Pee, Pot and Rats (U St and 14 St)

[Anonymous]

I lived right near there for 10 years starting in 2007. It was like that then...

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve noticed a lot of the big rat trap boxes downtown. They seem to be helping in that I am not seeing as many rats. I don’t know if that’s a city initiative or just the individual businesses. For instance there is one in front of the CVS on K street, where I have previously seen a bunch of rats.

I’m going to put my money on NPS and/or Golden Triangle because the city doesn’t seem that concerned about the rats at all, except to the extent that they can issue people fines which is the one thing they absolutely love to do and are very good at.

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Anonymous wrote:I live near 14th and U. OP is laser focused on one particularly bad - and notorious - corner of a single block and generalizing about the whole city on that basis. Pretty ridiculous.

No. The OP is asking how the city can allow such a bad situation to occur in that area. It’s a fair question.

It’s a big city. It’s one corner. It’s slated for massive redevelopment. How’s that for an answer?

Why was it allowed to fester for years and why does it need to wait years to fix?

Blah blah blah. Just avoid the neighborhood if you can’t take the bad with the good. More room for the rest of us.

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Anonymous wrote:I live near 14th and U. OP is laser focused on one particularly bad - and notorious - corner of a single block and generalizing about the whole city on that basis. Pretty ridiculous.

No. The OP is asking how the city can allow such a bad situation to occur in that area. It’s a fair question.

It’s a big city. It’s one corner. It’s slated for massive redevelopment. How’s that for an answer?

Why was it allowed to fester for years and why does it need to wait years to fix?

Blah blah blah. Just avoid the neighborhood if you can’t take the bad with the good. More room for the rest of us.

This is the part where I wish DC would just intentionally create a Bowery/Skid Row for people like to you go and enjoy the filth so that the rest of city can be nice.

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Anonymous wrote:I live near 14th and U. OP is laser focused on one particularly bad - and notorious - corner of a single block and generalizing about the whole city on that basis. Pretty ridiculous.

No. The OP is asking how the city can allow such a bad situation to occur in that area. It’s a fair question.

It’s a big city. It’s one corner. It’s slated for massive redevelopment. How’s that for an answer?

Why was it allowed to fester for years and why does it need to wait years to fix?

Blah blah blah. Just avoid the neighborhood if you can’t take the bad with the good. More room for the rest of us.

You know, I'm a DC native (EOTR), and I love the city. But damn if I don't hate the attitude that you're just supposed to put up with the bad parts.

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Anonymous wrote:I live near 14th and U. OP is laser focused on one particularly bad - and notorious - corner of a single block and generalizing about the whole city on that basis. Pretty ridiculous.

No. The OP is asking how the city can allow such a bad situation to occur in that area. It’s a fair question.

It’s a big city. It’s one corner. It’s slated for massive redevelopment. How’s that for an answer?

It is emphatically not a big city. It’s a postage stamp. Yet even that can’t be managed.

Good luck with that “massive redevelopment.” Bowser just gave a speech imploring the Feds to come back full time or the city is going bankrupt. Also, I thought we were against massive redevelopment now? So confusing.

[Anonymous]

Yeah it’s bad. I have friends what own a place a block off 14th and the rats basically hang out with them in their backyard. It’s gross.

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Anonymous wrote:I live near 14th and U. OP is laser focused on one particularly bad - and notorious - corner of a single block and generalizing about the whole city on that basis. Pretty ridiculous.

No. The OP is asking how the city can allow such a bad situation to occur in that area. It’s a fair question.

It’s a big city. It’s one corner. It’s slated for massive redevelopment. How’s that for an answer?

Why was it allowed to fester for years and why does it need to wait years to fix?

Blah blah blah. Just avoid the neighborhood if you can’t take the bad with the good. More room for the rest of us.

This is the part where I wish DC would just intentionally create a Bowery/Skid Row for people like to you go and enjoy the filth so that the rest of city can be nice.

Oh just stop. You don’t live in the 14th and U area. I do - less than half a block to the Trader Joe’s. Don’t come into my neighborhood and start complaining about it. Or maybe you just can’t afford it?

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Anonymous wrote:I live near 14th and U. OP is laser focused on one particularly bad - and notorious - corner of a single block and generalizing about the whole city on that basis. Pretty ridiculous.

No. The OP is asking how the city can allow such a bad situation to occur in that area. It’s a fair question.

