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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sad thing is you used to be able to leave your car unlocked and trust your neighbors not to break into your car.[/quote]

Uh, when? Car thefts were multiple times higher around 1990, despite Arlington's population being much lower:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1990/09/20/auto-thefts-rose-slightly-in-first-six-months-of-1990/376e31f4-37c8-43c5-a542-379d8a1f13f3/

Nostalgia is a hell of a drug.[/quote]

I moved to Crystal City in 2000 and yes, it was safe.  My car was safe, I was safe.  A carjacking at 15th St and Eads? Are you kidding me?!?[/quote]

I lived in Crystal City in the 2000s too. It feels just as safe now as it did then. Make no mistake though: there's always been crime there. Don't believe me? Let's look at a sampling of crime reports from the Post.

August 10 and 11, 2001 - robberies at 1500 and 1800 S Fern - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/08/23/alexandria-the-following-ar/b2f18b6f-5dfb-415b-b24c-55cab3819d1c/

February 23, 2002 - robbery at 1600 S Eads - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/03/07/crime-watch/cf892c43-9100-4bea-9b9d-28ea10cbd370/

February 25, 2002 - robbery at 600 S 15th - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/03/07/crime-watch/cf892c43-9100-4bea-9b9d-28ea10cbd370/

March 7, 2002 - license plates stolen at 1600 S Eads and 2100 Crystal Dr - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/03/07/crime-watch/cf892c43-9100-4bea-9b9d-28ea10cbd370/

April 18, 2002 - stolen cars at 1900 S Eads and 2700 Richmond Hwy - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/04/18/crime-watch/89c70e09-2a37-4845-a2d2-1e91a4a8a419/

May 2, 2002 - indecent exposure at 2000 Richmond Hwy - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/05/16/crime-watch/edddd411-efaa-45bb-9f25-d94ad3c00cab/

June 20, 2002 - stolen car at 1200 S Eads - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/06/20/alexandria-the-following-a/52b6cf84-84b4-4555-83de-b13d4657c5ac/

August 1, 2002 - stolen car at 1500 S Fern - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/08/01/alexandria-the-following-w/8910e7ad-9b24-40e9-8a3b-d350f1a17ca4/

September 26, 2002 - stolen license plates at 1300 Crystal Dr and 1600 S Eads - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2002/09/26/arlington-alexandria-crime-watch/2d452438-d419-464c-bc20-0f4ee1ab4bb8/

July 13, 2003 - carjacking at 1400 S 28th; burglary at 1400 S Eads; stolen car at 500 23rd St S - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/07/24/alexandria-arlington-crime-watch/41f5a662-ad90-4430-ab80-9ad0653c6fd5/

July 23, 2003 - sexual assault at 1200 S Hayes - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/08/07/alexandria-arlington-crime-watch/d6fa259d-0c0b-4750-b431-a4981530f4f6/

July 24, 2003 - burglary at 1400 S Eads; stolen car at 1200 S Eads - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/08/07/alexandria-arlington-crime-watch/d6fa259d-0c0b-4750-b431-a4981530f4f6/

December 4, 2003 - robbery and sexual assault at 900 S Clark; stolen car at 600 15th St S - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/12/18/alexandria-arlington-crime-watch/038b8892-59c1-482e-87c6-ac703d6ff914/

December 5, 2003 - carjacking at 2400 S Eads - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/12/18/alexandria-arlington-crime-watch/038b8892-59c1-482e-87c6-ac703d6ff914/

December 10, 2003 - attempted robbery at 2300 S Eads - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/12/18/alexandria-arlington-crime-watch/038b8892-59c1-482e-87c6-ac703d6ff914/

March 12, 2004 - robbery at 1200 S Eads; stolen cars at 2800 Crystal Dr and 1200 S Eads - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2004/03/25/alexandria-arlington-crime-watch/d507ba5e-e7c6-48aa-8864-f7aad6aa2ff0/

And that's nowhere near a comprehensive list. Just a smattering from searching the Post's website.

Just because you and I weren't the victims of crime back then, doesn't mean it never happened. [/quote]

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