Any other families finally had enough of DC?

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Anonymous wrote:According to the Washington Post, DC had 200 homicides last year. This year it is on pace for 187 homicides, which is about a 6% increase.

By contrast Montgomery County has already had as many homicides this year as all of last year and is on pace to more than double the number of homicides.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/homicides/

6% DECREASE, not increase.

Uh.... DC homicides are up 23% from last year, not down...https://mpdc.dc.gov/node/197622

That is month-to-month data, which can show variability. Looking at the whole year, you see a different picture.

2020: 200 homicides (16.7 per month)
2021: 79 homicides (15.8 per month)

No matter how you try to slice and or dice the data the rate is unacceptably high.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Been here 18 years.

For me it has been:
- The disaster of the vaccine rollout. Really revealing in terms of city government incompetence.
- The failure to fully reopen schools.
- Crime. Gun violence just blocks away from our home in broad daylight.
- Proximity of Jan. 6th events to our home, the fencing off of the Capitol, the militarization of the city related to political unrest.
- The nonsensical pandemic restrictions. Schools closed, but indoor dining open pre-vaccines. Outdoor mask mandate long after it was clear unnecessary. Mayor issuing and taking back new guidance this weekend. No metrics for when restrictions will be dropped. Mayor refusing to answer reporter questions on.

It's all just so exhausting. Add on top of it, how hard it is to buy a home, get into daycare, buy in a good school district.

I love the city and have really put down roots here through early career to building a family, but at some point it's just not worth it.

I've come to expect incompetence from the local DC government and am genuinely surprised if they don't completely mess up something. Bowser has made a mockery of the mayorship. I'm with you on everything that's bold.

Anthony Williams did yeomans work improving the quality of life. Fenty was actually well intentioned and tried, but ineffective. That was the pinnacle. Gray and Bowser have destroyed all of that hard work, competence and credibility that were so hard won. It's a real shame. I honestly do not believe that there has been a more cynical mayor governing DC than Bowser. DC better enact term limits on the mayor or else...

100% agree with what you and 23:21 said. Gray was the beginning of things worsening, but Bowser really took it to the next level. I find the lack of opposition to her shocking (and it's certainly not because she's doing a good job)!

+1. I would add the critical race theory that is being taught by DCPS. They are poisoning the minds of our kids. It’s gone way too far.

I love the curriculum my elementary kids are getting on topics of race and Us history. I’m not sure where / what you’re getting “critical race theory” but that sounds like a Tucker Carlson talking point.

The problem is, race and history is not just a topic in DCPS. It’s the ENTIRE curriculum. It’s exhausting.

+1000

This is not just in schools but in media too. I can’t listen to 88.5 anymore because almost every program is centered around race now. It just gets boring.

Yeah, gee, why can't we go back to the good days where white people didn't ever have to think about what it's like for anyone else?

The history of the world is full of all sorts of oppression and discrimination against people for all sorts of reasons. It’s not some giant conspiracy by white people against black people. My single MIL couldn’t buy a home back in the day because the bank wouldn’t give her a mortgage without a man signing for it too.

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Anonymous wrote:According to the Washington Post, DC had 200 homicides last year. This year it is on pace for 187 homicides, which is about a 6% increase.

By contrast Montgomery County has already had as many homicides this year as all of last year and is on pace to more than double the number of homicides.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/homicides/

6% DECREASE, not increase.

Uh.... DC homicides are up 23% from last year, not down...https://mpdc.dc.gov/node/197622

That is month-to-month data, which can show variability. Looking at the whole year, you see a different picture.

2020: 200 homicides (16.7 per month)
2021: 79 homicides (15.8 per month)

No matter how you try to slice and or dice the data the rate is unacceptably high.

Tell that to Mayor Bowser. They jumped from about 100 to 160 the year she took office and have been rising since.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Been here 18 years.

For me it has been:
- The disaster of the vaccine rollout. Really revealing in terms of city government incompetence.
- The failure to fully reopen schools.
- Crime. Gun violence just blocks away from our home in broad daylight.
- Proximity of Jan. 6th events to our home, the fencing off of the Capitol, the militarization of the city related to political unrest.
- The nonsensical pandemic restrictions. Schools closed, but indoor dining open pre-vaccines. Outdoor mask mandate long after it was clear unnecessary. Mayor issuing and taking back new guidance this weekend. No metrics for when restrictions will be dropped. Mayor refusing to answer reporter questions on.

