As a friend of our twittered this afternoon, he spent $80 on 5 hours worth of parking for a meeting in Northwest DC. While supply & demand are certainly market forces at work in our fair town this week, I can certainly see this being a bad case of usury. Ouch!
Any other sky-high prices out there that you’ve seen? $6 for a Half Smoke at somewhere other than Nationals Park, perhaps? $40 for a sweatshirt at somewhere other than the Smithsonian Museums Gift shops?
Tom Bridge: Tom Bridge moved to the DC area in 2000 and hasn't looked back. Well, once. But it was his job that was broken, and not DC. Before founding We Love DC with several friends, Tom was the City Captain for Metroblogging DC for four years. He is a partner at Technolutionary LLC and works in computers for a living. He and his wife Tiffany live in Brookland. Read Why Tom Loves DC
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One Response to “Parking Rates Skyrocket”
January 19th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
“…I can certainly see this being a bad case of usury.”
Exactly how high was the interest rate that your friend was charged?