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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
Sorry. I didn't have much time so I just had to do a quick hit and run. [/quote]

Well, if you are going to do a hit and run, it might be a good idea to hit the correct target. Otherwise, your larger point gets missed. As a GU alum, I am supportive of the University and would love to see its graduate programs expand. But, when I was a student I lived in Burleith. We never cut our grass and had occasional loud parties. While I didn't have a car, everyone else in the house did, so they took up a lot of places on the street. Our neighbors had a lot of problems with us, but our landlord couldn't care less as long as we paid our rent on time. So, having been part of the problem, I get from where the residents are coming as well. 
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Another GU (grad) alum here, but on GU's side.  I don't understand why the landlords and tenants can't be held responsible?  Leases are for quiet enjoyment of the property. There are lots of landlord and tenant laws in DC to reinforce a peaceful and sanitary neighborhood.   Not cutting your grass? It's a sanitation threat because it harbors rats -- there are city fines for that.  Loud parties?  Police carry decibel meters and issue citations for this purpose.  Also, being neighborly goes a long way in the first instance of not creating a sterile environment where the student/group houses do not feel connected to the neighborhood and therefore feel badly about distrupting it.  I live in Glover Park, we know the experience of group houses well.  These things have worked on my block.  I am also a landlord and know my responsibilities and obligations, both to my tenants and to my neighborhood.  Disconnected landlords are a problem - but neighbors can really create a lot of havoc and expense by dealing with the bureaucracy that is DC landlord/tenant law.

I also strongly agree with the PP who said requiring enough housing on campus would be a fruitless and expensive proposition.  [/quote]

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