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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’ve been here since Covid and I’m
Shocked at how far downhill it’s gone. So much business turnover, dangerous scooter riding, elevators being out everywhere, aggressive dogs even on the metro and owners mishandling them,  ZERO working escalators on the DOT side of the navy yard metro exit to name a few. Customer service is also bad a lot of places it’s so so dirty.

I don’t remember it being this way even two years ago. What changed? [/quote]

Clutch those pearls any harder and you'll have a diamond necklace instead.

Imagine being this fragile, being shocked and terrified of a neighborhood overrun by accountants in baseball jerseys three days a week.[/quote]

Virtue signaling people like you (and others who excuse anti-social behavior) is why parents and families move out of cities.[/quote]

DP. No one is saying crime is okay. I live in Capitol Hill, near Navy Yard. I am acutely aware of the crime issues there and I openly advocate for better policing and stronger enforcement.

But OP and others who think Navy Yard has "gone downhill" or is more dangerous now than 5, 10, or 15 years ago are simply ignorant. The issues in Navy Yard have been continuous over that time. What has changed is the number if UMC white people living in the neighborhood, the number if businesses, the larger likelihood of the crime impacting populations and businesses likely to have some political power or media presence.

Navy Yard is a neighborhood that gentrified incredibly rapidly and largely through aggressive, large-scale development. What you see now with the crime is a very predictable result if that process. Pearl clutching about "oh no, where did all this crime come from" is annoying and not really productive. [/quote]

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