Tenleytown Wawa Fight

[Anonymous]

It's amazing that everyone is OK with teens--who by law DC agrees have no judgment / common sense until age 26--running this town. Speechless.

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone see this? 300 kids is crazy!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyb4nnyxlo1/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

This is the welcoming Ward 3 that Matt Frumin promised you. Promises made, promises kept!

It was 2 kids fighting and a couple hundred cheering them on. But way to exaggerate the situation!

I still find that pretty bothersome. Hundreds of kids cheering and watching two kids kick the sh** out of each other? Just another feather in the cap for DC!

Just think, when the mayor and Frumin get done with their affordable housing plan we’ll get to enjoy these young scholars year round AND on every weekend.. No more summers off to enjoy the neighborhood in peace. Looking forward to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:School times it’s fine, it’s the non school times that’s the problem. Erratic PIW patients seem to be congregating and I see many just walking in the middle of Wisconsin.

Right. It's hard for me to take seriously anybody who claims that Tenleytown is the same as it's ever been. You didn't used to have disturbed people passed out in the middle of the sidewalk with their pants down when school let out like you do now. I used to be up there late at night fairly frequently, and it was empty. Now you see various disheveled individuals walking around and trying to open the doors of different establishments. No one who knows anything about the area can claim that nothing's changed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:School times it’s fine, it’s the non school times that’s the problem. Erratic PIW patients seem to be congregating and I see many just walking in the middle of Wisconsin.

Right. It's hard for me to take seriously anybody who claims that Tenleytown is the same as it's ever been. You didn't used to have disturbed people passed out in the middle of the sidewalk with their pants down when school let out like you do now. I used to be up there late at night fairly frequently, and it was empty. Now you see various disheveled individuals walking around and trying to open the doors of different establishments. No one who knows anything about the area can claim that nothing's changed.

Bowser may not have succeeded in her pledge of “Alice Deal for all” but she’s exceeded the mark in letting crime, disorder and public deviant behaviour spread to all. Most DC neighborhoods are experiencing these problems.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone see this? 300 kids is crazy!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyb4nnyxlo1/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

This is the welcoming Ward 3 that Matt Frumin promised you. Promises made, promises kept!

It was 2 kids fighting and a couple hundred cheering them on. But way to exaggerate the situation!

I still find that pretty bothersome. Hundreds of kids cheering and watching two kids kick the sh** out of each other? Just another feather in the cap for DC!

Just think, when the mayor and Frumin get done with their affordable housing plan we’ll get to enjoy these young scholars year round AND on every weekend.. No more summers off to enjoy the neighborhood in peace. Looking forward to it.

Isn’t that what being welcoming and inclusive means?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Some people on here want to focus this discussion on Tenleytown and others on Dc in general. DC is experiencing high crime at the moment, there's no doubt about that when you look at the statistics. Most of NW DC, as in the past decades, is mainly insulated from that. Again, see the stats. There is no rash of carjackings, shootings, drug turf wars, etc in upper NW DC. I went to high school in this area in the late seventies and until recently, had kids in DCPS schools around Tenleytown. Back in the day, there was a lot more underage drinking, plenty of weed use and more teenage pregnancy. Kids driving under the influence seems to have also been much, much higher. Fights occurred at schools just like today. I remember going to some of the first Ft. Reno concerts; there was mayhem afterwards with stoned, drunk kids with cigarettes dangling from their mouths seeking the closest party after each event. Today, parents come to functions like those concerts and bring their kids! The number of unhoused people has gone way up but that's everywhere. Retail has struggle around here [like in many places] since online shopping became popular.
There is certainly more diversity today: There are way more Jews, Blacks, Asians and other groups living in the formerly all-white neighborhoods of upper NW although this part of DC could still be labeled Caucasia as we used to do - decades ago. I think some people are triggered by seeing large groups of African American students at JR HS and hanging out at adjacent Tenleytown. Several decades ago, kids hang out even more - remember, there was no internet and as I remember it, there was much less helicopter parenting and kids could "free range" more than they are allowed to now. So things have changed as everywhere does but what strikes me, having lived here as a youth and returned decades later, is how much it has stayed the same.

100% this.