It’s a big city. It’s one corner. It’s slated for massive redevelopment. How’s that for an answer?

It is emphatically not a big city. It’s a postage stamp. Yet even that can’t be managed.

Good luck with that “massive redevelopment.” Bowser just gave a speech imploring the Feds to come back full time or the city is going bankrupt. Also, I thought we were against massive redevelopment now? So confusing.

You have ZERO idea what you’re talking about. We’re not talking about downtown, we’re talking about 14th and U, and the Reeves Center will soon be demolished and massively redeveloped. The NAACP’s national office has already committed to moving there.

Just stick to the suburbs where you belong.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah it’s bad. I have friends what own a place a block off 14th and the rats basically hang out with them in their backyard. It’s gross.

Yea and their place is worth $1.5 million plus - at least.

[Anonymous]

I don't know anyone from NOVA who ventures down there anymore. It's just not worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:I live near 14th and U. OP is laser focused on one particularly bad - and notorious - corner of a single block and generalizing about the whole city on that basis. Pretty ridiculous.

No. The OP is asking how the city can allow such a bad situation to occur in that area. It’s a fair question.

It’s a big city. It’s one corner. It’s slated for massive redevelopment. How’s that for an answer?

Why was it allowed to fester for years and why does it need to wait years to fix?

Blah blah blah. Just avoid the neighborhood if you can’t take the bad with the good. More room for the rest of us.

You know, I'm a DC native (EOTR), and I love the city. But damn if I don't hate the attitude that you're just supposed to put up with the bad parts.

No one is saying that. I’m just pointing out that OP literally fixated on the worst corner in the whole neighborhood, literally, and painted the whole city with her ridiculous observation. Yes, it’s a bad corner. That’s the only reason she was able to find a parking spot near there. And my point in response is that yes, it’s a bad corner, but they’re about to clean it up and turn it into a show piece.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know anyone from NOVA who ventures down there anymore. It's just not worth it.

Lol then you don’t know very many people from NOVA because their cars fill our streets up and park illegally all over our neighborhood every Friday and Saturday night. Reminds me of the W.C. Fields joke: “nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded.”

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Anonymous wrote:I live near 14th and U. OP is laser focused on one particularly bad - and notorious - corner of a single block and generalizing about the whole city on that basis. Pretty ridiculous.

No. The OP is asking how the city can allow such a bad situation to occur in that area. It’s a fair question.

It’s a big city. It’s one corner. It’s slated for massive redevelopment. How’s that for an answer?

It is emphatically not a big city. It’s a postage stamp. Yet even that can’t be managed.

Good luck with that “massive redevelopment.” Bowser just gave a speech imploring the Feds to come back full time or the city is going bankrupt. Also, I thought we were against massive redevelopment now? So confusing.

You have ZERO idea what you’re talking about. We’re not talking about downtown, we’re talking about 14th and U, and the Reeves Center will soon be demolished and massively redeveloped. The NAACP’s national office has already committed to moving there.

Just stick to the suburbs where you belong.

Why you so mad?

I suppose living amidst the constant stench of weed and uncollected garbage, teaching your toddler to watch out for heroin needles and broken glass at the park, and filing the monthly police report when your car windows get busted out has you on edge. Enjoy your hellscape.

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Anonymous wrote:I live near 14th and U. OP is laser focused on one particularly bad - and notorious - corner of a single block and generalizing about the whole city on that basis. Pretty ridiculous.

No. The OP is asking how the city can allow such a bad situation to occur in that area. It’s a fair question.

It’s a big city. It’s one corner. It’s slated for massive redevelopment. How’s that for an answer?

Why was it allowed to fester for years and why does it need to wait years to fix?

Blah blah blah. Just avoid the neighborhood if you can’t take the bad with the good. More room for the rest of us.

You know, I'm a DC native (EOTR), and I love the city. But damn if I don't hate the attitude that you're just supposed to put up with the bad parts.

No one is saying that. I’m just pointing out that OP literally fixated on the worst corner in the whole neighborhood, literally, and painted the whole city with her ridiculous observation. Yes, it’s a bad corner. That’s the only reason she was able to find a parking spot near there. And my point in response is that yes, it’s a bad corner, but they’re about to clean it up and turn it into a show piece.

Why can’t they clean it up now and how will the redevelopment change the rat and pee situation?