D.C. has too many restaurants. It's time for some to go.
I live in the Palisades. In my neighborhood, within three blocks of my house, there are six restaurants. If I extend that range to a still-doable 15-minute walk, there are four more. But I don't have a drugstore within that three-block radius, or a hardware store, or a bookstore, or a full-service grocery store. Restaurants make so much money that they can afford to pay higher rents than other kinds of stores, and the result is less variety in the local commercial market.
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