Do you really think that people who choose to live in DC are triggered by large groups of African Americans, or could it be large groups of seriously misbehaving teens? You're so clearly a tedious NW DC apologist, a overly defensive JR parent, or both.

x1000
Perfectly said. I'm over people who attempt to shut a conversation down by labeling community concerns as racist. It's weak and overplayed.

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s address the real problems facing the residents of DC and rename more things.

LOL

This is also what you get for having 32% of JR "at risk youth" mixing with wealthy NIMBYs. It's like oil and water.

Just make the schools in other wards better and stop forcing diversity

Where do you get 32% from? It makes sense. Pre-covid - Tenley was not the dumpster it is today and I did not witness Wilson kids committing theft or throwing bottles at cars or smoking weed. Not sure why it went downhill.

No meaningful consequences. Duh.

For a long time. Who is the JR Principal? I lost track after DCPS ran out Pete Cahill on the trumped up "can't magically fix the achievement gap" charge. He actually seemed to care about the kids/community. We went up there once when kids were misbehaving in the alley and he tracked them down and spoke to them from some pretty basic description. But the current principal can't apply any neighborhood behavioral clause? The police can't figure out kids fighting who were without a doubt on Wawa's video feed? I am not saying that the kids in the fight were all JR, but over the years we've had a lot of misbehavior around that school that nobody ever addresses. Including the pattern of rampant theft in the nearby stores.

I think you’ve hit on something here. As a Tenleytown resident I would love for the JR principal to take a more visible role in the community on this issue. No idea who s/he even is. But more community involvement and communication from the school to the neighborhood would go a long way.

As another resident, this would be well received. I think that community members need to step up and think about strategies to improve dismissal and business challenges. Like, staggering dismissal or something? The enormous size of the JR/Deal school population also seems to embolden bad behavior. Does the ANC have any power in dealing with JR? Or do they only go after private institutions?

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Anonymous wrote:Let’s address the real problems facing the residents of DC and rename more things.

LOL

This is also what you get for having 32% of JR "at risk youth" mixing with wealthy NIMBYs. It's like oil and water.

Just make the schools in other wards better and stop forcing diversity

Where do you get 32% from? It makes sense. Pre-covid - Tenley was not the dumpster it is today and I did not witness Wilson kids committing theft or throwing bottles at cars or smoking weed. Not sure why it went downhill.

directly from the DCPS website for JR
https://profiles.dcps.dc.gov/Jackson-Reed+High+School

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people on here want to focus this discussion on Tenleytown and others on Dc in general. DC is experiencing high crime at the moment, there's no doubt about that when you look at the statistics. Most of NW DC, as in the past decades, is mainly insulated from that. Again, see the stats. There is no rash of carjackings, shootings, drug turf wars, etc in upper NW DC. I went to high school in this area in the late seventies and until recently, had kids in DCPS schools around Tenleytown. Back in the day, there was a lot more underage drinking, plenty of weed use and more teenage pregnancy. Kids driving under the influence seems to have also been much, much higher. Fights occurred at schools just like today. I remember going to some of the first Ft. Reno concerts; there was mayhem afterwards with stoned, drunk kids with cigarettes dangling from their mouths seeking the closest party after each event. Today, parents come to functions like those concerts and bring their kids! The number of unhoused people has gone way up but that's everywhere. Retail has struggle around here [like in many places] since online shopping became popular.
There is certainly more diversity today: There are way more Jews, Blacks, Asians and other groups living in the formerly all-white neighborhoods of upper NW although this part of DC could still be labeled Caucasia as we used to do - decades ago. I think some people are triggered by seeing large groups of African American students at JR HS and hanging out at adjacent Tenleytown. Several decades ago, kids hang out even more - remember, there was no internet and as I remember it, there was much less helicopter parenting and kids could "free range" more than they are allowed to now. So things have changed as everywhere does but what strikes me, having lived here as a youth and returned decades later, is how much it has stayed the same.

100% this.