It's all just so exhausting. Add on top of it, how hard it is to buy a home, get into daycare, buy in a good school district.

I love the city and have really put down roots here through early career to building a family, but at some point it's just not worth it.

I've come to expect incompetence from the local DC government and am genuinely surprised if they don't completely mess up something. Bowser has made a mockery of the mayorship. I'm with you on everything that's bold.

Anthony Williams did yeomans work improving the quality of life. Fenty was actually well intentioned and tried, but ineffective. That was the pinnacle. Gray and Bowser have destroyed all of that hard work, competence and credibility that were so hard won. It's a real shame. I honestly do not believe that there has been a more cynical mayor governing DC than Bowser. DC better enact term limits on the mayor or else...

100% agree with what you and 23:21 said. Gray was the beginning of things worsening, but Bowser really took it to the next level. I find the lack of opposition to her shocking (and it's certainly not because she's doing a good job)!

+1. I would add the critical race theory that is being taught by DCPS. They are poisoning the minds of our kids. It’s gone way too far.

I love the curriculum my elementary kids are getting on topics of race and Us history. I’m not sure where / what you’re getting “critical race theory” but that sounds like a Tucker Carlson talking point.

The problem is, race and history is not just a topic in DCPS. It’s the ENTIRE curriculum. It’s exhausting.

+1000

This is not just in schools but in media too. I can’t listen to 88.5 anymore because almost every program is centered around race now. It just gets boring.

Yeah, gee, why can't we go back to the good days where white people didn't ever have to think about what it's like for anyone else?

The history of the world is full of all sorts of oppression and discrimination against people for all sorts of reasons. It’s not some giant conspiracy by white people against black people. My single MIL couldn’t buy a home back in the day because the bank wouldn’t give her a mortgage without a man signing for it too.

That was also wrong, and as a society we've changed. See how well it works when we make an effort to right wrongs?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Been here 18 years.

For me it has been:
- The disaster of the vaccine rollout. Really revealing in terms of city government incompetence.
- The failure to fully reopen schools.
- Crime. Gun violence just blocks away from our home in broad daylight.
- Proximity of Jan. 6th events to our home, the fencing off of the Capitol, the militarization of the city related to political unrest.
- The nonsensical pandemic restrictions. Schools closed, but indoor dining open pre-vaccines. Outdoor mask mandate long after it was clear unnecessary. Mayor issuing and taking back new guidance this weekend. No metrics for when restrictions will be dropped. Mayor refusing to answer reporter questions on.

It's all just so exhausting. Add on top of it, how hard it is to buy a home, get into daycare, buy in a good school district.

I love the city and have really put down roots here through early career to building a family, but at some point it's just not worth it.

I've come to expect incompetence from the local DC government and am genuinely surprised if they don't completely mess up something. Bowser has made a mockery of the mayorship. I'm with you on everything that's bold.

Anthony Williams did yeomans work improving the quality of life. Fenty was actually well intentioned and tried, but ineffective. That was the pinnacle. Gray and Bowser have destroyed all of that hard work, competence and credibility that were so hard won. It's a real shame. I honestly do not believe that there has been a more cynical mayor governing DC than Bowser. DC better enact term limits on the mayor or else...

100% agree with what you and 23:21 said. Gray was the beginning of things worsening, but Bowser really took it to the next level. I find the lack of opposition to her shocking (and it's certainly not because she's doing a good job)!

+1. I would add the critical race theory that is being taught by DCPS. They are poisoning the minds of our kids. It’s gone way too far.

I love the curriculum my elementary kids are getting on topics of race and Us history. I’m not sure where / what you’re getting “critical race theory” but that sounds like a Tucker Carlson talking point.

The problem is, race and history is not just a topic in DCPS. It’s the ENTIRE curriculum. It’s exhausting.

+1000

This is not just in schools but in media too. I can’t listen to 88.5 anymore because almost every program is centered around race now. It just gets boring.

Yeah, gee, why can't we go back to the good days where white people didn't ever have to think about what it's like for anyone else?

The history of the world is full of all sorts of oppression and discrimination against people for all sorts of reasons. It’s not some giant conspiracy by white people against black people. My single MIL couldn’t buy a home back in the day because the bank wouldn’t give her a mortgage without a man signing for it too.

That was also wrong, and as a society we've changed. See how well it works when we make an effort to right wrongs?

“We” aren’t first ones to try to right wrongs. (To think so is myopic and arrogant.) That’s begin going on forever too.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Been here 18 years.

