Has 2016 got you down? After a year that felt a lot like this, we're all ready to see what a new year will look like. So once again, this filthy "web log" is offering its totally original "In/Out List" for 2017. Take heed, or prepare to "graduate" to Ashburn, where particleboard is always "in" and the parking is (still) free, the end.
| OUT | IN |
| Brutalism | Woonerf |
| Reston's Seven Principles | Elitism |
| Road diets | Traffic circles |
| High-rise mauvescrapers | High-rise schools |
| Silver Line | Scrapping the Silver Line |
| CGI grannies | CGI dealmakers |
| Free parking | Dubious smartphone apps |
| AirBnB | Tiny studio apartments |
| Cougars at Jacksons | Bobcats everywhere else |
| Parallelograms | Wavy architectural adornments |
| Long waits for traffic improvements | No wait for new taxes to pay for them |
| Community outreach | Crisis management |
| Unsuccessful court challenges | Unchecked development through regular channels |
| Pokemon | Weevils |
| Lake House | Leak House |
| Trojan horses | Spillway art |
| Consonants | Vowels |
Same, CGI Granny. SAME.
On the larger-than-Reston scale:
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Hope and change
In
Dope and strange