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In article <4vs9bm$oei@access1.digex.net>,
Austin Kelly <auskelly@access1.digex.net> wrote:
>In article <3221A559.65FC@access.digex.net>, Rex  <rex@access.digex.net> wrote:
>>I sincerely hope that whoever writes the dc.general charter *at least*
>>lives in DC.
>
>Is Forest Hills good enough for you, or does it have to be Adams-Morgan
>to be *really* DC?
>
>>
>>The *.dc Newsgroups (and city as a whole), have been suburban-centric
>>for far too long.  City residents deserve their own forum for discussion
>>with other city residents.
>>
>Every other regional group that I know is regional, covering the
>entire metro area.  What about proposing a dc.city newsgroup if
>you want something limited to the city.  But you still can't
>keep suburban residents out.

I think this is the crux of the matter.  "Suburban residents" are not
residents of the district of columbia.  Most other urban areas (the only
exception I can think of is Richmond, but I'm sure there are others)
annexed in their suburbs, or at least ended up having a country
arrangement where by you have cities besides Los Angeles in Los Angeles
county.  What this ends up meaning is that there is a distribution of
regional burden among ie declining core-city areas and prospering suburban
zones.   We don't have that in the district.  We won't have that in the
district.  What you find is that suburbanites accrue the benefits of
having an urban center around, while urbanites (well, personally I work in
Virginia so I know there are exceptions) tend not to as tangible acrue
benefits of the suburban areas.  I know this is a simplified argument, as
we do have regional organizations like the metro system.  However; the
district is a very deliniated area, unable to solve it's problems through
the means of other urban centers by annexing outside areas, so there's
bitterness to those who come in use our resources and leave in far greater
number than people like me go into the suburbs and use their resources.  

Does it make it right?  *shrug* Not really, but when I read a newsgroup
like dc.general I want to hear about dc.  It's a preference.  There are a 
lot of unique trade-offs to living in dc as opposed to the trade-offs
between living in say Philadelphia or Bucks County.  I like the idea of
having agroup that is .specific. to the district of columbia and a seperate group
for the discusion of metro area concerns.

Katie

Katie