Where our money is

Did you know that six of the ten wealthiest towns in America are suburbs of Washington D.C.? Selena Zito took a walk on a recent Wednesday afternoon, going three miles from DuPont Circle to the U.S. Capitol. She found eighteen Starbucks, none of which had a line of less than seven people.

Twenty-one construction sites filled with workers on girders and cranes towering over whole city blocks can be found on the same walk.

Commerce bursts from every angle of this city: small businesses packed with shoppers, hair salons charging more than the monthly mortgage payment on my first house for a cut-and-blow-dry, and main as well as side streets clogged with traffic.

Is that what you would see on a three-mile hike in your city?