DC is America's boomtown without creating anything

[mdgator05]

Originally Posted by gatorman_07732

Who is Discovery Networks? Comscore sells into the federal government. Opower is in an energy solution company that works in smart grids and green technology. Want to bet they have government involvement? Isn't living social more of a service?

Discovery Networks is a set of cable television networks, Discovery Channel, TLC, History, Science, Animal Planet, etc.

comScore does appear to take government clients. I was unaware of that. It is an incredibly small part of their business, the vast majority of which is private Marketing Consulting.

Living Social is a tech company that works as a service. It is in DC. Services are important too.

[Gatorrick22]

Originally Posted by mdgator05

Doesn't produce anything? Huge booming tech community, some of the finest research medical facilities in the country, huge research labs run by the government and the private sector, media organizations, financial organizations, and just about every other form of non-resource extraction, knowledge-based business.

A more balanced examination of the DC area economy that doesn't rely on tired stereotypes.

http://www.economist.com/node/18561085

I'm sure he was talking about the large number of pencil-pushers newly employed in D.C..

[wargunfan]

Originally Posted by mdgator05

Doesn't produce anything? Huge booming tech community, some of the finest research medical facilities in the country, huge research labs run by the government and the private sector, media organizations, financial organizations, and just about every other form of non-resource extraction, knowledge-based business.

A more balanced examination of the DC area economy that doesn't rely on tired stereotypes.

http://www.economist.com/node/18561085

You could not have done a better job of making the OP's point.