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[quote=Anonymous]I live in Columbia Heights now, just off 14th Street, about 4 blocks north of the metro. I moved to the neighborhood in 2011, but have lived in the DC area since 2007.

In 2007, my impression was that Columbia Heights was dangerous, that there was a ton of crime, etc. Certainly at that time, it was a lot less developed than it is now. There are certainly people hanging around at all times, sometimes up to no good. I'd be lying if I said that I had not seen drug deals going down and seen intoxicated people (of all ages, genders and races). I know a couple people who have had their cars broken into, and there is currently a porch-package thief going around on 13th Street.

That said, I live in a secure building with an underground parking garage. I am walking distance to the metro, on multiple bus lines and also am walking distance from my child's school (not Tubman - she's OOB at another EotP DCPS that gets bagged on a lot here). She takes ballet in the neighborhood and we spend a lot of time at the various playgrounds that are around. There are a ton of great restaurants and the grocery shopping options on 14th Street generally speaking are pretty great these days (Giant on Park Rd, Target, Trader Joe's at U Street, Yes! on 14th and Whole Foods on P).

I understand what the PPs talking about the CH crime are getting at, but I also feel that the area has changed overall a lot more than those PPs are giving it credit for. Crime still happens, but crime happens in other parts of the city as well. I do not feel unsafe walking around in Columbia Heights, but I also don't walk around by myself at 3am because that just isn't a good idea generally speaking. I wouldn't do it in Cleveland Park either.[/quote]

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