[uncr3ative]

it's also where the nih and nasa are located. I had 3 technical jobs there that had nothing to do with politics, and my 2 friends who live in the area work on technology things which have nothing to do with politics. Rent in DC is exorbitant and making demand higher by not allowing tall buildings seems silly to me.

[rayiner]

NIH and NASA get a Google's worth of funding from the federal government. With employees in DC, that funnels a ton of cash into the local economy. But why DC? It has no top medical school. Shouldn't NIH be in Baltimore near Hopkins? Why isn't NASA in a city with a university with a top aerospace program, or closer to aerospace equipment manufacturers?