What do you think about purchasing in U St/Columbia Heights?

[Anonymous]

Great location for all the reasons mentioned, but there is crime. We have moved, but when we lived off Sherman we were robbed 2x in 4 years, and there were a couple shootings and muggings on our block/neighboring blocks. Invest in a burglar alarm, good homeowner's insurance, a dedicated parking spot and use common sense (don't flash your iPhone while walking, don't carry large sums of cash--or rather, carry cash separately from IDs and credit cards so you can hand over a wallet easily.)

[Anonymous]

To our earlier friends touting the safety of Columbia Heights, writing me off as someone uninformed (and conveniently maintaining radio silence after I posted a two-day old shooting report):

http://www.popville.com/2014/04/homeless-man-setting-fires-in-columbia-heights/

Winning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To our earlier friends touting the safety of Columbia Heights, writing me off as someone uninformed (and conveniently maintaining radio silence after I posted a two-day old shooting report):

http://www.popville.com/2014/04/homeless-man-setting-fires-in-columbia-heights/

Winning?

What point are you trying to make? Yes, there is some crime. There's some weird stuff that happens. DC is a city! These things happen in cities. If you don't have any tolerance for city stuff, then you will not want to live in a city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What point are you trying to make? Yes, there is some crime. There's some weird stuff that happens. DC is a city! These things happen in cities. If you don't have any tolerance for city stuff, then you will not want to live in a city.

My point is that there's a finite difference between "city stuff" and entrenched crime. Garbage, drunk pedestrians, car break-ins, graffiti, nuisance houses, episodic drug-dealing -- I get it. Shootings, stabbings, arson -- different story.