Do you really think that people who choose to live in DC are triggered by large groups of African Americans YES, or could it be large groups of seriously misbehaving teens LOL ONLY THE BLACK ONES ARE CONCERNING? You're so clearly a tedious NW DC apologist, a overly defensive JR parent, or both. NOT SURE WHAT A NW DC APOLOGIST IS BUT DEF NOT A JR PARENT

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people on here want to focus this discussion on Tenleytown and others on Dc in general. DC is experiencing high crime at the moment, there's no doubt about that when you look at the statistics. Most of NW DC, as in the past decades, is mainly insulated from that. Again, see the stats. There is no rash of carjackings, shootings, drug turf wars, etc in upper NW DC. I went to high school in this area in the late seventies and until recently, had kids in DCPS schools around Tenleytown. Back in the day, there was a lot more underage drinking, plenty of weed use and more teenage pregnancy. Kids driving under the influence seems to have also been much, much higher. Fights occurred at schools just like today. I remember going to some of the first Ft. Reno concerts; there was mayhem afterwards with stoned, drunk kids with cigarettes dangling from their mouths seeking the closest party after each event. Today, parents come to functions like those concerts and bring their kids! The number of unhoused people has gone way up but that's everywhere. Retail has struggle around here [like in many places] since online shopping became popular.
There is certainly more diversity today: There are way more Jews, Blacks, Asians and other groups living in the formerly all-white neighborhoods of upper NW although this part of DC could still be labeled Caucasia as we used to do - decades ago. I think some people are triggered by seeing large groups of African American students at JR HS and hanging out at adjacent Tenleytown. Several decades ago, kids hang out even more - remember, there was no internet and as I remember it, there was much less helicopter parenting and kids could "free range" more than they are allowed to now. So things have changed as everywhere does but what strikes me, having lived here as a youth and returned decades later, is how much it has stayed the same.

100% this.

Do you really think that people who choose to live in DC are triggered by large groups of African Americans YES, or could it be large groups of seriously misbehaving teens LOL ONLY THE BLACK ONES ARE CONCERNING? You're so clearly a tedious NW DC apologist, a overly defensive JR parent, or both. NOT SURE WHAT A NW DC APOLOGIST IS BUT DEF NOT A JR PARENT

So you can hop inside people's minds and spell out what they are thinking in ALLCAPS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people on here want to focus this discussion on Tenleytown and others on Dc in general. DC is experiencing high crime at the moment, there's no doubt about that when you look at the statistics. Most of NW DC, as in the past decades, is mainly insulated from that. Again, see the stats. There is no rash of carjackings, shootings, drug turf wars, etc in upper NW DC. I went to high school in this area in the late seventies and until recently, had kids in DCPS schools around Tenleytown. Back in the day, there was a lot more underage drinking, plenty of weed use and more teenage pregnancy. Kids driving under the influence seems to have also been much, much higher. Fights occurred at schools just like today. I remember going to some of the first Ft. Reno concerts; there was mayhem afterwards with stoned, drunk kids with cigarettes dangling from their mouths seeking the closest party after each event. Today, parents come to functions like those concerts and bring their kids! The number of unhoused people has gone way up but that's everywhere. Retail has struggle around here [like in many places] since online shopping became popular.
There is certainly more diversity today: There are way more Jews, Blacks, Asians and other groups living in the formerly all-white neighborhoods of upper NW although this part of DC could still be labeled Caucasia as we used to do - decades ago. I think some people are triggered by seeing large groups of African American students at JR HS and hanging out at adjacent Tenleytown. Several decades ago, kids hang out even more - remember, there was no internet and as I remember it, there was much less helicopter parenting and kids could "free range" more than they are allowed to now. So things have changed as everywhere does but what strikes me, having lived here as a youth and returned decades later, is how much it has stayed the same.

100% this.

Do you really think that people who choose to live in DC are triggered by large groups of African Americans YES, or could it be large groups of seriously misbehaving teens LOL ONLY THE BLACK ONES ARE CONCERNING? You're so clearly a tedious NW DC apologist, a overly defensive JR parent, or both. NOT SURE WHAT A NW DC APOLOGIST IS BUT DEF NOT A JR PARENT

So you can hop inside people's minds and spell out what they are thinking in ALLCAPS?

