job in NoMa area- is it safe?

[Anonymous]

NoMa is a total shithole but you should be fine if you are only working there. Living there is completely different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you work normal business hours, you'll be fine. The Noma BID also provides an escort service to the metro if you feel unsafe.

+1

Worked there for the last year and it's great. I am very careful after dark, though. But I was also held up a couple of years ago at 17th and K street, NW at 7:30 PM, so proof that you need to keep your wits about you always. But during the day and normal business hours NoMa is great - lively, places for lunch, and very safe.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you work normal business hours, you'll be fine. The Noma BID also provides an escort service to the metro if you feel unsafe.

+1

Worked there for the last year and it's great. I am very careful after dark, though. But I was also held up a couple of years ago at 17th and K street, NW at 7:30 PM, so proof that you need to keep your wits about you always. But during the day and normal business hours NoMa is great - lively, places for lunch, and very safe.

So, how is working for CFPB?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you work normal business hours, you'll be fine. The Noma BID also provides an escort service to the metro if you feel unsafe.

+1

Worked there for the last year and it's great. I am very careful after dark, though. But I was also held up a couple of years ago at 17th and K street, NW at 7:30 PM, so proof that you need to keep your wits about you always. But during the day and normal business hours NoMa is great - lively, places for lunch, and very safe.

So, how is working for CFPB?

Ha ha! I don't work for CFPB. Non profit in NoMa. But good guess!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have a negative opinion of employers who relocate to these cheaper, sketchier areas to save money.

Actually, rental space in that area is really pricey. It has increased substantially since the ATF headquarters relocated.

I have a negative opinion of employers who lease space in incredibly expensive areas and then claim they don't have the money to offer better health insurance or parental leave or other basic benefits to their employees.

[Anonymous]

Would regularly work late at my office downtown DC before they moved to NoMA. Now, I do not. Women at my office have been harrassed while walking to Union Station. I make sure my working hours are close to daylight as possible. Have felt safe. That said-- I agree the recent crimes are troubling.

NoMa is... ok. I wouldn't live there. I wish there was a Vida or somesuch gym.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The area is fairly decent and in 2 years will be more than fine. There is about $500M of investment coming in the next 18 months, which will bring more housing, commercial and retail.

MORE commercial? There's a huge empty office building adjacent to the tracks, and one half-filled building visible on your right-hand side as you approach Union Station. And the Elevation apartment building looks half-full. Overall, I am not impressed with NoMa. It lacks some flavor--sure you can put up shiny (empty) buildings, but where are the tenants that command this new office space? NoMa still seems half-there to me. And all of the papers continue to hype it up, unfortunately. NoMa is not happening ,whatever people try to make it into.

Capitol crossing project to the west of NoMa has already started.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/3rd-St-Tunnel-Project-Will-Bring-Four-Years-of-Construction-242634131.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Would regularly work late at my office downtown DC before they moved to NoMA. Now, I do not. Women at my office have been harrassed while walking to Union Station. I make sure my working hours are close to daylight as possible. Have felt safe. That said-- I agree the recent crimes are troubling.

NoMa is... ok. I wouldn't live there. I wish there was a Vida or somesuch gym.

There is a Vida at City Vista on K St NW and 4th NW. It's not a long walk.