DC is booming. Rents and real estate are sky high, and old extremely iffy neighborhoods are gentrifying overnight. Very large gay community too.
WDC is always propped-up economically by your tax money. That most of the top 10 wealthiest counties ring the beltway is no accident. The pols steal your money and spread it around there. Is it any wonder that we are $19,000,000,000,000.00 in debt?