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D.C.’s bid to host the 2024 summer Olympics is apparently being taken seriously by the people who will help make the decision. This would likely be a bad idea. From the Washington Post:

Washington is among six cities believed to be in the running. The others: Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles (host of the 1932 and 1984 Olympics), San Diego and San Francisco. The mayors of New York and Philadelphia announced last month that their cities, initially interested, were bowing out.

On Tuesday, the USOC’s 15-member board of directors will meet behind closed doors to pare that list to two or three cities, although USOC Chairman Larry Probst has said the panel does not intend to make its decision public.

The International Olympic Committee is expected to announce the host in 2017. So while we’re still pretty removed from the reality of an Olympics in D.C., DCist wants to know what you think of the possibility.

Would you like to see D.C. host the Olympics?
 
 
 
  
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(Previous Survey Monkey poll, which was limited to 100 respondents, was split 60 percent no and 40 percent yes.)