Longterm dc area residents, have you noticed decline ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A LOT of people will see this, has tourism dropped off yet? The Mexican government issuing a warning got a lot of press too, this summer.

Carjackings are so bad that people are increasingly “driving small distances” because they feel unsafe! Lol.

"Hysterical Karen in Upper NW gives in to delusions she will be murdered walking from Millie's to Starbucks, this totally legitimate opinion clearly reflects reality. More at 11."

Do you want to come to NE and hang out and listen to the gunshots? Do you personally know people who have been assaulted? Shut up. You are also probably posting from your NW neighborhood, rather than actually listening to the voices of POC who are disproportionately victimized by rising crime.

NW has their own shootings, even in upper DCUrbanlia. https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1154629.page

[Anonymous]

^ Agree that the overwhelming majority impacted by rising crime are POC and it's unacceptable.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I have lived here since 1981 and its be worse than today. 14th Street was full of hookers and my car was broken into many times in Adams Morgan. At least twice a week a helicopter with a spot light would circle the neighborhood at night. The wokeness in the past few years contributed to the current demise and people are more brazen than the 80's and early 90's

Exactly. DC native here too. My parents spoke of the 14th street hookers and the times them and some of my relatives came close to or were mugged at knifepoint at times in DC. Yes, I def agree the wokeness has contributed to our city's demise but that's the own people's doing and the woke transplants here that came from bumblefck towns.

+1

Same. Nailed it. It is worse than then, and it is because of wokeness. Do the powers at be really think people haven't been in this area that long, to remember?

A lot of THEM haven't been here very long, like Nadeau and Allen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^ Agree that the overwhelming majority impacted by rising crime are POC and it's unacceptable.

Are you advocating that you hope criminals start to take lessons in DEI to better distribute their crime amongst our neighborhoods?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A LOT of people will see this, has tourism dropped off yet? The Mexican government issuing a warning got a lot of press too, this summer.

Carjackings are so bad that people are increasingly “driving small distances” because they feel unsafe! Lol.

That IS basically a summary of a scene from the Post's piece on crime this week. It's a hyperbolic and breathless way to summarize it, but they didn't make it up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A LOT of people will see this, has tourism dropped off yet? The Mexican government issuing a warning got a lot of press too, this summer.

Carjackings are so bad that people are increasingly “driving small distances” because they feel unsafe! Lol.

That IS basically a summary of a scene from the Post's piece on crime this week. It's a hyperbolic and breathless way to summarize it, but they didn't make it up.

The headlines are extreme, the WashPo and all media has a way of dramatizing things. It seems like the people who are targeted for crimes have no self awareness.
You should not wear expensive labeled items, leave anything of value in your car.
Leaving doors propped open.
Walk around an upcoming neighborhood as if you are hot stuff and invincible with a savior complex.
Ignoring people who ask for a dollar. Simply separate your main money from your pocket change to give a dollar when necessary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ Agree that the overwhelming majority impacted by rising crime are POC and it's unacceptable.

Are you advocating that you hope criminals start to take lessons in DEI to better distribute their crime amongst our neighborhoods?

No, but the hypocritical rhetoric around soft on crime policies being to benefit POC needs to be called out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A LOT of people will see this, has tourism dropped off yet? The Mexican government issuing a warning got a lot of press too, this summer.

Carjackings are so bad that people are increasingly “driving small distances” because they feel unsafe! Lol.

That IS basically a summary of a scene from the Post's piece on crime this week. It's a hyperbolic and breathless way to summarize it, but they didn't make it up.

The headlines are extreme, the WashPo and all media has a way of dramatizing things. It seems like the people who are targeted for crimes have no self awareness.
You should not wear expensive labeled items, leave anything of value in your car.
Leaving doors propped open.
Walk around an upcoming neighborhood as if you are hot stuff and invincible with a savior complex.
Ignoring people who ask for a dollar. Simply separate your main money from your pocket change to give a dollar when necessary.

Victim blaming?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ Agree that the overwhelming majority impacted by rising crime are POC and it's unacceptable.

Are you advocating that you hope criminals start to take lessons in DEI to better distribute their crime amongst our neighborhoods?

No, but the hypocritical rhetoric around soft on crime policies being to benefit POC needs to be called out.

Agree - soft on crime does not benefit ANYONE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A LOT of people will see this, has tourism dropped off yet? The Mexican government issuing a warning got a lot of press too, this summer.

Carjackings are so bad that people are increasingly “driving small distances” because they feel unsafe! Lol.

That IS basically a summary of a scene from the Post's piece on crime this week. It's a hyperbolic and breathless way to summarize it, but they didn't make it up.

The headlines are extreme, the WashPo and all media has a way of dramatizing things. It seems like the people who are targeted for crimes have no self awareness.
You should not wear expensive labeled items, leave anything of value in your car.
Leaving doors propped open.
Walk around an upcoming neighborhood as if you are hot stuff and invincible with a savior complex.
Ignoring people who ask for a dollar. Simply separate your main money from your pocket change to give a dollar when necessary.

Victim blaming?

Not only that but completely foolish in so many ways. PP is an idiot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A LOT of people will see this, has tourism dropped off yet? The Mexican government issuing a warning got a lot of press too, this summer.

Carjackings are so bad that people are increasingly “driving small distances” because they feel unsafe! Lol.

That IS basically a summary of a scene from the Post's piece on crime this week. It's a hyperbolic and breathless way to summarize it, but they didn't make it up.

Personally, I feel safer surrounded by one ton of steel. You do you

[Anonymous]

This thread is startling, the vitriol directed at crime victims, the silencing tactics, the attacks on a small business that is a + part of the community, a jobs provider, a tax payer and a purveyor of good food, is nuts. Support if you are able. The "gentrification of Thai food" swipe is typical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^ Agree that the overwhelming majority impacted by rising crime are POC and it's unacceptable.

Are you advocating that you hope criminals start to take lessons in DEI to better distribute their crime amongst our neighborhoods?

+1. As if it the crime rate would suddenly be acceptable if it were “equitable.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This thread is startling, the vitriol directed at crime victims, the silencing tactics, the attacks on a small business that is a + part of the community, a jobs provider, a tax payer and a purveyor of good food, is nuts. Support if you are able. The "gentrification of Thai food" swipe is typical.

Saw this and predictably, the vitriol is driven by far left white saviors who pretend to know what POC want - while completing ignoring what POC actually want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This thread is startling, the vitriol directed at crime victims, the silencing tactics, the attacks on a small business that is a + part of the community, a jobs provider, a tax payer and a purveyor of good food, is nuts. Support if you are able. The "gentrification of Thai food" swipe is typical.

Saw this and predictably, the vitriol is driven by far left white saviors who pretend to know what POC want - while completing ignoring what POC actually want.

We are going to continue losing our local small businesses like this and the jobs and services they bring if we do not get the crime spike under control.