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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]homicides now the highest in almost 20 years

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/12/31/2021-homicides-dc-rising/[/quote]
I read through all of the 100+ comments on this POPVille post and 100% of the many people who said they left reported violence as either the #1 cause or one of the principal reasons for leaving. 
https://www.popville.com/2021/12/big-population-loss-washington-dc-2021/[/quote]

DC is not geographically large. People don't have to move very far to find places with more space and less crime that offer easy or reasonable access to the city.

The city has started to slide. There are still some factors out there that can help arrest or even (temporarily) stop the slide. However, without a new approach to dealing with crime or even the public's perception of crime, the slide will only get faster in 2022.

Obviously, the ongoing pandemic will not help. Even if offices and other businesses start to reopen later this year, downtown D.C. will never again see the volume of people and business travelers it saw pre-pandemic. Working patterns have shifted too much.[/quote]

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