Does Tenleytown feel dangerous?

[Anonymous]

I’m not a fan of Tenleytown at all. I’ve been harassed by mentally unstable people on a few occasions in the areas by the metro. One threatening to kill me. Wish I didn’t have to go there at all, but my kid’s school is there so it’s a daily thing for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is some element there in various ways. I think there is a VA nearby or some mental health place and some of the high school students are just aggressive and offensive. It's my metro stop, and I then bus to my house a few minutes away. I usually feel safe but stay alert to get out of the way/look busy when people are acting nuts. Interestingly there are also some aggressive racist geriatrics there so it's a potpourri of weirdness. Having said that, in the scheme all, it's a safer DMV location for sure.

Are you talking about the guy who sits out in front of the cvs all day, everyday?

I have had him yell at me often enough that I changed pharmacies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I was at the corner of Van Ness and Wisconsin the other day and it's not the same. I think WPI has a lot to do with it. There were several police visits to WPI while I was there.

What’s WPI?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is some element there in various ways. I think there is a VA nearby or some mental health place and some of the high school students are just aggressive and offensive. It's my metro stop, and I then bus to my house a few minutes away. I usually feel safe but stay alert to get out of the way/look busy when people are acting nuts. Interestingly there are also some aggressive racist geriatrics there so it's a potpourri of weirdness. Having said that, in the scheme all, it's a safer DMV location for sure.

Are you talking about the guy who sits out in front of the cvs all day, everyday?

I have had him yell at me often enough that I changed pharmacies.

In another city, there was a guy like this in the Walgreens doorway every day. It was intimidating . I found a years old review that mentioned him too so I emailed Walgreens and told them I’d rather go another half a block to a similar store than walk past this man to get inside their store. He was gone that week.

I don’t know what the answer is and I want them to be treated with compassion and get all the help they need AND I am sick of being frightened by clearly soiled, unstable, unpredictable, unmedicated people living on the streets.

[Anonymous]

No.

[Anonymous]

Nope.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I was at the corner of Van Ness and Wisconsin the other day and it's not the same. I think WPI has a lot to do with it. There were several police visits to WPI while I was there.

What’s WPI?

Washington psych hospital, across from nando’s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes. I was at the corner of Van Ness and Wisconsin the other day and it's not the same. I think WPI has a lot to do with it. There were several police visits to WPI while I was there.

What’s WPI?

I think they mean PIW, Psychiatric Institute of Washington, there are also 2 shelters and a few halfway houses in that vicinity.

[Anonymous]

No.

Good lord, how do some of you Chicken Littles summon the courage to leave your houses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No.

Good lord, how do some of you Chicken Littles summon the courage to leave your houses?

A better question is what will it take for you too cool for school, cynical DC Homers to admit that crime is bad in the city. DC is extremely unsafe compared to places like NYC, Boston, and LA. It has a worse murder rate than Chicago and Philly and if the trend lines stay in track it will have a higher murder rate than Baltimore in a couple of years.

Does it need to be as dangerous as Mexico City for you to acknowledge how bad it is? Is being one of the most dangerous large cities in America not enough for you?

[Anonymous]

There are pockets that have become more dangerous. You're probably fine in the middle of the residential areas, but the commercial parts have had growing crime and mentally unstable people loitering and harassing people. DC police are generally unwilling to create formal reports for anything less than violent crime, and even then it's a crapshoot. So you have no way of knowing the true crime stats.

This is a growing issue throughout DC, and now WOTP is affected. While Tenleytown isn't a bastion of crime, it's not as safe as it was 4 years ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No.

Good lord, how do some of you Chicken Littles summon the courage to leave your houses?

A better question is what will it take for you too cool for school, cynical DC Homers to admit that crime is bad in the city. DC is extremely unsafe compared to places like NYC, Boston, and LA. It has a worse murder rate than Chicago and Philly and if the trend lines stay in track it will have a higher murder rate than Baltimore in a couple of years.

Does it need to be as dangerous as Mexico City for you to acknowledge how bad it is? Is being one of the most dangerous large cities in America not enough for you?

+1 We finally left after 20 years in the city. It breaks my heart to see the backwards slide. We thought we'd be DC lifers, but then it became a place where we just didn't want to raise our kids anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No.

Good lord, how do some of you Chicken Littles summon the courage to leave your houses?

A better question is what will it take for you too cool for school, cynical DC Homers to admit that crime is bad in the city. DC is extremely unsafe compared to places like NYC, Boston, and LA. It has a worse murder rate than Chicago and Philly and if the trend lines stay in track it will have a higher murder rate than Baltimore in a couple of years.

Does it need to be as dangerous as Mexico City for you to acknowledge how bad it is? Is being one of the most dangerous large cities in America not enough for you?

That's pretty insulting to Mexico City.

[Anonymous]

If Tenleytown is dangerous, then it's time to close down DC.

Often have parked on the street overnight without locking my SUV. Nothing happened (other than being ticketed for failure to have a front license plate attached to the vehicle--ticketed even though the front plate was placed on the driver's dashboard & visible to all).

Have walked by the psychiatric facility, but have never had any encounters in the past few years.

Would appreciate details on the 5PM metro mugging ? (Did she get away or did her walker trip her up ?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No.

Good lord, how do some of you Chicken Littles summon the courage to leave your houses?

A better question is what will it take for you too cool for school, cynical DC Homers to admit that crime is bad in the city. DC is extremely unsafe compared to places like NYC, Boston, and LA. It has a worse murder rate than Chicago and Philly and if the trend lines stay in track it will have a higher murder rate than Baltimore in a couple of years.

Does it need to be as dangerous as Mexico City for you to acknowledge how bad it is? Is being one of the most dangerous large cities in America not enough for you?

I know DC as a whole has gotten pretty bad in the last 2-3 years but if you think DC is more unsafe than LA you are full out delusional! I spend a lot of time in both. Now living in LA, born and raised in DC and my entire family still lives there so I am there often. The amount of crime in LA is astounding and shocking - SHOCKING! I can't speak to the other cities you listed, no idea. But LA vs DC? Honey you've got it wrong.