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We're trying to rent our studio. I'm on the list for tickets at my homestate senator's office, but luckily my fiance's parents live in Bethesda, so we won't be too far from the action and work.

The economy has hit us hard so if we can come up even for our rent or more, that's a huge help.

depending on who the crowd is, i might rent out my place and stay with my mother (in PG county) for a few days.

SO glad I moved away when I did!

Wow, $20k!? I didn't even know people rented out their homes for such occasions. I think I'd feel a little uncomfortable having strangers stay in my home like a hotel room, but I guess that would depend on how much it's costing.

I was lucky enough to go on a school trip (with Close Up) as a jr. in high school for Bush's 2000 inaugeration, and it was definitely an amazing experience! The trip cost about $2500 and we stayed at a hotel in Maryland, so I never would have guessed it cost $20k to stay in someone else's home, crazy. But I loved it, even if I was freezing my butt off. Thank God for my mom who's from Illinois and bought me long johns (which I insisted I wouldn't wear) and forced me to take them. Us poor Texas kids were dying! After the first day, I wore about 5 layers of pants and shirts every day and wrapped a scarf around my face. How do people live in that? I did love the metro though! Why oh why hasn't Houston caught onto the idea of a mass rail transit that covers more than 2 blocks downtown?

Wouldn't it be cheaper to buy a TV?

TrueTex, your comment made me laugh as a fellow Houstonian living in the DC area. To me it is super cold here, but to others it is mild. But, it is funny to hear people complain about the heat here in the summer...they have no idea what heat is.

No, I will be watching it on TV in front of my fireplace.

I don't believe for a second that $20k is the "average" asking price.

graefix: "asking" price and "getting" price are gonna be TWO different things im sure lol....