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eccentr1que t1_j50w3y0 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in ‘Environmental racism’ and the mysterious cars rusting in D.C. woods by Maxcactus

What I'd like to know is why the city hasn't asked the Fed's for the ability to get and usee the stones for a monument, or why the NPS hasn't used them

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sol_in_vic_tus t1_j50xu0w wrote

I love the idea of National Parks but the longer I live in DC the more I come to hate whoever is actually running the show at NPS. The way they operate here is more about maintaining a fiefdom than actually having great parks for the public.

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eccentr1que t1_j510qga wrote

At the least they could be users to make a similar monument to the capital columns in the arboretum

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professor__doom t1_j51pfmv wrote

Honestly, I'm surprised nobody stole them over the decades to build garden terraces, stairs, sheds, footpaths, etc. To this day, there are random bits of Hadrian's Wall used as parts of buildings, fences, and even as paving stones all over that part of Britain.

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JerriBlankStare t1_j52z6ch wrote

>The way they operate here is more about maintaining a fiefdom than actually having great parks for the public.

Huh... I've always enjoyed my experience at NPS sites in the DMV and surrounding areas.

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sol_in_vic_tus t1_j533aen wrote

It's the smaller parks littered throughout the city that are the problem. NPS doesn't take good care of them but refuses to let the city do it.

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