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KoolDiscoDan t1_iy9lkil wrote

Reply to comment by cptjeff in NPS and DDOT moving ahead with road redesign in East Potomac Park. One vehicle lane on Ohio Drive from the East Potomac Golf Course to Hains Point and back to Buckeye Drive will be replaced with a dedicated bicycle and pedestrian lane. Work expected to begin next month by mistersmiley318

After everyone else 'Grow(s) the fuck up'. I'd suggest you learn about benevolent ableism.

Newsflash: Black folks are just as capable as any family to do some walking if they want to use it.

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CaptainObvious110 t1_iydrcky wrote

I'm black and a native Washingtonian who absolutely agrees with you.

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KoolDiscoDan t1_iye8tk3 wrote

You can also tell he's never been across the Anacostia River. Anacostia Park is probably 50x larger than Hains Point AND it has a roller rink.

Hains Point is nice as a loop if you run, bike, or fish. But I'd take Anacostia for a picnic.

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CaptainObvious110 t1_iye9lx5 wrote

Very true. I've ridden my bike all along Anacostia Park and saw plenty of food with their picnics.

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cptjeff t1_iyf71wd wrote

I live EotR, bro. Note the Marshall Heights flair? And I'm not talking about where I would picnic, I'm saying that's where a lot of people do picnic. Anacostia park is beautiful and I bike the ART multiple times a week during good weather (remember when we used to have daylight?) But if you go to Hanes Point, there are a huge number of people who picnic there, and have been picnicking there for years. Are you going to tell them that they can't, and that they should stick to their own park on the other side of the river?

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