Do you feel safe in upper northwest?

[Anonymous]

I currently live EOTP and am considering a move west. I know crime is increasing there too, particularly by metro stops, but I wanted to get a sense of whether people who live there FEEL safe. For example, do you feel safe in your house but not by the metro or on main streets where restaurants etc are located? Or do you feel completely safe still?

[Anonymous]

No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

[Anonymous]

I lived in NW for 15 years (moved halfway into the pandemic) and my child went to Murch for the entirety of ES. We always felt and were very safe.

[Anonymous]

It's funny - I lived in a "bad" neighborhood but never felt unsafe. Because there were no muggings or breakins or carjackings in our neighbohood. The crime was between criminals, they didn't want to bother the rest of us and therefor bring cops etc down on the neighborhood. I've never had so much trouble as when we moved to the "good" neighborhood in NW. (we then left the DMV entirely for other reasons)

[Anonymous]

I have never once been fearful living in Wesley Heights. I was most scared last week during the storms!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have never once been fearful living in Wesley Heights. I was most scared last week during the storms!

+1, except I’m in cathedral heights

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

Like clockwork, the racists emerge.

[Anonymous]

If you even have to ask the question you're not going to feel safe anywhere.

Focus on therapy for anxiety and paranoia instead of where to live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's funny - I lived in a "bad" neighborhood but never felt unsafe. Because there were no muggings or breakins or carjackings in our neighbohood. The crime was between criminals, they didn't want to bother the rest of us and therefor bring cops etc down on the neighborhood. I've never had so much trouble as when we moved to the "good" neighborhood in NW. (we then left the DMV entirely for other reasons)

Funny (not really), but I know what you mean. The EOTP neighborhood I lived in pre-gentrification had very few issues with break-ins or muggings, because no one had much of value. But after all those people with money started moving in, easy targets….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

Like clockwork, the racists emerge.

How is this comment racist? Not a single word is racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

Like clockwork, the racists emerge.

How is this comment racist? Not a single word is racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

Like clockwork, the racists emerge.

You can't go around calling people racist just because they state the obvious. The cops know where the problems in Tenleytown stem from; the shopkeepers know; residents know; everyone knows...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

Like clockwork, the racists emerge.

You can't go around calling people racist just because they state the obvious. The cops know where the problems in Tenleytown stem from; the shopkeepers know; residents know; everyone knows...

DP. Nobody is doing that. The PP is calling people racist for saying things that are racist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

Like clockwork, the racists emerge.

You can't go around calling people racist just because they state the obvious. The cops know where the problems in Tenleytown stem from; the shopkeepers know; residents know; everyone knows...

DP. Nobody is doing that. The PP is calling people racist for saying things that are racist.

What words - please quote from the PP comment - are racist? Specific word/phrase?