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Great Neck has a big orthodox Jewish population, so it fits. I would be curious if Danny was actually involved in diamond sales in the NYC diamond district or at some other, more commercial level. M...

Does not surprise me that someone got hit at that intersection. Cars turning onto 17th from New Hampshire there act like they are going straight (probably because it's such a shallow angle) and don't ...

Actually, this is less sketchy than it sounds. Diamond merchants often travel with the diamonds on them. The diamond trade in the northeast US is largely run by a close-knit ultra Orthodox Jewish co...

Good theory, but I don't buy it. Speedy trial rights also take into account the public/prosecution's need to have reasonable time to build a case, not just the defendants' rights. I have a really ha...

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/jihadi-calls-suspicious-bags-left-dc-nyc/story?id=10826590...

Wait, how has the counterflow lane on 15th st messed up the biking on 16th? And why is it so dangerous? You do have to look right for oncoming traffic, but that's not so hard. ...

This sucks. Work all your life doing a thankless but vital job for the city, then this? Trash collecting is already a dangerous job, without having to worry about workplace violence. My thoughts ar...

Hey, I always find the servers at Tryst gracious and speedy! ...

I don't think it was ever very difficult to cross the intersection here -- the problem was those two blocks of NH going one way in opposite directions on either side of U st. But this is all just s...

I still find this whole thing bizarre. Are there actually people who don't like Big Bear? Why? What do they want there instead? What's their *actual* grievance? Is it just the haunting specter of...

Actually, it turns out that the "gentrification displaces current residents" is something of a myth: http://www.observer.com/node/48338 Low income people in gentrifying neighborhoods are actually le...

True, but the weird liquor laws have actually encouraged the growth of neighborhood culture -- all the BYOBs, etc. Plus I always got a kick out of buying beer from a civil servant. ...

Yeah, this is a pretty ridiculous argument to say that homeowners don't want their property values to go up. What gentrification does is harm low income *renters*, not owners. ...

Does anyone know how DC's liquor laws compare to other cities? I'm starting to think that DC's sad lack of bar/cafe/restaurant density and variety is due to the ANCs. I mean really, people -- look a...

Any news on her condition? I jog only with my house keys (which includes one of those little Vic cards and my gym card) safety pinned to my shorts, no ID. I always figured that if anything happened,...