Do you feel safe in upper northwest?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t feel as safe as I used to in NW, where I’ve lived for 40 years. I no longer walk in my neighborhood after dark, I stay away from Columbia Heights at all hours, and I’m beginning to avoid Van Ness as much as possible. If it gets any worse I will probably move. I’m furious with Bowser and the City Council for the voucher fiasco and the laissez-faire attitude on crime.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t feel as safe as I used to in NW, where I’ve lived for 40 years. I no longer walk in my neighborhood after dark, I stay away from Columbia Heights at all hours, and I’m beginning to avoid Van Ness as much as possible. If it gets any worse I will probably move. I’m furious with Bowser and the City Council for the voucher fiasco and the laissez-faire attitude on crime.

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Curious - what’s going on in van ness these days that you avoid it? I haven’t been there in years

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Tenleytown in the early 90s, and it was a shitshow when JR got out then. Tenleytown is way fancier now.

No. It is a total dump. The CVS and Target look like third world country establishments inside. The WaWa is also disgusting.

That Wawa looks like every Wawa in PA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t feel as safe as I used to in NW, where I’ve lived for 40 years. I no longer walk in my neighborhood after dark, I stay away from Columbia Heights at all hours, and I’m beginning to avoid Van Ness as much as possible. If it gets any worse I will probably move. I’m furious with Bowser and the City Council for the voucher fiasco and the laissez-faire attitude on crime.

+ another one!

Curious - what’s going on in van ness these days that you avoid it? I haven’t been there in years

I don't know why they avoid Van Ness but I also don't know why anyone would go to Van Ness in the first place. There's nothing there except for Calvert-Woodley which is the same as it's always been.

[Anonymous]

I moved from Logan Circle to Cathedral Heights and it feels like a different city. It is extremely safe. Package thefts still happen, but not nearly as much as in my old neighborhood. It's just a totally different (suburban) feel out here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don’t feel as safe as I used to in NW, where I’ve lived for 40 years. I no longer walk in my neighborhood after dark, I stay away from Columbia Heights at all hours, and I’m beginning to avoid Van Ness as much as possible. If it gets any worse I will probably move. I’m furious with Bowser and the City Council for the voucher fiasco and the laissez-faire attitude on crime.

+ another one!

Curious - what’s going on in van ness these days that you avoid it? I haven’t been there in years

I don't know why they avoid Van Ness but I also don't know why anyone would go to Van Ness in the first place. There's nothing there except for Calvert-Woodley which is the same as it's always been.

There's no foot traffic after dark on Connecticut in Van Ness, I would imagine, and those apartment buildings don't do much to make it feel like there are eyes on the street. I personally wouldn't feel unsafe walking on the blocks with SFHs off Connecticut or up toward Wisconsin there, though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Tenleytown in the early 90s, and it was a shitshow when JR got out then. Tenleytown is way fancier now.

No. It is a total dump. The CVS and Target look like third world country establishments inside. The WaWa is also disgusting.

That Wawa looks like every Wawa in PA.

And? Arguably - and I grew up there
- PA is a much, much different place than upper NW DC. A dump is a dump and no stakeholder wants it near their home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Tenleytown in the early 90s, and it was a shitshow when JR got out then. Tenleytown is way fancier now.

No. It is a total dump. The CVS and Target look like third world country establishments inside. The WaWa is also disgusting.

That Wawa looks like every Wawa in PA.

And? Arguably - and I grew up there
- PA is a much, much different place than upper NW DC. A dump is a dump and no stakeholder wants it near their home.

The CVS has looked the same for 20 years.

What's wrong with the target now?

WaWa is better than a closed down sears??

[Anonymous]

Van Ness and Cleveland Park have been negatively affected in terms of rising crime/violent crime. Many attribute this to a voucher program that allows landlords to get above market rates to house vulnerable individuals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Tenleytown in the early 90s, and it was a shitshow when JR got out then. Tenleytown is way fancier now.

No. It is a total dump. The CVS and Target look like third world country establishments inside. The WaWa is also disgusting.

That Wawa looks like every Wawa in PA.

What’s your point? Pennsyltucky is not exactly the pinnacle of civilization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can tell you weren't around then if you think Tenleytown is worse than in the early 90s.

Things are worse in Tenleytown now. Some things you see now you didn't see then:

- Vagrants sleeping on the middle of the sidewalk with their pants down.

- Vagrants wandering around the neighborhood in the middle of the night trying to get into different establishments.

I also saw tents in Fort Reno the other day - are vagrants living there now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can tell you weren't around then if you think Tenleytown is worse than in the early 90s.

Things are worse in Tenleytown now. Some things you see now you didn't see then:

- Vagrants sleeping on the middle of the sidewalk with their pants down.

- Vagrants wandering around the neighborhood in the middle of the night trying to get into different establishments.

I also saw tents in Fort Reno the other day - are vagrants living there now?

Then move

DC is far better than it was in the 80s and 90s. It’s a world class city compared to a sleepy government town.

Growing pains are occurring but hopefully they clamp down on crime

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I can tell you weren't around then if you think Tenleytown is worse than in the early 90s.

Things are worse in Tenleytown now. Some things you see now you didn't see then:

- Vagrants sleeping on the middle of the sidewalk with their pants down.

- Vagrants wandering around the neighborhood in the middle of the night trying to get into different establishments.

I also saw tents in Fort Reno the other day - are vagrants living there now?

Then move

DC is far better than it was in the 80s and 90s. It’s a world class city compared to a sleepy government town.

Growing pains are occurring but hopefully they clamp down on crime

People ARE moving. DC lost 16,000 residents between 21-22. Taking with them $1.6B in taxable income with them. Every crime metric is up double digits and those who can are moving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Then move

This is the exact same argument NIMBYs use when they oppose any change to their neighborhoods, and that politicians use when they oppose D.C. statehood - "If you don't like the current status quo, then move."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I lived in Tenleytown in the early 90s, and it was a shitshow when JR got out then. Tenleytown is way fancier now.

No. It is a total dump. The CVS and Target look like third world country establishments inside. The WaWa is also disgusting.

That Wawa looks like every Wawa in PA.

What’s your point? Pennsyltucky is not exactly the pinnacle of civilization.

MontCo and MoCo are extremely similar. The Tenleytown Wawa looks and feels the exact same as almost every Wawa on the Main Line. It's a convenience store behind a metro station at a bus stop across the street from a high school. It's not an artisinal kombucha cafe in a hip neighborhood. What do you expect from it?