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It was largely due to the fact that the planned freeway system in DC would have also wiped out parts of Northwest, where the white people live. There was eventually enough local outrage that the freeway plan was largely canceled and the federal money that would've gone to it was redirected to building the Metro. This wiki article on the planned Three Sisters Bridge that was at the center of the controversy sums up a lot of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...

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They really don't like Malcolm Nance, do they?

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