Obamas buy their DC house only 4 months after moving in

[Santander]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/obama-house-kalorama

Not even pretending they haven't become swamp creatures.

[Yank2133]

Your trolling is getting lazier.

[Lexii, harbinger of chaos and sexual anarchy]

This is a very important news story /s

[Hindsight was 2020]

Deflection shields are up captain

[Santander]

It's not trolling. The idea that they just bought a house to live in for a couple of years while their daughter finishes school is BS. It means they intend to be at a minimum be part-time DC residents over the next decade or so.

[Middle-aged Europe]

It's not trolling. The idea that they just bought a house to live in for a couple of years while their daughter finishes school is BS. It means they intend to be at a minimum being part-time DC residents over the next decade or so.

That's a big f***ing deal.

[Pyro]

It's not trolling. The idea that they just bought a house to live in for a couple of years while their daughter finishes school is BS. It means they intend to be at a minimum be part-time DC residents over the next decade or so.

Speaking fees must be higher in D.C. than Chicago.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

It's not trolling. The idea that they just bought a house to live in for a couple of years while their daughter finishes school is BS. It means they intend to be at a minimum be part-time DC residents over the next decade or so.

Speaking fees must be higher in D.C. than Chicago.

And it's closer to that sweet Wall Street money.

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

It's not trolling. The idea that they just bought a house to live in for a couple of years while their daughter finishes school is BS. It means they intend to be at a minimum be part-time DC residents over the next decade or so.

Would you want to move back to a city where Rahm Emanuel is mayor and there are dozens of shootings every weekend?

I LOL'd.

[Indy Texas]

Believe it or not, sometimes when people relocate for work, they decide they like that city and decide to keep living there even if they no longer work at the place that caused them to move there in the first place.

[○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└]

Believe it or not, sometimes when people relocate for work, they decide they like that city and decide to keep living there even if they no longer work at the place that caused them to move there in the first place.

We haven't had a President return to where they lived before becoming President in a while. Obama moved to DC. Clinton moved to NY. While Dubya stayed in Texas, he got rid of his ranch that was really just a prop.

[ProudModerate2]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/31/politics/obama-house-kalorama

Not even pretending they haven't become swamp creatures.

This is a nothing-burger.
What don't you just create a thread about little green people from Mars who enjoy eating fish tacos.
It would get the same amount of attention as this thread.

[Illiniwek]

No! Come home to Chicago! Please!

[Angrie]

Clearly they must intend to sell it to a Russian oligarch for 50 million dollars above market value for a nice little bit of good old fashioned profit.

[Zioneer]

Honestly, who cares?

[catographer]

It's not trolling. The idea that they just bought a house to live in for a couple of years while their daughter finishes school is BS. It means they intend to be at a minimum be part-time DC residents over the next decade or so.

What's wrong with living in DC? It's a nice place.

[Storebought]

It's not trolling. The idea that they just bought a house to live in for a couple of years while their daughter finishes school is BS. It means they intend to be at a minimum be part-time DC residents over the next decade or so.

What's wrong with living in DC? It's a nice place.

Washington DC is one of the most segregated cities in the country - both in terms of race and income. It has an affordable housing problem. It has the seventh highest murder rate of any US city and ranks in or near the top ten for violent crime. Residents have limited political rights. Its metro system is poorly designed, poorly managed, and inadequate for a city of DC's size. Beltway traffic is awful. It was built on a swamp and could be among the American cities most affected by rising sea levels and global warming.

With the exception of the restricted voting rights --and even only then, thanks to gerrymandering away the influence of cities in GOP-run states -- every major US city that is a true city and not a suburban sprawlville shares these problems. The dig against the DC Metro is especially unfair -- it is the third longest rail line in North America and is tied with Chicago for ridership.

Oh, and Washington wasn't built on a swamp, either.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

He built a wall around his house.  Oops.  #ingwall