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Washington DC's was much easier to understand and much simpler, but was also significantly busier and it generally took much more walking. The last time I visited DC I opted just to drive to avoid the inconvenience of having to mess around with the subway. As bad as traffic was, it was often still faster than having to walk a mile or more to a station.

Very much a problem with DC. Traffic is terrible and the public transportation system does very little to alleviate it. It is unfortunately not a public transit friendly city. We sat at the end of a line for two hours once trying to get to a baseball game. We got there in the 7th inning. Terrible experience, and afterwards we just drove when we needed it. 

Still avoid DC like the plague because you can get "lost" in traffic for hours and can't get out.