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[quote=Anonymous]Anyone who thinks these gifting shops are no big deal clearly does not live close to any of them. We have one a block away from us that people line up for in the morning and just stand around smoking, sometimes drinking too, until it opens, and then it's just party time for the rest of the day. Fairly certain there is some drug dealing going on as well (not marijuana). And it's right next to a bus stop, so you can't wait for the bus without walking through a cloud of pot smoke and having to step around people who are high/drunk/simply do not care. The men catcall or say derogatory things when you walk by. If I'm with my kid, we walk on the other side of the street and I'll take her to a bus stop three blocks away because I don't want her around that.

And now there's another one opening up not far away. It feels like there is no enforcement. A group of neighbors, including us, have raised this issue at ANC meetings when reps from DCPD have come to discuss community safety issues, and we've been told there's nothing they can do unless they have evidence of illegal behavior. Well, I'm not going to go scout out this store and try to collect evidence of the illegal drug deals or public alcohol consumption going on, because I'm not stupid. Should that be the cops job? What the hell?

It absolutely feels like DC has just decided that a certain level of this kind of "lifestyle" crime is acceptable, at least in certain areas. And Republicans in Congress are probably happy about it because it feeds into their narrative about how Democratic-led cities are going down the toilet. Well, I'm a Democrat but this is not acceptable, and if the mayor, City Council, and police department can't figure out what to do about it, I'll be voting with my feet by leaving because I do not want to raise a child in a place where no one seems to give a damn.[/quote]

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