Why can't DC have parks like this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Because you can’t have anything nice in DC.

Because it will be torn up by DC's criminal youth.

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Anonymous wrote:Because you can’t have anything nice in DC.

Where are you posting from? There are lots of nice things in DC.

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Anonymous wrote:We have Clemyjontri. I know that's technically VA, but still.

Clemyjontri is amazing and worth the drive from DC. OP, you know exactly why we can't have parks like this, and we also don't pay anywhere near as much in taxes as they do in VA and MD.

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Anonymous wrote:DC could totally have a park like this, so long as you're OK with homeless vagrants immediately taking it over and turning it into a druggie wonderland. Skateboarders and ATV performance artists would also love it as an obstacle course for when they practice at night. Just make sure your toddler wears shoes so they don't get pricked by the broken needles when playing in the sandbox.

DC needs to tell MPD to take the gloves off, take the bully clubs out, and re-establish order over the criminals, druggies, lowlifes and others who peddle crime and disorder, including on our children's playgrounds. So sick of post-2020 tolerance of deviant behavior in DC.

Yes, we need more cops shooting kids like Tamir Rice on the playground.

Yes, that is exactly what OP is recommending. The conversations in your head must be fascinating.

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Anonymous wrote:DC could totally have a park like this, so long as you're OK with homeless vagrants immediately taking it over and turning it into a druggie wonderland. Skateboarders and ATV performance artists would also love it as an obstacle course for when they practice at night. Just make sure your toddler wears shoes so they don't get pricked by the broken needles when playing in the sandbox.

DC needs to tell MPD to take the gloves off, take the bully clubs out, and re-establish order over the criminals, druggies, lowlifes and others who peddle crime and disorder, including on our children's playgrounds. So sick of post-2020 tolerance of deviant behavior in DC.

Yes, we need more cops shooting kids like Tamir Rice on the playground.

Yes, that is exactly what OP is recommending. The conversations in your head must be fascinating.

And I'm sure you are OK with all of the assaults, car jackings, and mob shoplifting correct?

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Anonymous wrote:Because you can’t have anything nice in DC.

In DC, they have decided to hand over the parks to the "unhoused" in the name of equity.

Why build nice things if it will just get sh!t on?

And the kind of initiative that was shown to design, build and raise funding would never happen in the DMV. This place thinks the government should be in charge of all things. The west coast has a different mind set.

there are no playgrounds or rec facilities taken over by homeless people that I know of.

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Anonymous wrote:DC could totally have a park like this, so long as you're OK with homeless vagrants immediately taking it over and turning it into a druggie wonderland. Skateboarders and ATV performance artists would also love it as an obstacle course for when they practice at night. Just make sure your toddler wears shoes so they don't get pricked by the broken needles when playing in the sandbox.

DC needs to tell MPD to take the gloves off, take the bully clubs out, and re-establish order over the criminals, druggies, lowlifes and others who peddle crime and disorder, including on our children's playgrounds. So sick of post-2020 tolerance of deviant behavior in DC.

Yes, we need more cops shooting kids like Tamir Rice on the playground.

Yes, that is exactly what OP is recommending. The conversations in your head must be fascinating.

And I'm sure you are OK with all of the assaults, car jackings, and mob shoplifting correct?

what does pointing out that DC has good outdoors and rec facilities have to do with that?

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A well connected and determined mom desired a playground like that for her own child, so she made it happen. She raised the money and got the authorities to agree. She lives in or near Palo Alto, so that’s where she had it built. It’s not rocket science. If she lived in DC, it would have been built in DC. It takes the right people with strong motivation and resources or connections to resources to make something like this happen.

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Anonymous wrote:DC could totally have a park like this, so long as you're OK with homeless vagrants immediately taking it over and turning it into a druggie wonderland. Skateboarders and ATV performance artists would also love it as an obstacle course for when they practice at night. Just make sure your toddler wears shoes so they don't get pricked by the broken needles when playing in the sandbox.

DC needs to tell MPD to take the gloves off, take the bully clubs out, and re-establish order over the criminals, druggies, lowlifes and others who peddle crime and disorder, including on our children's playgrounds. So sick of post-2020 tolerance of deviant behavior in DC.

Yes, we need more cops shooting kids like Tamir Rice on the playground.

Yes, that is exactly what OP is recommending. The conversations in your head must be fascinating.

And I'm sure you are OK with all of the assaults, car jackings, and mob shoplifting correct?

The way you got that from the above comment is baffling. You must be thicker than cheap grits.

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Anonymous wrote:DC could totally have a park like this, so long as you're OK with homeless vagrants immediately taking it over and turning it into a druggie wonderland. Skateboarders and ATV performance artists would also love it as an obstacle course for when they practice at night. Just make sure your toddler wears shoes so they don't get pricked by the broken needles when playing in the sandbox.

DC needs to tell MPD to take the gloves off, take the bully clubs out, and re-establish order over the criminals, druggies, lowlifes and others who peddle crime and disorder, including on our children's playgrounds. So sick of post-2020 tolerance of deviant behavior in DC.

Yes, we need more cops shooting kids like Tamir Rice on the playground.

Yes, that is exactly what OP is recommending. The conversations in your head must be fascinating.

And I'm sure you are OK with all of the assaults, car jackings, and mob shoplifting correct?

The way you got that from the above comment is baffling. You must be thicker than cheap grits.

The discussion was about cops shooting kids.
Yet you ignore the dangerous criminals that you want to refer to as just "kids".
This is why we (no really you) cannot have nice parks.
I'm sure you are baffled alot btw.

[Anonymous]

We get housing vouchers and other giveaways.

[Anonymous]

We pay for these drunk old guys to be able to not work. I live by Logan circle — there are entire buildings full of them. Thats more important than parks OP.

[Anonymous]

Who cares about the young when you can support the mentally ill living in parks?

[Anonymous]

Many Marylanders come to DC to use the parks. So, that tells me they're pretty good. The playground at Takoma Aquatic Center, Turkey Thicket, and many others attract people from all around. They playgrounds and pools are great.

And the rec centers have lots of programs for Seniors. Many more than the wealthy suburb I grew up in.

[Anonymous]

Newark playground is a little like this.