When was the last time most DCUM users visited Ward 8?

[Anonymous]

Other than driving through?

I’ve lived inside the beltway for 25 years. We never spend time in Ward 8 or East of the Anacostia. If anything, we generally stay in N.W.

Do you?

[Anonymous]

Never by choice I have zero reason to ever be there again. I once had to go to a baseball game at some field over there, and I was honestly afraid for my life. When we got there there were cops and an ambulance at an apartment building by the field and and a murder had happened on that block not too long before that. I fell horribly for the people who have to live there. It was honestly like a whole different world. If we ever have a game there again, I will not take my kids back there.

[Anonymous]

Why?

I never lost anything there.

[Anonymous]

I go there multiple times a week for work or to meet up with friends or family. I have never lived there but have several family members who have been there for multiple generations. Also since I live in NE and have family in southern MD, we drive through regularly to leave town.

Ward 8 is large and varied, some areas are dicy but others are nice, safe, and mostly residential.

I don't care if people in DC spend time in Ward 8 or not but wow would I like people who never go there to stop using it as part of their arguments regarding crime, education, DC culture, etc. Like if you want to make those arguments, you better actually know the Ward.

[Anonymous]

Multiple times a week for work. Practice situational awareness, as you should anywhere, and it's fine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Multiple times a week for work. Practice situational awareness, as you should anywhere, and it's fine.

Shootings are not fine. What’s wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

I live in Ward 1 and never even venture to Ward 3. Why would I? It would be like venturing to Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Navy Yard is now part of Ward 8. Anacostia Park is also very nice. East of the river, its not half as bad as most people think but its also mostly residential with limited amenities so the average person who lives west of the river rarely goes there.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I'm there pretty regularly for work and to see friends, as well as for my kid's sports.

[Anonymous]

Why would I visit Ward 8? How arbitrary. Plenty of other places I don't go either.

[Anonymous]

Only time I was there was to recover my stolen vehicle

[Anonymous]

We go there regularly, because Navy Yard is now in Ward 8. If you visit Nats stadium, Canal Park, or Capitol Riverfront you are in Ward 8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We go there regularly, because Navy Yard is now in Ward 8. If you visit Nats stadium, Canal Park, or Capitol Riverfront you are in Ward 8.

I don’t consider navy yard to be that safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Only time I was there was to recover my stolen vehicle

Was it still smoldering?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Multiple times a week for work. Practice situational awareness, as you should anywhere, and it's fine.

Or we can just lock up the criminals so you don't have to look over your shoulder or cross the street to avoid deranged people.