For me it has been:
- The disaster of the vaccine rollout. Really revealing in terms of city government incompetence.
- The failure to fully reopen schools.
- Crime. Gun violence just blocks away from our home in broad daylight.
- Proximity of Jan. 6th events to our home, the fencing off of the Capitol, the militarization of the city related to political unrest.
- The nonsensical pandemic restrictions. Schools closed, but indoor dining open pre-vaccines. Outdoor mask mandate long after it was clear unnecessary. Mayor issuing and taking back new guidance this weekend. No metrics for when restrictions will be dropped. Mayor refusing to answer reporter questions on.

It's all just so exhausting. Add on top of it, how hard it is to buy a home, get into daycare, buy in a good school district.

I love the city and have really put down roots here through early career to building a family, but at some point it's just not worth it.

I've come to expect incompetence from the local DC government and am genuinely surprised if they don't completely mess up something. Bowser has made a mockery of the mayorship. I'm with you on everything that's bold.

Anthony Williams did yeomans work improving the quality of life. Fenty was actually well intentioned and tried, but ineffective. That was the pinnacle. Gray and Bowser have destroyed all of that hard work, competence and credibility that were so hard won. It's a real shame. I honestly do not believe that there has been a more cynical mayor governing DC than Bowser. DC better enact term limits on the mayor or else...

100% agree with what you and 23:21 said. Gray was the beginning of things worsening, but Bowser really took it to the next level. I find the lack of opposition to her shocking (and it's certainly not because she's doing a good job)!

+1. I would add the critical race theory that is being taught by DCPS. They are poisoning the minds of our kids. It’s gone way too far.

I love the curriculum my elementary kids are getting on topics of race and Us history. I’m not sure where / what you’re getting “critical race theory” but that sounds like a Tucker Carlson talking point.

The problem is, race and history is not just a topic in DCPS. It’s the ENTIRE curriculum. It’s exhausting.

+1000

This is not just in schools but in media too. I can’t listen to 88.5 anymore because almost every program is centered around race now. It just gets boring.

Yeah, gee, why can't we go back to the good days where white people didn't ever have to think about what it's like for anyone else?

The history of the world is full of all sorts of oppression and discrimination against people for all sorts of reasons. It’s not some giant conspiracy by white people against black people. My single MIL couldn’t buy a home back in the day because the bank wouldn’t give her a mortgage without a man signing for it too.

That was also wrong, and as a society we've changed. See how well it works when we make an effort to right wrongs?

“We” aren’t first ones to try to right wrongs. (To think so is myopic and arrogant.) That’s begin going on forever too.

+1. Yep, this poster is a Keyboard Warrior who thinks she has an impact on political leaders. Lol. It’s cute.

[Anonymous]

Have you seen how many DC residents have filed permanent change of address forms with the post office? There are A LOT of people leaving.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you seen how many DC residents have filed permanent change of address forms with the post office? There are A LOT of people leaving.

How many and where’s the data source?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Been here 18 years.

For me it has been:
- The disaster of the vaccine rollout. Really revealing in terms of city government incompetence.
- The failure to fully reopen schools.
- Crime. Gun violence just blocks away from our home in broad daylight.
- Proximity of Jan. 6th events to our home, the fencing off of the Capitol, the militarization of the city related to political unrest.
- The nonsensical pandemic restrictions. Schools closed, but indoor dining open pre-vaccines. Outdoor mask mandate long after it was clear unnecessary. Mayor issuing and taking back new guidance this weekend. No metrics for when restrictions will be dropped. Mayor refusing to answer reporter questions on.

It's all just so exhausting. Add on top of it, how hard it is to buy a home, get into daycare, buy in a good school district.

I love the city and have really put down roots here through early career to building a family, but at some point it's just not worth it.

I've come to expect incompetence from the local DC government and am genuinely surprised if they don't completely mess up something. Bowser has made a mockery of the mayorship. I'm with you on everything that's bold.

Anthony Williams did yeomans work improving the quality of life. Fenty was actually well intentioned and tried, but ineffective. That was the pinnacle. Gray and Bowser have destroyed all of that hard work, competence and credibility that were so hard won. It's a real shame. I honestly do not believe that there has been a more cynical mayor governing DC than Bowser. DC better enact term limits on the mayor or else...

100% agree with what you and 23:21 said. Gray was the beginning of things worsening, but Bowser really took it to the next level. I find the lack of opposition to her shocking (and it's certainly not because she's doing a good job)!

