What's the Most Overrated (and Underrated) Thing in DC?
Are D.C.’s monuments fun or more effort than they’re worth? Is Le Dip a must visit restaurant experience or just overpriced? If there is one thing we like to do here, it’s debate what aspects of DC are under or overrated.
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