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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some people on here want to focus this discussion on Tenleytown and others on Dc in general.  DC is experiencing high crime at the moment, there's no doubt about that when you look at the statistics.  Most of NW DC, as in the past decades, is mainly insulated from that.  Again, see the stats.  There is no rash of carjackings, shootings, drug turf wars, etc in upper NW DC.  I went to high school in this area in the late seventies and until recently, had kids in DCPS schools around Tenleytown.  Back in the day, there was a lot more underage drinking, plenty of weed use and more teenage pregnancy.  Kids driving under the influence seems to have also been much, much higher.  Fights occurred at schools just like today.  I remember going to some of the first Ft. Reno concerts; there was mayhem afterwards with stoned, drunk kids with cigarettes dangling from their mouths seeking the closest party after each event.  Today, parents come to functions like those concerts and bring their kids!  The number of unhoused people has gone way up but that's everywhere.  Retail has struggle around here [like in many places] since online shopping became popular. 
There is certainly more diversity today: There are way more Jews, Blacks, Asians and other groups living in the formerly all-white neighborhoods of upper NW although this part of DC could still be labeled Caucasia as we used to do - decades ago.  [b]I think some people are triggered by seeing large groups of African American students at JR HS and hanging out at adjacent Tenleytown.[/b]  Several decades ago, kids hang out even more - remember, there was no internet and as I remember it, there was much less helicopter parenting and kids could "free range" more than they are allowed to now.  So things have changed as everywhere does but what strikes me, having lived here as a youth and returned decades later, is how much it has stayed the same.       [/quote]

100% this.[/quote]

Do you really think that people who choose to live in DC are triggered by large groups of African Americans [b]YES[/b], or could it be large groups of seriously misbehaving teens [b]LOL ONLY THE BLACK ONES ARE CONCERNING[/b]? You're so clearly a tedious NW DC apologist, a overly defensive JR parent, or both.  [b]NOT SURE WHAT A NW DC APOLOGIST IS BUT DEF NOT A JR PARENT[/b] [/quote][/quote]

So you can hop inside people's minds and spell out what they are thinking in ALLCAPS?[/quote]

Shouldn't you have been at the Chevy Chase Civic Core tonight complaining about the city's plan to trade you one brand new community center and library for a little bit of affordable housing and how that will just be the absolute end of your world?[/quote]

No, because I'm actually ditching this area, but you enjoy! (cue "the suburbs are welcome to have you pearl clutcher" comments-thought I'd spare you the effort)[/quote]

Fair enough.  Enjoy it![/quote]

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