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[quote=Anonymous]We live about a block away also with a preschool age child and yes, I am very dismayed with what's happening in the area. The couple outside of safeway are taking up way too much public space and are a nuisance. They have pulled knives on multiple people and are at times extremely aggressive. The woman has been offered housing but refused or otherwise couldn't take it because of her drug addiction. Outside of McDonalds, the vet that used to be there was fine and harmless. He did get housing, but unfortunately came back and brought the other people who current hang out there and they stayed. As a community we need to be compassionate and helpful while not letting the neighborhood deteriorate (and yes, having homeless people addicted to drugs causes neighborhood deterioration)

For those saying the area was always sketchy- no it wasn't. I lived here until 2010, went away for a few years and came back in 2015. It was fine in 2010 and when I came back in 2015 it was also great/fine. The decline started around 2019 with the arrival of the couple outside safeway (and many others in other parts of dupont).

Dupont circle itself is almost unusable now given the huge number of homeless people and the decrepit state the parks dept. has let it come to.

Agree Stead park is like falling apart- the field is fine the agree parts of the playground are actually dangerous now. They are supposed to be re-doing it, which is why I'm sure they aren't fixing things.[/quote]

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