Prospective Ludlow Taylor Parent

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Compare crime reports for the H Street corridor and Georgetown and then get back to us. There just aren't that many "dice games" on Prospect Street. If you haven't seem anything you consider suspicious on H Street then you are painfully unaware or just don't frequent the area that much.

OK, I'll bite. Show me the stats.

Yes, there are a few old drunk men that congregate outside of the liquor store, but I've never seen them shooting dice. And they always speak and are nice. They used to live in the neighborhood and came back to see each other.

And why in the world would folks choose H Street to play dice? Really? Police are all over the place on H St. I feel safest on H Street because there are always so many bike cops and security guards. It's the side streets (G St., etc.) that I'm wary of because it's the side streets that perpetrators go to looking for victims.

I have observed shooting dice and brazen drug transactions on multiple occasions near the intersection of 8th and H, not to mention all sorts of other unsavory behavior. The area continues to be a magnet for trouble, regardless of police presence. It was only two years ago that the owner of a deli at 7th and H was robbed and then shot. Justifying public intoxication as just a few old drunks coming back to see one another is just mind boggling. Where do you think these upstanding old gentlemen go to relieve themselves? It appears the cultural divide strikes again.

The murder on H St. -- 2 years ago -- was tragic. So, are you saying that there has been no other crime in the area? I remember quite a few treads about neighbors being scared about students targeted them and their children in a Hill neighborhood near Options Charter School. I guess we should all find where crimes occurred during the past 2 years in DC and avoid those streets all together. Not very smart.

[Anonymous]

I am not suggesting that anyone should avoid the H Street corridor. I am just not as willing to blithely dismiss serious issues as you seem to be. It's not simply a matter of one senseless murder which occurred two years ago. I am happy that the area is continuing to be less "transitional" but recent events show there is still a long way to go.

[Anonymous]

You're living in a dream state where your "hood" is safe and all others are to be feared. It's ridiculous when crime occurs from one block to the next. We should be fighting crime in our city (or neighborhood for that matter) instead of pitting one block or street against each other.

You are probably one of those parents who tells your nanny to avoid "certain" streets due to the racial make-up even though crime has occurred equally in the parts you consider "safe."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not suggesting that anyone should avoid the H Street corridor. I am just not as willing to blithely dismiss serious issues as you seem to be. It's not simply a matter of one senseless murder which occurred two years ago. I am happy that the area is continuing to be less "transitional" but recent events show there is still a long way to go.

I agree. I spend time on H street and give local businesses support. However these are serious issues. I am not going to over pay for a home in an area where street crime is still a large presence. I actually find it mind boggling that people with small children would spend so much money on a home in Stanton Park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not suggesting that anyone should avoid the H Street corridor. I am just not as willing to blithely dismiss serious issues as you seem to be. It's not simply a matter of one senseless murder which occurred two years ago. I am happy that the area is continuing to be less "transitional" but recent events show there is still a long way to go.

I agree. I spend time on H street and give local businesses support. However these are serious issues. I am not going to over pay for a home in an area where street crime is still a large presence. I actually find it mind boggling that people with small children would spend so much money on a home in Stanton Park.

Quit nannyjacking this thread. This area isn't unsafe, at least anymore so than the Hill in general. The crime stats are not alarming nor is street crime a "large presence." Just because an attention grabbing incident occurred near a school does not prove anything about the school or the neighborhood. As other PPs mentioned, Georgetown has had it's share of alarming incidents in recent years, none of which qualify it as unsafe.

[Anonymous]

I don't see armies of unemployed people drunk, loitering and urinating on the street during the day on M St or Wisconsin.

[Anonymous]

Just saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see armies of unemployed people drunk, loitering and urinating on the street during the day on M St or Wisconsin.

This post is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see armies of unemployed people drunk, loitering and urinating on the street during the day on M St or Wisconsin.

I've certainly seen them there after 5pm, though!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not suggesting that anyone should avoid the H Street corridor. I am just not as willing to blithely dismiss serious issues as you seem to be. It's not simply a matter of one senseless murder which occurred two years ago. I am happy that the area is continuing to be less "transitional" but recent events show there is still a long way to go.

I agree. I spend time on H street and give local businesses support. However these are serious issues. I am not going to over pay for a home in an area where street crime is still a large presence. I actually find it mind boggling that people with small children would spend so much money on a home in Stanton Park.

Maybe because we live a few blocks from the Senate office buildings, the Supreme Court etc, etc....

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not suggesting that anyone should avoid the H Street corridor. I am just not as willing to blithely dismiss serious issues as you seem to be. It's not simply a matter of one senseless murder which occurred two years ago. I am happy that the area is continuing to be less "transitional" but recent events show there is still a long way to go.

I agree. I spend time on H street and give local businesses support. However these are serious issues. I am not going to over pay for a home in an area where street crime is still a large presence. I actually find it mind boggling that people with small children would spend so much money on a home in Stanton Park.

You're a moron. There is no "Stanton Park" neighborhood. If someone were to say that they live in Stanton Park, that would mean they sleep on playground equipment. It is not a neighborhood. The Hill Historic District goes up to F and over to 12th NE.

[Anonymous]

I live IB for Ludlow Taylor, very close to H Street. I love it and have 2 small children. I do feel safe but I am also careful...I would never say it is as safe as Georgetown. I haven't looked at stats, but there is just no way that it is. I still feel safe there, I just watch when I go out and the time of day I do it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not suggesting that anyone should avoid the H Street corridor. I am just not as willing to blithely dismiss serious issues as you seem to be. It's not simply a matter of one senseless murder which occurred two years ago. I am happy that the area is continuing to be less "transitional" but recent events show there is still a long way to go.

I agree. I spend time on H street and give local businesses support. However these are serious issues. I am not going to over pay for a home in an area where street crime is still a large presence. I actually find it mind boggling that people with small children would spend so much money on a home in Stanton Park.

Quit nannyjacking this thread. This area isn't unsafe, at least anymore so than the Hill in general. The crime stats are not alarming nor is street crime a "large presence." Just because an attention grabbing incident occurred near a school does not prove anything about the school or the neighborhood. As other PPs mentioned, Georgetown has had it's share of alarming incidents in recent years, none of which qualify it as unsafe.

Just because you keep saying that the H Street corridor is as safe as other parts of the Hill doesn't make it true. A concentration of violent crime, particularly involving a weapon, proves everything about a neighborhood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't see armies of unemployed people drunk, loitering and urinating on the street during the day on M St or Wisconsin.

This post may indeed be ridiculous, but I also found it highly amusing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am not suggesting that anyone should avoid the H Street corridor. I am just not as willing to blithely dismiss serious issues as you seem to be. It's not simply a matter of one senseless murder which occurred two years ago. I am happy that the area is continuing to be less "transitional" but recent events show there is still a long way to go.

I agree. I spend time on H street and give local businesses support. However these are serious issues. I am not going to over pay for a home in an area where street crime is still a large presence. I actually find it mind boggling that people with small children would spend so much money on a home in Stanton Park.

You're a moron. There is no "Stanton Park" neighborhood. If someone were to say that they live in Stanton Park, that would mean they sleep on playground equipment. It is not a neighborhood. The Hill Historic District goes up to F and over to 12th NE.

I think you are wrong. There was an open house sign on the teeter totter just this past Sunday.