Silly boomer, capslock is cruise control for cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people on here want to focus this discussion on Tenleytown and others on Dc in general. DC is experiencing high crime at the moment, there's no doubt about that when you look at the statistics. Most of NW DC, as in the past decades, is mainly insulated from that. Again, see the stats. There is no rash of carjackings, shootings, drug turf wars, etc in upper NW DC. I went to high school in this area in the late seventies and until recently, had kids in DCPS schools around Tenleytown. Back in the day, there was a lot more underage drinking, plenty of weed use and more teenage pregnancy. Kids driving under the influence seems to have also been much, much higher. Fights occurred at schools just like today. I remember going to some of the first Ft. Reno concerts; there was mayhem afterwards with stoned, drunk kids with cigarettes dangling from their mouths seeking the closest party after each event. Today, parents come to functions like those concerts and bring their kids! The number of unhoused people has gone way up but that's everywhere. Retail has struggle around here [like in many places] since online shopping became popular.
There is certainly more diversity today: There are way more Jews, Blacks, Asians and other groups living in the formerly all-white neighborhoods of upper NW although this part of DC could still be labeled Caucasia as we used to do - decades ago. I think some people are triggered by seeing large groups of African American students at JR HS and hanging out at adjacent Tenleytown. Several decades ago, kids hang out even more - remember, there was no internet and as I remember it, there was much less helicopter parenting and kids could "free range" more than they are allowed to now. So things have changed as everywhere does but what strikes me, having lived here as a youth and returned decades later, is how much it has stayed the same.

100% this.

Do you really think that people who choose to live in DC are triggered by large groups of African Americans YES, or could it be large groups of seriously misbehaving teens LOL ONLY THE BLACK ONES ARE CONCERNING? You're so clearly a tedious NW DC apologist, a overly defensive JR parent, or both. NOT SURE WHAT A NW DC APOLOGIST IS BUT DEF NOT A JR PARENT

So you can hop inside people's minds and spell out what they are thinking in ALLCAPS?

Shouldn't you have been at the Chevy Chase Civic Core tonight complaining about the city's plan to trade you one brand new community center and library for a little bit of affordable housing and how that will just be the absolute end of your world?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people on here want to focus this discussion on Tenleytown and others on Dc in general. DC is experiencing high crime at the moment, there's no doubt about that when you look at the statistics. Most of NW DC, as in the past decades, is mainly insulated from that. Again, see the stats. There is no rash of carjackings, shootings, drug turf wars, etc in upper NW DC. I went to high school in this area in the late seventies and until recently, had kids in DCPS schools around Tenleytown. Back in the day, there was a lot more underage drinking, plenty of weed use and more teenage pregnancy. Kids driving under the influence seems to have also been much, much higher. Fights occurred at schools just like today. I remember going to some of the first Ft. Reno concerts; there was mayhem afterwards with stoned, drunk kids with cigarettes dangling from their mouths seeking the closest party after each event. Today, parents come to functions like those concerts and bring their kids! The number of unhoused people has gone way up but that's everywhere. Retail has struggle around here [like in many places] since online shopping became popular.
There is certainly more diversity today: There are way more Jews, Blacks, Asians and other groups living in the formerly all-white neighborhoods of upper NW although this part of DC could still be labeled Caucasia as we used to do - decades ago. I think some people are triggered by seeing large groups of African American students at JR HS and hanging out at adjacent Tenleytown. Several decades ago, kids hang out even more - remember, there was no internet and as I remember it, there was much less helicopter parenting and kids could "free range" more than they are allowed to now. So things have changed as everywhere does but what strikes me, having lived here as a youth and returned decades later, is how much it has stayed the same.

100% this.

Do you really think that people who choose to live in DC are triggered by large groups of African Americans YES, or could it be large groups of seriously misbehaving teens LOL ONLY THE BLACK ONES ARE CONCERNING? You're so clearly a tedious NW DC apologist, a overly defensive JR parent, or both. NOT SURE WHAT A NW DC APOLOGIST IS BUT DEF NOT A JR PARENT

So you can hop inside people's minds and spell out what they are thinking in ALLCAPS?

Shouldn't you have been at the Chevy Chase Civic Core tonight complaining about the city's plan to trade you one brand new community center and library for a little bit of affordable housing and how that will just be the absolute end of your world?

