Crime in NoMA, near where I work

[Anonymous]

Sorry, I’ve in the area and I have never seen or heard the area called NOMA.

It breaks my heart about what Union station has become. I loved going through there to get to the trains, visit the market downstairs, even went to the movie theater there. I especially miss B. Smith’s restaurant. Walking around there used to make me happy.

[Anonymous]

Aren’t many of these crimes being committed by teenagers? My friend works down there and was essentially told not to leave the office during school dismissal hours because the kids are just roaming the streets causing trouble. Where the hell are their parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Union Station has always been sketchy, like since the 80s.

Speaking as someone who's been going there since the 80s, no.

Why the knee-jerk denial? I don't think DC is a war zone like Republicans insist, but there is nothing wrong with admitting a train station can be sketchy at times? I have unfortunately been at Union Station at 4am due to a delayed train and I was uncomfortable!

My disagreement was with the word “always.” Union Station was sketchy for years, then vastly improved and even a destination, and unfortunately now sketchy again.

In my experience, most train stations feel sketchy at 4am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Union Station has always been sketchy, like since the 80s.

Speaking as someone who's been going there since the 80s, no.

Why the knee-jerk denial? I don't think DC is a war zone like Republicans insist, but there is nothing wrong with admitting a train station can be sketchy at times? I have unfortunately been at Union Station at 4am due to a delayed train and I was uncomfortable!

My disagreement was with the word “always.” Union Station was sketchy for years, then vastly improved and even a destination, and unfortunately now sketchy again.

In my experience, most train stations feel sketchy at 4am.

Union station is perfectly fine during commuting hours, but you won’t catch me there at 4am.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aren’t many of these crimes being committed by teenagers? My friend works down there and was essentially told not to leave the office during school dismissal hours because the kids are just roaming the streets causing trouble. Where the hell are their parents?

The same place you are, AT WORK!
What a dumb question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reproductive choice is more important than your safety, don’t you agree?

Why the hell should we have to choose between those two things!

Guess what, being unable to terminate a life-threatening pregnancy also threatens your safety.

And which state bans that???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Union Station has always been sketchy, like since the 80s.

Wrong. Union Station was renovated in 1988 and it became a shopping and dining destination. I went there for years and never felt unsafe. It’s only been with the rise of the homelessness and lawlessness in the past ten years that it has really declined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Union Station has always been sketchy, like since the 80s.

Speaking as someone who's been going there since the 80s, no.

Yes, especially sursum corda in the Barry crack years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Union Station has always been sketchy, like since the 80s.

Wrong. Union Station was renovated in 1988 and it became a shopping and dining destination. I went there for years and never felt unsafe. It’s only been with the rise of the homelessness and lawlessness in the past ten years that it has really declined.

I started high school in 1989, and it was definitely unsafe walking from Gonzaga to that side door of union station. There were definitely mentally unstable people in the union station food court, but we did go to movies at the theater there. Wouldn’t even think of it now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Union Station has always been sketchy, like since the 80s.

Wrong. Union Station was renovated in 1988 and it became a shopping and dining destination. I went there for years and never felt unsafe. It’s only been with the rise of the homelessness and lawlessness in the past ten years that it has really declined.

Yes, it was very nice in the late 90s. My law firm had a gala there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Union Station has always been sketchy, like since the 80s.

Wrong. Union Station was renovated in 1988 and it became a shopping and dining destination. I went there for years and never felt unsafe. It’s only been with the rise of the homelessness and lawlessness in the past ten years that it has really declined.

I started high school in 1989, and it was definitely unsafe walking from Gonzaga to that side door of union station. There were definitely mentally unstable people in the union station food court, but we did go to movies at the theater there. Wouldn’t even think of it now.

For a time, the worst aspect of Union Station was teenagers being loud in the movies. But the pandemic turned it into a half-empty shell, and now teenagers are carjacking rideshare drivers dropping off passengers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Union Station has always been sketchy, like since the 80s.

Wrong. Union Station was renovated in 1988 and it became a shopping and dining destination. I went there for years and never felt unsafe. It’s only been with the rise of the homelessness and lawlessness in the past ten years that it has really declined.

+1

We use to lunch there when I worked nearby in the 00s, and I’ve met friends for dinner at the nice restaurants.

It’s a gorgeous building and sad how far it’s fallen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Union Station has always been sketchy, like since the 80s.

Wrong. Union Station was renovated in 1988 and it became a shopping and dining destination. I went there for years and never felt unsafe. It’s only been with the rise of the homelessness and lawlessness in the past ten years that it has really declined.

+1

We use to lunch there when I worked nearby in the 00s, and I’ve met friends for dinner at the nice restaurants.

It’s a gorgeous building and sad how far it’s fallen.

+2 Much of DC became unsafe after the riots following MLK's murder in 1968. Then it got better during the early 2000's. Now it's on the decline again due to progressive policies such as extended school closures and being soft on crime. It's so sad to see what's happening to DC.

We finally had enough and moved after our once-safe neighborhood had a spike in crime that isn't going away plus couldn't deal with DC politics and the DCPS decline. It's night and day to be in a neighborhood where it's safe for our kids to bike and walk around. I lived in DC for over 20 years and never thought I'd leave until the insanity that started with the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry, I’ve in the area and I have never seen or heard the area called NOMA.

It breaks my heart about what Union station has become. I loved going through there to get to the trains, visit the market downstairs, even went to the movie theater there. I especially miss B. Smith’s restaurant. Walking around there used to make me happy.

Not sure if you are trying to insinuate that people are making up the neighborhood "NOMA" but there's a metro station called "NOMA/Galludet" so it's not really just a DCUM thing.

Until September I had been going to the Peace Corps building about once a month by metro and didn't feel unsafe... but some of the recent incidents would have given me pause.

[Anonymous]

That’s not even possible. Guns are illegal here. Did a police officer commit the fatal crimes?