Do you feel safe in upper northwest?

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Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

What should we be asking these businesses and librarians and Metro workers? Be specific, and say what you really mean. Don't be afraid to unburden your true feellings here, we all know you really, really want to.

And we know you like to put your politically correct head in the sand when there is an obvious crime problem caused by these kids.

Which kids? Be specific. And don't just say "students," because everyone on earth knows what you actually mean.

Come on, tell us who you're specifically talking about! You're dying to do it! Just let it all out.

Not PP but they are referring to impoverished teens. You are upset and calling it racist because the majority of the impoverished teens in inner cities in America happen to be black. This is the reality. In rural areas like Appalachia the impovershed teens that do bad things are white. This is how it is in America and this truth isn’t racist or not racist, it just is the way it is.

PP may or may or may not be racist depending on whether it is their blackness / black culture that bothers them or if it is simply the fact that they act unruly, commit crimes, etc.

This is a dumb back and forth. Not everyone is a racist.

And before you get on me, I am a black guy born and raised in DC and am tired
Of car jacking teens and it has nothing to do with race. I’m not an Uncle Tom or self-racist so keep your crazy ideas to yourself— I dislike anyone committing crimes. The topic of generational poverty and the underlying causes of the dynamic that exists is a different topic.

What this idiot does not seem to comprehend is the majority of law abiding black population in DC are also victims of these crimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

Ha. But Tenleytown is a sh!tshow most afternoons when J-R gets out. Not all those kids are sweeties. And it's gotten significantly worse over the past few years.

[Anonymous]

Have lived in upper NW for five years and feel quite safe here. Lived east of the park for 15 years before that and in Dupont Circle for five years before THAT, and generally felt quite safe there, too.

There is definitely far less violent crime in the immediate vicinity of my house now in upper NW than there was in Petworth, as well as less open drug dealing and far fewer people obviously in distress from overusing drugs and alcohol near the Metro than there had been there. But even the higher prevalence of that stuff EOTP didn't particularly make me worry for my personal safety. I used to come and go much later at night when I lived there, since I didn't have kids yet, too.

Going to stay out of the fight over high school kids here, which doesn't seem productive, except to say that I haven't found the high school kids to be a threat to my personal safety, either.

[Anonymous]

I live about a 15 min walk from both Tenleytown and Friendship heights stations. I use both - slightly closer to Tenley but sometimes choose the other of l want to avoid being sweaty due to the hill. I feel completely safe at both at all hours.

I prefer Tenleytown, even in the afternoon with school kids around. I like energy and they have that in spades. I prefer it to the “self selected retirement community” (or similar phase used by the city planners to describe Friendship Heights) with its empty storefronts. Really looking forward to the Mazza redevelopment. It does suck that there’s no coffee shop in Tenley since Starbucks and Bourbon Coffee left. And that the Target is all locked down. Ya l do wish the teenagers were more respectful of the businesses like Starbucks and Target but l also have no idea how to make that happen.

[Anonymous]

There are different property crimes everywhere, but I feel safe in NW. In 1980s through mid 1990s, in Cleveland park, my house was broken into 3 times. Once by axing through a substantially heavy front door to override alarm somehow. All were day time robberies when house empty. I’ve lived in my current house in Chevy Chase, DC since mid 90s and have always felt safe, but things still happen and there has been an increase lately. I the late 90s, neighbors and I both had daytime break ins with minor things stolen, but nothing since in terms of break ins. However, in the last year, my car’s airbag was stolen, neighbors have had airbags and catalytic converters stolen, there have been armed car jackings within a few blocks in two directions and two nearby CVS locations and the Safeway have had multiple smash and grab robberies. There have also been smash and grab robberies nearby in Friendship Heights.

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Anonymous wrote:There are different property crimes everywhere, but I feel safe in NW. In 1980s through mid 1990s, in Cleveland park, my house was broken into 3 times. Once by axing through a substantially heavy front door to override alarm somehow. All were day time robberies when house empty. I’ve lived in my current house in Chevy Chase, DC since mid 90s and have always felt safe, but things still happen and there has been an increase lately. I the late 90s, neighbors and I both had daytime break ins with minor things stolen, but nothing since in terms of break ins. However, in the last year, my car’s airbag was stolen, neighbors have had airbags and catalytic converters stolen, there have been armed car jackings within a few blocks in two directions and two nearby CVS locations and the Safeway have had multiple smash and grab robberies. There have also been smash and grab robberies nearby in Friendship Heights.

“Lately”? There have been countless armed robberies, car jackings, and home invasions in Forest Hills since at least 2021. I’ve been here as long as you have and I miss the good old days of a daytime breaking and entering when no one is home. This is much different and much more dangerous. Wake up.

[Anonymous]

I feel like DC has been recently flooded with very cheap guns. So cheap, in fact, that unruly teens and mentally ill vagrants are getting their hands on these weapons. And they are often “ghost guns” that are not made by the usual legal firearms industry.

Clean up the illegal guns on the street. It seems to be a lot worse than before. Teens have always been a menace in DC, but it’s a lot worse now because someone is flooding these kids with guns. That escalates the severity of the crimes and immature teens are more likely to pull the trigger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live about a 15 min walk from both Tenleytown and Friendship heights stations. I use both - slightly closer to Tenley but sometimes choose the other of l want to avoid being sweaty due to the hill. I feel completely safe at both at all hours.

I prefer Tenleytown, even in the afternoon with school kids around. I like energy and they have that in spades. I prefer it to the “self selected retirement community” (or similar phase used by the city planners to describe Friendship Heights) with its empty storefronts. Really looking forward to the Mazza redevelopment. It does suck that there’s no coffee shop in Tenley since Starbucks and Bourbon Coffee left. And that the Target is all locked down. Ya l do wish the teenagers were more respectful of the businesses like Starbucks and Target but l also have no idea how to make that happen.

