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Old Posted Sep 11, 2021, 6:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Manitopiaaa View Post
The Washington MSA has competing Downtowns. If you ask people what Downtown is, you'd get either Tysons, Rosslyn, or Downtown D.C. I'll admit when I thought of Downtown DC, my mind immediately pictured Rosslyn, since that's what I traditionally associate with Downtown (highrise corporate HQs).

That said, most of D.C.'s growth is Downtown-proximate, but just outside it:

Atlas District
1990: 3,666
2000: 3,209
2010: 3,867
2020: 6,594

Navy Yard
1990: 2,087
2000: 1,825
2010: 2,794
2020: 11,036

Noma
1990: 157
2000: 89
2010: 66
2020: 5,198

Potomac Yard (Southern National Landing)
1990: 0
2000: 244
2010: 900
2020: 3,710

Rosslyn
1990: 6,499
2000: 7,142
2010: 8,491
2020: 10,647

Tysons (only a portion is built out)
1990: 11,241
2000: 15,846
2010: 19,627
2020: 26,374
Fairfax County Goal: 100,000
I lived in Reston. Nobody considers or called Tysons or Rosslyn downtown. Hell, people in Fairfax think anything in DC is "downtown" because Fairfax county is so suburban.

Rosslyn is tiny btw. Why would anyone consider that downtown? Is it a "downtown"? Sure, but nobody calls it that. Most citiies have these districts.

Last edited by LA21st; Sep 11, 2021 at 6:48 PM.
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