Young adult moving to DC this summer

[Anonymous]

How about Arlington? Very popular with recent grads, fun social scene as well.

[Anonymous]

[quote=Anonymous]How about Arlington? Very popular with recent grads, fun social scene as well.[/quote]

Meh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:After my daughter graduates from college next week, she and two friends are moving to DC to live close to their new jobs. I will be paying her rent since her income will be limited. I am concerned with increased violence, car thefts, etc., etc. She has taken a self-defense class and spent the past 4 years in a quiet college town. While I am excited for her, I worry about her safety especially since my neighbor (wife of police officer) questioned why she was moving to a "violent city". She will be apt. searching soon. Anyone have young adults living downtown?

Omg she will love it

All of mine have

[Anonymous]

Since you’re paying, I’d consider a safe place that is close to DC (parts of Arlington like Rosslyn, Ballston, Court House, Clarendon, Crystal City) and let them choose a trendier place on the next lease. Lots of people have roommates to reduce expenses. Also if they are going to commute they should be near a metro stop or a good bus route.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since you’re paying, I’d consider a safe place that is close to DC (parts of Arlington like Rosslyn, Ballston, Court House, Clarendon, Crystal City) and let them choose a trendier place on the next lease. Lots of people have roommates to reduce expenses. Also if they are going to commute they should be near a metro stop or a good bus route.

This is exhibit A as to why you’re supposed to grow up, be independent & stop being enmeshed with your parents.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP... exactly... not a day goes by that I do not hear horrible things. The police officer's wife mentioned that crime has significantly increased... even in what used to be safer areas. Would prefer a suburb instead...

I wouldn’t have wanted to be controlled by my parents’ post-college via paying my rent.

OP your child is probably going to do a lot of things in the next few years that you’d probably prefer they not to do. Like solo travel, sex and drinking.

Maybe OP respects their DD as a person?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP... exactly... not a day goes by that I do not hear horrible things. The police officer's wife mentioned that crime has significantly increased... even in what used to be safer areas. Would prefer a suburb instead...

Where do the young people of Fox News go to sow their wild oats? Maybe Charleston?

They're pretty content in their small rural towns cooking meth, taking opioids, watching Nascar, and avoiding child support obligations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since you’re paying, I’d consider a safe place that is close to DC (parts of Arlington like Rosslyn, Ballston, Court House, Clarendon, Crystal City) and let them choose a trendier place on the next lease. Lots of people have roommates to reduce expenses. Also if they are going to commute they should be near a metro stop or a good bus route.

If she is working in DC and socializing in DC, isn't she exposed to all the elements you want them to avoid? You are only adding the burden of commute, for work and at night after dinners, parties etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, common sense is no guarantee.

That applies in DC and anywhere else. A young woman in the rural area where I went to college (red state, to the extent people want to make that relevant) was biking alone and a guy clipped her with his truck, abducted, tortured, and murdered here (and others, it appears). Horrible things happen everywhere, not just in cities.

[Anonymous]

I will be paying her rent

no good will come of this

[Anonymous]

OP, your daughter will be fine - there are thousands of kids like here in DC, and most love it.

That said, violence is up compared to years past - though DC has seen a lot worse in the past (like when I was your daughters age and moved to town in the 1990's).

If you are that nervous about it, your daughter should stick to the neighborhoods west of 16th St. NW. Back in the day, that was the dividing line. But honestly, there are so many great neighborhoods east of that now that I would expand your horizons.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I will be paying her rent

no good will come of this

+1000

[Anonymous]

OP - I assume your daughter and her friends have chosen a generally safe area of DC. If she is going to have a car, then being willing to pay any extra charge to park in an associated garage or lot could be well worth it. However, plenty of young adults live in center city close to the metro/bus or walking to work, too. The more important thing is to remind her to make sensible decisions about how she socializes as anyone can run into issues with too much drinking or consideration of how and when you date someone off of an ap or web site. It was great city to live in over 50 years when I lived there after GWU, worked on the hill and had a roommate from college for two years. We both ended up meeting our husbands at different times through a young adult church group out of GWU and remain close friends today in retirement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP... exactly... not a day goes by that I do not hear horrible things. The police officer's wife mentioned that crime has significantly increased... even in what used to be safer areas. Would prefer a suburb instead...

Where do the young people of Fox News go to sow their wild oats? Maybe Charleston?

They're pretty content in their small rural towns cooking meth, taking opioids, watching Nascar, and avoiding child support obligations.

Ha, it's true. I enjoyed my young adulthood in 2000s DC. I had SO much fun. Everything expanded. I made so many friends, had career success, grew up for real. If I had stayed in my white enclave, I would have had Nascar-watching, child-support-avoiding boyfriends to choose among, and likely I would have succumbed to opioids instead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sadly, common sense is no guarantee.

That applies in DC and anywhere else. A young woman in the rural area where I went to college (red state, to the extent people want to make that relevant) was biking alone and a guy clipped her with his truck, abducted, tortured, and murdered here (and others, it appears). Horrible things happen everywhere, not just in cities.

Especially to young women. I would encourage her to have a roommate so they can look out for one another and to be aware of her surroundings at all times. Applies to young women whether they live in DC or the suburbs.