+1. I would add the critical race theory that is being taught by DCPS. They are poisoning the minds of our kids. It’s gone way too far.

I love the curriculum my elementary kids are getting on topics of race and Us history. I’m not sure where / what you’re getting “critical race theory” but that sounds like a Tucker Carlson talking point.

The problem is, race and history is not just a topic in DCPS. It’s the ENTIRE curriculum. It’s exhausting.

+1000

This is not just in schools but in media too. I can’t listen to 88.5 anymore because almost every program is centered around race now. It just gets boring.

Yeah, gee, why can't we go back to the good days where white people didn't ever have to think about what it's like for anyone else?

The history of the world is full of all sorts of oppression and discrimination against people for all sorts of reasons. It’s not some giant conspiracy by white people against black people. My single MIL couldn’t buy a home back in the day because the bank wouldn’t give her a mortgage without a man signing for it too.

That was also wrong, and as a society we've changed. See how well it works when we make an effort to right wrongs?

“We” aren’t first ones to try to right wrongs. (To think so is myopic and arrogant.) That’s begin going on forever too.

+1. Yep, this poster is a Keyboard Warrior who thinks she has an impact on political leaders. Lol. It’s cute.

Yep, this poster is an anonymous racist who thinks she has an impact on others. Lol. It's patronizing.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Been here 18 years.

For me it has been:
- The disaster of the vaccine rollout. Really revealing in terms of city government incompetence.
- The failure to fully reopen schools.
- Crime. Gun violence just blocks away from our home in broad daylight.
- Proximity of Jan. 6th events to our home, the fencing off of the Capitol, the militarization of the city related to political unrest.
- The nonsensical pandemic restrictions. Schools closed, but indoor dining open pre-vaccines. Outdoor mask mandate long after it was clear unnecessary. Mayor issuing and taking back new guidance this weekend. No metrics for when restrictions will be dropped. Mayor refusing to answer reporter questions on.

It's all just so exhausting. Add on top of it, how hard it is to buy a home, get into daycare, buy in a good school district.

I love the city and have really put down roots here through early career to building a family, but at some point it's just not worth it.

I've come to expect incompetence from the local DC government and am genuinely surprised if they don't completely mess up something. Bowser has made a mockery of the mayorship. I'm with you on everything that's bold.

Anthony Williams did yeomans work improving the quality of life. Fenty was actually well intentioned and tried, but ineffective. That was the pinnacle. Gray and Bowser have destroyed all of that hard work, competence and credibility that were so hard won. It's a real shame. I honestly do not believe that there has been a more cynical mayor governing DC than Bowser. DC better enact term limits on the mayor or else...

100% agree with what you and 23:21 said. Gray was the beginning of things worsening, but Bowser really took it to the next level. I find the lack of opposition to her shocking (and it's certainly not because she's doing a good job)!

+1. I would add the critical race theory that is being taught by DCPS. They are poisoning the minds of our kids. It’s gone way too far.

I love the curriculum my elementary kids are getting on topics of race and Us history. I’m not sure where / what you’re getting “critical race theory” but that sounds like a Tucker Carlson talking point.

The problem is, race and history is not just a topic in DCPS. It’s the ENTIRE curriculum. It’s exhausting.

+1000

This is not just in schools but in media too. I can’t listen to 88.5 anymore because almost every program is centered around race now. It just gets boring.

Yeah, gee, why can't we go back to the good days where white people didn't ever have to think about what it's like for anyone else?

The history of the world is full of all sorts of oppression and discrimination against people for all sorts of reasons. It’s not some giant conspiracy by white people against black people. My single MIL couldn’t buy a home back in the day because the bank wouldn’t give her a mortgage without a man signing for it too.

That was also wrong, and as a society we've changed. See how well it works when we make an effort to right wrongs?

“We” aren’t first ones to try to right wrongs. (To think so is myopic and arrogant.) That’s begin going on forever too.

Uh, no kidding? That's kind of the point?

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Anonymous wrote:Have you seen how many DC residents have filed permanent change of address forms with the post office? There are A LOT of people leaving.

How many and where’s the data source?

And how do you know how many of them are pointing to new addresses elsewhere as opposed to new addresses within D.C.?

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Been here 18 years.

