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@ Lance: In the context of DC, the ANCs are the local jurisdiction ... They represent a neighborhood's interests (like a 'commune' or 'arrondissement' in France).

There's actually quite a difference between a commune and an arrondissement, but who am I to explain that to you? As far as I understand communes have very little to say in France's centralized egalitarian top-down power structure.

But as for the ANCs, it's simply a layer too much. ANCs represent too small of an area, create to many different mini democracies and are dominated by very few people that have no realistic motive to actually represent all the interests of the residents. It is too complex to have people represented by their ANC, their ward, and then a few at-large people and a mayor.

As for my inconsistency (why the quotes around little?), I should have been more clear: I meant the District.

5 jobs which will likely be filled from people either from other neighborhoods or outside the District anyways

And your problem with that is? Would you like to mandate that all jobs are filled by locals or something? Unemployment is quite high in the District. Job creation should be a prime target for any DC jurisdiction. Even if the jobs are filled by people who live out of whatever mini-environment you choose to pick, the business itself will still create tax revenue for the District.

Again you run into the problem that everybody wants more jobs, but nobody wants to live next to a company. Or students. Or a CaBi station. Or a jail. Etc.

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