisingly doesn’t receive as much attention in the online urbanist community as it deserves. We already made a video talking about the trade-offs and consequences of the height limit but there’s a lot more that’s interesting and unique about the urbanism of the US capital.
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References:
Housing permitting data in different metro areas: https://housing-data.vercel.app/
DC building registry for dates: https://dcgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/we...
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Transit ridership data (look under "heavy rail" for subways): https://www.apta.com/wp-content/uploa...