NYC Subway > DC Metro, nobody cares if its cleaner because you can't eat on it!

Agreed. I live in DC and take metro every day, but the constant track work, relatively high prices, the paucity of stops and the frankly inadequate hours of operation make getting anywhere a real pain in the ass. I miss NYC.

Summit Point. Assuming you aim to get back to DC around the weekend. They have a Friday open trackday program.

I read the comment thinking it would be a play on a Talking Heads song. In my disappointment I will provide what I hoped to read.