I also appreciated my hometown of San Antonio bowing out completely. I figure they knew it was all just gonna be one big hot mess and they had enough of their own internal petty business to fight about instead.

Ha! What’s funny is that I don’t love pie either—I’m solidly team cake. But my sweet potato pie and peach cobbler are the most requested baked items among my social circle. Go figure.

Crystal City on the other hand, I’ve always felt a little bad for since it’s steady decline. I can see it being a tangential benefit to DC and MD without having to actually deal with Amazon.

I wonder if it’s less that people think they’re a better parent than you, but rather are paranoid that you think you’re a better parent than they are and overcompensate.

Mostly, however, the arguments focused on what their parents did or didn’t do. “I was spanked and I turned out fine.”

That does indeed sound so wonderful. I can see that being amazing.

Welcome to the delicious, delicious club! I don’t think I saw a pumpkin pie at Thanksgiving until I was well an adult. Sweet potato pie is the norm for us southern black folks. Plus, my mother hated pumpkin pie even though they taste the same to me.

I’ve lived in DC, SF, and NY and they all seem pretty comparable. DC has the easier market to navigate and you can definitely get housing below that median. Weirdly, I actually pay more rent than in Brooklyn though, mostly because I got some incredible deals when I lived there.

I hear you. I can’t divorce the costs and the privileges because I think it keeps people honest and accountable, if only to themselves. I do like hearing people acknowledge the role that having a partner plays into it too (which can be complicated too).

A few years and then some. I just wish that people cared at all about the underlying disenfranchisement problem.

I also think there’s something to be said about putting this in the context of the lack of true representation of DC residents in Congress too. Talk about the electoral system thwarting empowerment. It does trouble me that more progressives aren’t incredibly vocal about this.

I don’t disagree. I think there’s balancing that with the folks who do make it work on much, much less. And I think there’s something to being real about the privileges along with the challenges.

I agree with all points made about the problems with affordable housing in DC and she’s right to highlight that. But yes, you are also correct.

I have, lots of them because I grew up along the Bible Belt. And I’ve had the conversation with pro-choice advocates who wouldn’t choose abortion for themselves. We’ve had some productive, honest conversations that acknowledge that discrepancy with pro-life advocacy, especially when it comes to policy agendas.

This point can only be reasonably made with an equal vigor to protecting the health of the children and adults they become once they are born and navigating this world. Sadly, those espousing your sentiment are almost never committed to that.

Judicial elections are a real can of worms with a lot of problems. There’s been a lot of research on how problematic they are at the state-level (e.g., Brennan and ACS). Yet there are benefits over a merit-based system of appointment—more opportunities for marginalized/under-represented candidates, for example. It’s a…

Yeah, that does make a lot of sense now that you mention it. I don’t make fried chicken very often, but it’s essentially how I prepare it with that kind of makeshift buttermilk brine.

My thought on that is more based on Dulles being too spread out. So food options may be at the way other side of the terminal with a significant walk as opposed to being centrally located. And the area before security is kinda dismal.

True (and vice versa with Dulles). That’s why I said:

Agreed. I like Sanders for certain reasons and on a lot of issues, but this thing he struggles so hard with is a deal breaker for me. It goes straight to whether he can be trusted to prioritize racial justice (either separately or as part of his more integrated economic equality agenda) when push comes to shove.