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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wheaton Regional is great during the day. I wouldn't worry about the playground/train etc. area during the day in nice weather - it's packed with families.

Night is a different story but [b]I wouldn't really want to hang around most parks at night.[/b][/quote]

Really?  That's too bad.  Do you live in DC?  The beauty of living in a suburb is that you can feel safe walking the dog at night, or taking the kids out at night.  It's a reasonable expectation.

I used to let my MSer play basketball at our local park after the sun goes down. [/quote]

I live in the suburbs. I feel perfectly safe walking through my neighborhood at night and do often - but I see no reason to go to the park at night and hang out and certainly no reason to drive to Wheaton Park. It's dark, the trains and other kid activities are closed down.

Not sure what point you are trying to make but even in my safe suburb, not a lot of families are going to the park after dark. If there is an event in nice weather it's a different story of course. Great that you let your kids play basketball out there but no reason to "feel bad" for me. What a strange reaction.[/quote]

I think your reaction is strange.

Instead of saying we should not have murders and gang activity in Montgomery County parks, you say that people should just not be able to go to parks at night.  And you think that’s normal.

I feel that we should feel safe in our communities and the fact that you come straight out and say that Wheaton Park is NOT SAFE at night, but that you’re okay with that is definitely a sad commentary on how you’ve gotten used to gang related crime in MoCo.[/quote]
Unfortunately, Montgomery County has change a lot in the last 20 years.  I never used to feel unsafe going to the White Oak Shopping Center at 9pm.  Now, a police officer friend of mine says stay away.  I'm not sure how the county got away from us but it's a shame.  It's the new normal to say we should not go to parks at night in the DCC area.    [/quote]

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