Originally Posted by Manitopiaaa
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
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