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Crash the Inauguration: How to Be at the Woodstock of Washington

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22 pointsbrianchesky8 comments

Great pr/bizdev move on the part of the creators (airbedandbreakfast.com)

I'm a native Washingtonian, and I'm totally going to go if it's remotely possible for me to be in DC.

  Mom's apartment
   * 0.6mi from National Mall
   * Couch in living room
   * Internet available

And I'm a native Australian.

So I'm totally going to go if it's possible for me to remotely be in DC.

My mother grew up in DC and was around for many inaugurations. They used to make metal parking signs for the inauguration saying "Kennedy Innauguration January 20th 1961". After the inauguration my uncles would go around and take the signs down. We have many inauguration signs around my grandmother's house. Now the signs are paper :(

Woodstock of Washington?

Estimated to be 4-5 million people, and the city is keeping bars open until 5am.

That sounds like a recipe for disaster.

There are going to be riots and the capital (and capitol) will be burned to the ground.

On second thought, that's maybe not a bad thing. We could get some real change then.

Most people who claim to have been at Woodstock weren't.

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