Originally Posted by Trajan
....that reminds me of the time (just one example of countless examples) that my friends and I from California visited the capital mall (intensely patrolled by capital? police or guards) and then decided to walk to a ceremony at the District of Columbia Court of Appeals just after lunch time on a sunny day...that was one of the scariest walks in my life
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I've been working next to and near the Court of Appeals/Superior Court/Canadian Embassy area for more than 20 years and haven't a clue as to what you would have found frightening in this area.