Comments on: Is D.C. Too Expensive To Be Creative? Fugazi’s Ian MacKaye Weighs In http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/01/is-d-c-too-expensive-to-be-creative-ian-mackaye-weighs-in/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: oboe http://dcentric.wamu.org/2012/01/is-d-c-too-expensive-to-be-creative-ian-mackaye-weighs-in/#comment-1171 oboe Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:11:00 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=13356#comment-1171 "  “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the city was probablymore culturally influential during its mid-eighties quality of life nadir than it is today as a richer-but-prohibitively expensive city.” That’s when D.C. gave birth to groups like post-punk band Fugazi. " Wait, I'm confused.  Didn't McKaye and many of the core Dischord artists live in Arlington, VA pretty much all through that time?   ”
 “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the city was probablymore culturally influential during its mid-eighties quality of life nadir than it is today as a richer-but-prohibitively expensive city.” That’s when D.C. gave birth to groups like post-punk band Fugazi. ”

Wait, I’m confused.  Didn’t McKaye and many of the core Dischord artists live in Arlington, VA pretty much all through that time?  

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