No, because I'm actually ditching this area, but you enjoy! (cue "the suburbs are welcome to have you pearl clutcher" comments-thought I'd spare you the effort)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people on here want to focus this discussion on Tenleytown and others on Dc in general. DC is experiencing high crime at the moment, there's no doubt about that when you look at the statistics. Most of NW DC, as in the past decades, is mainly insulated from that. Again, see the stats. There is no rash of carjackings, shootings, drug turf wars, etc in upper NW DC. I went to high school in this area in the late seventies and until recently, had kids in DCPS schools around Tenleytown. Back in the day, there was a lot more underage drinking, plenty of weed use and more teenage pregnancy. Kids driving under the influence seems to have also been much, much higher. Fights occurred at schools just like today. I remember going to some of the first Ft. Reno concerts; there was mayhem afterwards with stoned, drunk kids with cigarettes dangling from their mouths seeking the closest party after each event. Today, parents come to functions like those concerts and bring their kids! The number of unhoused people has gone way up but that's everywhere. Retail has struggle around here [like in many places] since online shopping became popular.
There is certainly more diversity today: There are way more Jews, Blacks, Asians and other groups living in the formerly all-white neighborhoods of upper NW although this part of DC could still be labeled Caucasia as we used to do - decades ago. I think some people are triggered by seeing large groups of African American students at JR HS and hanging out at adjacent Tenleytown. Several decades ago, kids hang out even more - remember, there was no internet and as I remember it, there was much less helicopter parenting and kids could "free range" more than they are allowed to now. So things have changed as everywhere does but what strikes me, having lived here as a youth and returned decades later, is how much it has stayed the same.

100% this.

Do you really think that people who choose to live in DC are triggered by large groups of African Americans YES, or could it be large groups of seriously misbehaving teens LOL ONLY THE BLACK ONES ARE CONCERNING? You're so clearly a tedious NW DC apologist, a overly defensive JR parent, or both. NOT SURE WHAT A NW DC APOLOGIST IS BUT DEF NOT A JR PARENT

So you can hop inside people's minds and spell out what they are thinking in ALLCAPS?

Shouldn't you have been at the Chevy Chase Civic Core tonight complaining about the city's plan to trade you one brand new community center and library for a little bit of affordable housing and how that will just be the absolute end of your world?

What is the “Chevy Chase Civic Core”? Do you even live in this area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Some people on here want to focus this discussion on Tenleytown and others on Dc in general. DC is experiencing high crime at the moment, there's no doubt about that when you look at the statistics. Most of NW DC, as in the past decades, is mainly insulated from that. Again, see the stats. There is no rash of carjackings, shootings, drug turf wars, etc in upper NW DC. I went to high school in this area in the late seventies and until recently, had kids in DCPS schools around Tenleytown. Back in the day, there was a lot more underage drinking, plenty of weed use and more teenage pregnancy. Kids driving under the influence seems to have also been much, much higher. Fights occurred at schools just like today. I remember going to some of the first Ft. Reno concerts; there was mayhem afterwards with stoned, drunk kids with cigarettes dangling from their mouths seeking the closest party after each event. Today, parents come to functions like those concerts and bring their kids! The number of unhoused people has gone way up but that's everywhere. Retail has struggle around here [like in many places] since online shopping became popular.
There is certainly more diversity today: There are way more Jews, Blacks, Asians and other groups living in the formerly all-white neighborhoods of upper NW although this part of DC could still be labeled Caucasia as we used to do - decades ago. I think some people are triggered by seeing large groups of African American students at JR HS and hanging out at adjacent Tenleytown. Several decades ago, kids hang out even more - remember, there was no internet and as I remember it, there was much less helicopter parenting and kids could "free range" more than they are allowed to now. So things have changed as everywhere does but what strikes me, having lived here as a youth and returned decades later, is how much it has stayed the same.

100% this.

Do you really think that people who choose to live in DC are triggered by large groups of African Americans YES, or could it be large groups of seriously misbehaving teens LOL ONLY THE BLACK ONES ARE CONCERNING? You're so clearly a tedious NW DC apologist, a overly defensive JR parent, or both. NOT SURE WHAT A NW DC APOLOGIST IS BUT DEF NOT A JR PARENT

So you can hop inside people's minds and spell out what they are thinking in ALLCAPS?

Shouldn't you have been at the Chevy Chase Civic Core tonight complaining about the city's plan to trade you one brand new community center and library for a little bit of affordable housing and how that will just be the absolute end of your world?

What is the “Chevy Chase Civic Core”? Do you even live in this area?

It's the phrase that triggers people like you who refer to it as the Chevy Chase Commons.