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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't assume childless high earners are going to shut up and accept living in a city in decline. Eventually you get sick of having your packages stolen all the time, having a local gov that is unresponsive and works against your safety interests (Charles Allen), having a uniquely horrible USPS problems in DC proper, having homeless encampments everywhere, seeing drugged out zombies loitering near your library, fearing that your car wheels are going to come off overnight, etc. You don't even realize how this all weighs you down until you have a few months away from it all.

Let's see how it all shakes out over the next couple years. Telework is here to stay. I don't know how that would NOT create an impact on the downtown long term. There's less incentive to put up with the above nonsense when you can commute 1-2 days a week.  [/quote]

Do you live in DC?  Because I do.  And what you are describing does not, in any way, relate to my experience of this city.  None of it.

I'm sorry living here didn't work out for you.  But I love it here.  I like my USPS delivery person especially.  I bought her some doughnuts during lockdown and now she goes out of her way to be helpful.  She picks up my outgoing packages for me, which is helpful since I run a small business.

Since our neighborhood has had some crazy Maryland drivers racing through and causing accidents, we got a traffic camera near us and my kids are in less danger crossing the street (and our car is less likely to be hit.)

Given the crazy driving our ANC is facilitating a conversation about traffic calming measures with the city.

I've had good experiences living in my residential neighborhood.  We don't have homeless people or zombies wandering down our Northeast DC block.  I feel for you if you were injured in a zombie attack.  That must have been scary.[/quote]

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