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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the past, I considered trying to buy near a metro, so that I wouldn't have to drive at all for my daily commute (my work is one block from a metro stop).

But then I realized that I get home late each day, so from fall until early spring, I'd have to walk home from the metro in the dark, alone.  And frankly, I don't know of any location within a mile of a metro stop where I'd feel comfortable doing that.
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This is mind-boggling to me. I live about half a mile from one metro station and 3/4 of a mile from another. I would be perfectly comfortable walking home from either one of them. Why would you consider buying a house in a neighborhood where you did not ever feel safe walking around after dark? Even if walking at night is not something you do regularly.[/quote]

Oh, get real.  I live in a perfectly safe neighborhood, but bad things happen everywhere.  The issue for me is that my neighborhood in DC is very quiet and residential, so if someone did get a mind to do something while I was walking home from Metro, there wouldn't be anyone out and about after dark to help me.  My neighbors are great - but I don't know who else is around who doesn't belong.  Remember David Rosenbaum?  [/quote]

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