Target is locked up because of major theft rings, not JR kids. Straight from the mouths of Target employees. See the laundry detergent locked up for proof of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

Like clockwork, the racists emerge.

You can't go around calling people racist just because they state the obvious. The cops know where the problems in Tenleytown stem from; the shopkeepers know; residents know; everyone knows...

+1. It’s a real problem

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

What should we be asking these businesses and librarians and Metro workers? Be specific, and say what you really mean. Don't be afraid to unburden your true feellings here, we all know you really, really want to.

Exactly what PP suggested. What do you think about the problems JR students cause in the Tenley neighborhood every afternoon at 3:15 pm and what would you like to see done about those problems?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

What should we be asking these businesses and librarians and Metro workers? Be specific, and say what you really mean. Don't be afraid to unburden your true feellings here, we all know you really, really want to.

And we know you like to put your politically correct head in the sand when there is an obvious crime problem caused by these kids.

Which kids? Be specific. And don't just say "students," because everyone on earth knows what you actually mean.

Come on, tell us who you're specifically talking about! You're dying to do it! Just let it all out.

The ones causing the problems, idiot. Try to follow the conversation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

What should we be asking these businesses and librarians and Metro workers? Be specific, and say what you really mean. Don't be afraid to unburden your true feellings here, we all know you really, really want to.

And we know you like to put your politically correct head in the sand when there is an obvious crime problem caused by these kids.

Which kids? Be specific. And don't just say "students," because everyone on earth knows what you actually mean.

Come on, tell us who you're specifically talking about! You're dying to do it! Just let it all out.

Not PP but they are referring to impoverished teens. You are upset and calling it racist because the majority of the impoverished teens in inner cities in America happen to be black. This is the reality. In rural areas like Appalachia the impovershed teens that do bad things are white. This is how it is in America and this truth isn’t racist or not racist, it just is the way it is.

PP may or may or may not be racist depending on whether it is their blackness / black culture that bothers them or if it is simply the fact that they act unruly, commit crimes, etc.

This is a dumb back and forth. Not everyone is a racist.

And before you get on me, I am a black guy born and raised in DC and am tired
Of car jacking teens and it has nothing to do with race. I’m not an Uncle Tom or self-racist so keep your crazy ideas to yourself— I dislike anyone committing crimes. The topic of generational poverty and the underlying causes of the dynamic that exists is a different topic.

How do you know they are impoverished and so what if they are? They are going to the best public high school in the city. They have all kinds of opportunities.

[Anonymous]

Depends on where you live. I moved from Colombia Heights/16th street/Adams Morgan to Wesley Heights/Glover Park.
I feel very safe here. There are hardly anyone walking late at night. Some walking dogs. Bad guys would stand out easily. They only break into cars usually.
I saw 2 shooting with my own eyes in CH and a murder 15 feet away. I also ended in court as a witness of an assault in Adams Morgan. My friend was mugged in AM as we were walking 12 am.
That's just my experience I guess, but I'm not moving back.

[Anonymous]

I live between Tenleytown and Friendship Heights metro. I generally avoid Tenleytown when school lets out but it's not because I feel unsafe, it is just a shitshow with so many high school kids going to Chik Fil A, Wawa, Dunkin, etc. Some of the stores (CVS, for one) has a one-in, one-out rule for JR students and there's usually a line of kids waiting to go in, which adds to the appearance of crowded sidewalks. Sometimes they are a little loud and rowdy as high schoolers tend to be but I don't feel threatened or unsafe.

More to the general question of safety: I am definitely more aware of my surroundings than I was 5 years ago, but I still feel relatively safe (knock on wood).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No part of the city -- or anywhere -- is "completely" safe. But Upper NW is very, very safe compared with nearly every other part of DC.

And you can safely ignore the "Tenleytown is a crime-ridden hellscape when J-R lets out in the afternoon" mouth-breathers who soon will be brigading this thread.

So the PP is the mom of JR students? OP - do ask each and every business around JR their opinion on this topic that PP raises. Ask the librarians across the street. Ask the Metro workers. Due diligence from independent sources will educate you on JR and its impact on Tenlytown.

What should we be asking these businesses and librarians and Metro workers? Be specific, and say what you really mean. Don't be afraid to unburden your true feellings here, we all know you really, really want to.

And we know you like to put your politically correct head in the sand when there is an obvious crime problem caused by these kids.

Which kids? Be specific. And don't just say "students," because everyone on earth knows what you actually mean.

Come on, tell us who you're specifically talking about! You're dying to do it! Just let it all out.

Not PP but they are referring to impoverished teens. You are upset and calling it racist because the majority of the impoverished teens in inner cities in America happen to be black. This is the reality. In rural areas like Appalachia the impovershed teens that do bad things are white. This is how it is in America and this truth isn’t racist or not racist, it just is the way it is.

PP may or may or may not be racist depending on whether it is their blackness / black culture that bothers them or if it is simply the fact that they act unruly, commit crimes, etc.

This is a dumb back and forth. Not everyone is a racist.

And before you get on me, I am a black guy born and raised in DC and am tired
Of car jacking teens and it has nothing to do with race. I’m not an Uncle Tom or self-racist so keep your crazy ideas to yourself— I dislike anyone committing crimes. The topic of generational poverty and the underlying causes of the dynamic that exists is a different topic.

How do you know they are impoverished and so what if they are? They are going to the best public high school in the city. They have all kinds of opportunities.

All of these opportunities and they still act like this? I wonder what's up with that