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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shifts like this take time. We left DC over one year ago due to crime and local politics (which leads to more crime and other negative outcomes).

DC is the new San Francisco. Some will love it, and others will try to escape.[/quote]

I dont agree. I have been in DC since 2001, a time when the city was overall more dangerous, i was coming to a super safe place (like ONE homicide would be such a big deal of taking half the first page of the newspaper) and I am a chicken but i still chose to live in DC instead of the burbs, just chose upper NW where i felt safe. When i bought in 2010, i also chose to stay and send young kids to DCPS. I felt our area was safe and the city in general was improving. For the first time now i am considering selling and leaving. Tipping point was a shooting right across from JR right before dismissal (my kid was a student, the second was locked down at Deal), then the shooting by Brandwine on  Saturday afternoon, my kid could have been there if sue had not just left for college as she loved to spend time at politics and prose and then walk down CT to a friend’s house on saturdays. Ine thing is me one thing my kids, my level of risk tolerance for the lives or my kids is almost zero. And now the spike in carjackings, including right where i live, on CT on a Monday morning during rush hour. I  am sure i am not the only one as several friends, much braver than me, are thinking the same. A friend who bought in Petworth when it was still not exactly trendy sold recently after a few episodes where he has to duck in his rowhouse due to gunshots outside, something never happened before since he bought in 2006. [b]The reason i think things may not go down the drain is that people like me, who were distracted last time we voted, are now laser focused on crime[/b]. I am not going to vote for a maga type populist fascist, but for sure i am going to look carefully at all the candidates for local elections (something i confessed i did mot do before) and vote for whoever offer reasonable solutions on crime. [/quote]

100%. SF is not comparable; it has had a different trajectory where other aspects of the city started slowly degrading before crime really increased, and it still doesn't have nearly the violent crime rate that DC has. People are willing to accept that slow burn of issues but not a sudden burst of violence like DC has had. It's a top concern for most people I know and I think it's going to show in the election. [/quote]

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