For me it has been:
- The disaster of the vaccine rollout. Really revealing in terms of city government incompetence.
- The failure to fully reopen schools.
- Crime. Gun violence just blocks away from our home in broad daylight.
- Proximity of Jan. 6th events to our home, the fencing off of the Capitol, the militarization of the city related to political unrest.
- The nonsensical pandemic restrictions. Schools closed, but indoor dining open pre-vaccines. Outdoor mask mandate long after it was clear unnecessary. Mayor issuing and taking back new guidance this weekend. No metrics for when restrictions will be dropped. Mayor refusing to answer reporter questions on.

It's all just so exhausting. Add on top of it, how hard it is to buy a home, get into daycare, buy in a good school district.

I love the city and have really put down roots here through early career to building a family, but at some point it's just not worth it.

I've come to expect incompetence from the local DC government and am genuinely surprised if they don't completely mess up something. Bowser has made a mockery of the mayorship. I'm with you on everything that's bold.

Anthony Williams did yeomans work improving the quality of life. Fenty was actually well intentioned and tried, but ineffective. That was the pinnacle. Gray and Bowser have destroyed all of that hard work, competence and credibility that were so hard won. It's a real shame. I honestly do not believe that there has been a more cynical mayor governing DC than Bowser. DC better enact term limits on the mayor or else...

100% agree with what you and 23:21 said. Gray was the beginning of things worsening, but Bowser really took it to the next level. I find the lack of opposition to her shocking (and it's certainly not because she's doing a good job)!

+1. I would add the critical race theory that is being taught by DCPS. They are poisoning the minds of our kids. It’s gone way too far.

I love the curriculum my elementary kids are getting on topics of race and Us history. I’m not sure where / what you’re getting “critical race theory” but that sounds like a Tucker Carlson talking point.

The problem is, race and history is not just a topic in DCPS. It’s the ENTIRE curriculum. It’s exhausting.

+1000

This is not just in schools but in media too. I can’t listen to 88.5 anymore because almost every program is centered around race now. It just gets boring.

Yeah, gee, why can't we go back to the good days where white people didn't ever have to think about what it's like for anyone else?

The history of the world is full of all sorts of oppression and discrimination against people for all sorts of reasons. It’s not some giant conspiracy by white people against black people. My single MIL couldn’t buy a home back in the day because the bank wouldn’t give her a mortgage without a man signing for it too.

That was also wrong, and as a society we've changed. See how well it works when we make an effort to right wrongs?

“We” aren’t first ones to try to right wrongs. (To think so is myopic and arrogant.) That’s begin going on forever too.

Uh, no kidding? That's kind of the point?

I hope so. Many SJWs these days seem to think they themselves have reached the pinnacle of social justice awareness, and it’s their job to fix everyone else so that we think just like them.

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The people I know are leaving for Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, Nashville, or St. Louis.

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Anonymous wrote:According to the Washington Post, DC had 200 homicides last year. This year it is on pace for 187 homicides, which is about a 6% increase.

By contrast Montgomery County has already had as many homicides this year as all of last year and is on pace to more than double the number of homicides.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/homicides/

6% DECREASE, not increase.

Uh.... DC homicides are up 23% from last year, not down...https://mpdc.dc.gov/node/197622

That is month-to-month data, which can show variability. Looking at the whole year, you see a different picture.

2020: 200 homicides (16.7 per month)
2021: 79 homicides (15.8 per month)

Crime is seasonal to some extent. The summer months are generally worse for both property crime and violent crime. That's the whole reason DC police website provides a year-to-date comparison with the previous year. But hey, if you want to do your own back of the envelope calculations that are less valid to make yourself feel better, go ahead.

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Anonymous wrote:According to the Washington Post, DC had 200 homicides last year. This year it is on pace for 187 homicides, which is about a 6% increase.

By contrast Montgomery County has already had as many homicides this year as all of last year and is on pace to more than double the number of homicides.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/local/homicides/

6% DECREASE, not increase.

Uh.... DC homicides are up 23% from last year, not down...https://mpdc.dc.gov/node/197622

That is month-to-month data, which can show variability. Looking at the whole year, you see a different picture.

2020: 200 homicides (16.7 per month)
2021: 79 homicides (15.8 per month)

Crime is seasonal to some extent. The summer months are generally worse for both property crime and violent crime. That's the whole reason DC police website provides a year-to-date comparison with the previous year. But hey, if you want to do your own back of the envelope calculations that are less valid to make yourself feel better, go ahead.

There's a proposal before the DC Council to cut MPD by 400 officers. Sounds an awful lot like 'defund the police' during a period of spiking violent crime.