Walgreens

I’ve never noticed at Gallery place but when I’m there it’s usually later at night, like 8pm or later so maybe it’s back to 2 way at that time

Don’t even need to do that, the gates clearly have the capability because there’s a go/no-go indicator. It’s incredibly easy to fix but for some reason WMATA wants it this way

Bring back one-way fare gates in the busiest and most tourist heavy stations: Union Station, Metro Center, Gallery Place, Smithsonian, etc.

It works in a mostly empty station but somewhere there’s a lot of foot traffic happening, allowing two way traffic causes more problems than it solves

Basement bars were already in trouble and generally a dying breed even before the pandemic too

Yeah if it wasn’t for IAD they never would have extended Metro that far. This is also why all those fantasy metro maps that do things like extend the Orange Line to Annapolis or the Green Line to Laurel, etc are totally bonkers. It’s just not appropriate for the subway and should be handled by moderate frequency but much faster regional rail as you said.

Also something I think a lot of people don’t realize about the silver line: the most recently completed extension was a 10% increase in Metros total track length. It was a massive expansion of the overall system to the point where it’s borderline outside of MetroRail’s scope.

That was JFK who said that and he was talking about DC not Baltimore

Take the metro next time

Yeah peak bloom lasts what, 3-5 days? I think we can be okay with 1% of the year having local social media really centering around the cherry blossoms

Holy crap that’s awesome! How was the ride? Obviously we all know the issues the system has now, but also it goes a lot more places than it did in the 70s, how do things stack up today in your opinion vs those early years?

Obvious rage bait

They just want a bunch of people to show up protesting them and trying to get it cancelled so they can say “this is no different from what we want to do to trans people”

I’m not trying to personally attack you, I’m just curious.

I’ve been noticing a lot of similar comments to yours lately, basically “I put your question into ChatGPT and here’s what it said…”

What motivates you as an individual do this?

Again, this isn’t meant as an attack I’m just curious

Don’t think Baltimore, most Bmore row homes have a flat front, not many have turret looking things

This might be a controversial suggestion but the Rusty Scupper. It’s pricy as hell but the food is good (not great) and the view is out of this world

It’s the formal name for the Electricians Union

Edit: also some other electricity-related professions

…obviously

But the thread I was replying to seemed to be saying they weren’t even looking for him

Bingo. I did this same trip OP is planning last summer for like $30 round trip, but bought the tickets a month or two ahead of time.

You really cannot beat that price, driving you’d pay more for gas and parking. You might find a cheaper bus but the experience will be way worse.

No they don’t get cheaper right before

The way Amtrak sales work is they sell the tickets in “buckets” starting with the cheapest price and after a certain amount are sold, they start selling the next “bucket” at a higher price, continually going up in price as more tickets are sold. Once the price goes up into the next bucket, it pretty much never comes back down.

So the longer you wait, the higher the price will be 99 times out of 100.

We’re lucky to live in the region where Amtrak has its absolute hands down best service, but this practice does really make it hard to use them for a last-minute trip.

Well there was that one lobbyist Bruce Bariano (sp?) who went to federal prison for mail fraud and came back and picked up right where he left off lol

Yeah there is no version of there where there weren’t federal Marshals breaking down his door within an hour or two of the no-show

OP, Roth limit for 2023 is going up to $6500 if you are below the income phase out, so you can put a tiny more in there if you like

Yeah right on red is actually a horrible idea anywhere you expect a lot of people to be walking. Drivers are looking at oncoming traffic and not the sidewalk/crosswalk on their other side. Something like 25% 22% of all right turn on red accidents hurt a pedestrian or cyclist

I’d say about $700-800 for 3 of us.

Yeah it is tough! But honestly by even opening up a retirement account and throwing a few bucks in every paycheck, you’re putting yourself ahead of (no shit) like 40% of people in the US (I assume you’re US based).

Like the other commenter said, we’re here for you, and the wiki is an amazing resource. You got this!