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Article: A Tourist's Playground Just Outside Their Lobby; National Harbor Residents See Perks in Location
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- The Washington Post
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- September 20, 2009
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As National Harbor resident Jim Toole lounged near the glistening
Potomac River recently -- Caribbean-style music drifting from
nearby outdoor speakers -- that week's neighbors swirled all
around him. Many were lawyers and IT workers there for a legal
technology convention. Earlier this summer, they were a group of
optometrists. This week, aeronautics gurus were in town for an air
and space expo.
"It's nice to live someplace where there are tourists," said
Toole, who moved into a condominium there in February, part of the
first wave to plant roots in the convention hub that doubles as a
glitzy, exit-ramp residential community. "We take the elevator down,
and we're where people might ...