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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No.  Why would you do that?  Do you want your kids to live next to crime and hopelessness?[/quote]

We would be able to afford a big house and our commute would be 15 min on a bike. Just better quality of life[/quote]

Our kids are in elementary school and we live in Petworth, and have friends that have lived in Columbia Heights as well. FWIW, our friends who lived in Columbia Heights have moved because of regular crime happening right at their house (drug use in alleys) to the point that they felt their kids couldn't play outside. It also probably varies a lot block by block and some areas are fine while others have had continuous problems. Another friend who had a lot of issues was on University Place...they had people using the side of their house as a toilet regularly, and shootings happened in their alley multiple times while they lived there.

I think if you go just a few blocks north into Petworth I think you will find it more family-friendly. We are a few blocks from the Petworth metro and our block has 16 kids age 7 and under. We can also walk to playgrounds and family friendly-businesses.[/quote]

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