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[quote=Anonymous]Gentrification all along the H Street/Benning corridor has slowed in the last few years since Covid, due to crime, homelessness, and drug issues. But the neighborhood is still better than it was 10 years ago. It's just that 5 years ago, it felt like it was on an upward trajectory economically and then Covid took things down a notch and now it feels like it's in a holding pattern. If you moved here in the last 4 years, you probably feel like it's not getting better because... it's not getting better than 4 years ago. It's still better than a decade ago and based on other neighborhoods in DC, I would expect it to continue to improve over the next 10 years.

I imagine the most frustrating thing for people who over here recently is the cost of living given the lack of progress. Housing prices are absurd -- we would never be able to afford to buy here now. We bought here 10 years ago for a lot less, but on the other hand, the neighborhood was really rough when we bought and now it's sort of half-gentrified. So we got a discount you didn't get, but you benefit from a lot of changes that occurred after we bought.[/quote]

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