Any other families finally had enough of DC?

[Anonymous]

Not to say I don’t have complaints about city govt but a truck hit that bridge.

[Anonymous]

We're done. Sold our house 2 weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm very ill and cannot drive. The escalator in my neighborhood has been broken for more than a year. Now the surrounding lines seem to be permanently broken. This is extremely dangerous for me.

*metro escalator

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to say I don’t have complaints about city govt but a truck hit that bridge.

They admit that the bridge was poorly maintained and in such a poor state that it should've been replaced. One traffic accident should not cause a structure like that to fall down. It's a foreseeable event that the bridge should be designed to withstand with some tolerance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to say I don’t have complaints about city govt but a truck hit that bridge.

They admit that the bridge was poorly maintained and in such a poor state that it should've been replaced. One traffic accident should not cause a structure like that to fall down. It's a foreseeable event that the bridge should be designed to withstand with some tolerance.

Literally in the quote you posted it said they had assessed the bridge in 2019 and replacing it is a multiyear process. What exactly do you think they should have done? Sped up time? Sorry they didn't replace it fast enough for your liking when we had a global pandemic happening, and sorry for your lack of reading comprehension.

[Anonymous]

One pedestrian bridge collapsing because a trucker rammed into it with a load of scrap metal does not bother me. Sh!t happens. The fix is easy and relatively inexpensive, the impact on individuals and families was minimal.

Keeping tens of thousands of children out of in-person school for more than a year? Now that is a complete and utter collapse with costs and consequences we cannot even begin to understand. This city failed its children in the most basic way.

“There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” N. Mandela

[Anonymous]

Everything is fine. Nothing to worry about. We got our bike lanes, F U.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not to say I don’t have complaints about city govt but a truck hit that bridge.

They admit that the bridge was poorly maintained and in such a poor state that it should've been replaced. One traffic accident should not cause a structure like that to fall down. It's a foreseeable event that the bridge should be designed to withstand with some tolerance.

Literally in the quote you posted it said they had assessed the bridge in 2019 and replacing it is a multiyear process. What exactly do you think they should have done? Sped up time? Sorry they didn't replace it fast enough for your liking when we had a global pandemic happening, and sorry for your lack of reading comprehension.

Uh dude, and I’m sure you’re a dude, they could have actually maintained it and not waited for it to deteriorate to the state that it had to be replaced. That’s the sort of stuff you kind of expect from a government.

[Anonymous]

At least you all don’t live in Chicago. Violence is behind out of control and the mayor is incompetent as they come. It is downright scary at all times of day right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:At least you all don’t live in Chicago. Violence is behind out of control and the mayor is incompetent as they come. It is downright scary at all times of day right now.

If she's incompetent, then so have the last 5 mayors. Violence in Chicago is nothing new.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every single large city in America (those run by Dems and Rs) are grappling with this increase in crime. Experts have said that it's not just poverty created by Covid. When you have sudden economic uncertainty, crime goes up. There are studies about this. The problem was that the US handled the economic devastation differently then other developed countries. Europe did a much better job. As things settle, crime will go back down.

Regardless, crime is much lower than it was 25 years ago, even with the uptick. That's the reality.

This is true. My neighborhood listserv here in Denver has exploded with long threads about how Denver has changed, the new transplants ruined it, too much crime, porch pirates, aggressive and heavy traffic, car thefts, break-ins, gunshots. Lots of people saying they are out of here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least you all don’t live in Chicago. Violence is behind out of control and the mayor is incompetent as they come. It is downright scary at all times of day right now.

If she's incompetent, then so have the last 5 mayors. Violence in Chicago is nothing new.

I have in Chicago for 15 years. I am well aware that violence has always been an issue, but it is a whole other level. Thanks for the lecture on my city though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least you all don’t live in Chicago. Violence is behind out of control and the mayor is incompetent as they come. It is downright scary at all times of day right now.

If she's incompetent, then so have the last 5 mayors. Violence in Chicago is nothing new.

I have in Chicago for 15 years. I am well aware that violence has always been an issue, but it is a whole other level. Thanks for the lecture on my city though.

Well, you are on DCUMs. So there is that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:At least you all don’t live in Chicago. Violence is behind out of control and the mayor is incompetent as they come. It is downright scary at all times of day right now.

If she's incompetent, then so have the last 5 mayors. Violence in Chicago is nothing new.

I have in Chicago for 15 years. I am well aware that violence has always been an issue, but it is a whole other level. Thanks for the lecture on my city though.

Well, you are on DCUMs. So there is that.

On the Metropolitan DC Local Politics Forum no less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every single large city in America (those run by Dems and Rs) are grappling with this increase in crime. Experts have said that it's not just poverty created by Covid. When you have sudden economic uncertainty, crime goes up. There are studies about this. The problem was that the US handled the economic devastation differently then other developed countries. Europe did a much better job. As things settle, crime will go back down.

Regardless, crime is much lower than it was 25 years ago, even with the uptick. That's the reality.

This is true. My neighborhood listserv here in Denver has exploded with long threads about how Denver has changed, the new transplants ruined it, too much crime, porch pirates, aggressive and heavy traffic, car thefts, break-ins, gunshots. Lots of people saying they are out of here.

That's why prices in Denver are tanking, right?