My bike is a bigger reason my car is mostly a lawn ornament but metrorail/metrobus do replace at least a few car trips per week.

I went to the public option once where the adults hired a singalong person for the toddlers and the rest of us drank. It took over the upstairs. I think it was a Sunday night and there was basically no one else there.

> I think its the « final » salary if that make sense? So this 4300 is the salary i will get. But just to know: if its not the case, what does that mean? Because im not 1000% sure

Ask your employer “is €4.300 the pre-tax or post-tax salary?” and use that specific language and have them be specific with the phrasing, too.

Pre-tax, that is not great, you’ll def have roommates and be conservative with your budget. Post-tax, you’ll do great. There’s a huge difference.

then it is me who can’t read lol

I really didn’t want to put an /s to indicate it was a joke but maybe they are necessary :(

> why is this terrible?

tell me you’ve never found an iPhone on a bench in the morning near the basketball courts without telling me you’ve never found an iPhone on a bench in the morning near the basketball courts

> underpinning

Ah, that’s the word I was looking for. Thanks!

Idk your end finishes or if you’re separating the basement into a separate unit (I wouldn’t if I could afford not to rent the basement) but not surprised at all about the $250k mid price quote for all that work.

> Lowering the basement to increase ceiling height and usable space, turn it into a two-bedroom.

A dig out? Idk the proper way to do but I’d be looking into it to make sure you protect yourself (and your neighbors) in case god forbid the foundation or party walls are damaged during the process.

Idk what your plans are to do when the walls are open but think of everything. Run the cat cables you’ve always dreamed of.

Assuming you’re renting from a private landlord, they might be willing to break the lease for you if you find the next tenant and they take over without any break in renting.

What’s the deal with cherry blossoms?

Residents likely kept it out. The US hasn’t built public housing (eg Sursum Corda) in decades except for some privately financed developments (and have a lot of variation). In theory, households could use vouchers to rent units in Georgetown but I am going to guess the lease-up rate for vouchers is quite low there.

> Conversely, what's it like living in the city itself?

Old Town (assuming you mean Alexandria in Virginia), Hyattsville, Hollywood (I assume you mean southern Maryland, and Marshall Heights/Capitol Heights are all very different places, all except Old Town are kinda boring themselves (and Hollywood is like two hours away).

here is an example from 1980 so probably well before that

all of the shootings last night appear targeted and many in retaliation for other shootings

people in this sub aren’t hanging out in simple city or condon terrace

only way to know is if you try but please report back because I am curious

that was my view for lockdown! lol no idea about the fire though

edit: apparently this was near Piney Branch which I walked through today but did not notice lol

not everything is in perfect communication with each other

they closed permanently and didn’t update the signs lol

I heard moe more frequently in MoCo in the mid to late 2000s so probably a few years before that.

> I’d like to ask for about 5k more than the max which would match my current salary in the private sector.

I assume this means that with a certain grade, the pay for the max step is $5,000 below your current salary. Whether you can get the max step is office dependent but there is no mechanism to go above the max step except for maybe a hiring bonus (and if the advertisement doesn’t mention a hiring bonus, there isn’t one). You can provide pay stubs to ask for the max bonus, a couple should suffice, and it depends on office if they consider things like bonus or commission (no idea if that applies to you). If they counter and say “this is the best we got” (whether that changes or not), that’s what they can do, and since you’re mid-level, they’ll probably just go to the next candidate after that.

> I’m one of few employees, so I wouldn’t be taking away a spot from anyone who needed it more, since I am not a DC resident and don’t have the option to bike or walk.

There’s a finite amount of curb space and you don’t live there so this line of reasoning doesn’t make sense. Tell your employer to provide transit benefits.

they don’t come

> New York Avenue

13th/New York NW, 1st/New York NE, or Bladensburg/New York NE?

Lincoln’s Cottage, the Civil War forts (throughout the city), Anacostia River trail, some of the fancy houses (Decatur, Woodrow Wilson, Lars Anderson, Dumbarton Oaks, the lady with the fancy faberge eggs in Rock Creek), Glen Stone in Maryland, the Kreeger Museum, the Arboretum, and probably more.

My dogs have too much energy in this mild weather. I need the sun come back to slow them down.