District of Columbia

[Lisa Petrison]

AWFUL (1)

I spent a week at the Watergate hotel in Washington D.C. in August 2002. This was long before I started doing avoidance, and my illness was only moderate at the time.

I had a horrible time in D.C., in a way that makes me think that I got a lot of exposure to the worst toxin for me. The hotel also may have been moldy.

[stormyskye]

Sept of '09. Spent a few days there seeing the sights. Stayed in a hotel in Arlington that was great. Didn't detect any ick and air quality was good. I felt great there. Overall I'd give it a 5.

[Lisa Petrison]

A report from this database. Scale is 1-10. (0=worst possible, 10=completely healthy)

health.groups.yahoo.com/group/CFS....eportRows&tbl=1


From KR
Washington DC metro area
Score: 2
the winter months are more tolerable, summer has high mold and particulate
Lived there 2 years
much worse than other locations I have experienced

[Lisa Petrison]

A report from Jeri McClure Kurre, an extreme mold avoider, in June 2012:

>Washington DC was awful in general, but I stopped by the zoo to see the pandas on my way out and the walk from the parking lot finished me off. I happened to look over to notice this . How nice. I wouldn't live in DC if someone gave me a house. Worst place I've been in awhile. I'd be finished if I had to live there. It is amazing how fast you can sink back. Thank goodness for decontaminating.

[Laurenpalmer]

One of the worst places I've ever been. I went from about ninety percent funcuonailty two days ago before arriving, to twenty percent. Haven't been hit this hard EVER. You cannot avoid the mold here either. It's in every building, every restaurant, every hotel and the air is thick with it. I leave tomorrow, thank God. Avoid DC at all cost.

[eric]

I stayed at the Marriot Marquis in November 2014 and it was pretty moldy even though it's a new building (2). I eventually switched hotels.

However, the convention center right next door was quite good (4), but with pockets of bad rooms and areas (3).