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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Almost all homicides in DC are among persons known to each other. In other words, if you don't hang out with criminals and drug dealers, you don't have to worry about being murdered. A typical UMC white woman is at a greater risk of being murdered by the man sleeping in her bed than a stranger on the streets of DC.[/quote] What about armed carjackings? This was a rarity in my neighborhood and now I feel like there is one every week if not more. [/quote] Don't leave your car running unattended in the middle of the road because you can't be bothered to find a parking space to pick up your food delivery order. That alone would eliminate 90% of the carjackings in the city -- not to mention keep traffic flowing. [/quote] Or .... we could respect each other’s personal property I am not goi g to steal your car because it’s running and has the keys in it. But I was raised that way, wait a minute, no forget it. [/quote] +1. Right? I have so many family members who live in places where they don’t have to constantly keep track of whether they locked all the doors and did all of the other things to fortify the home for another day. [/quote] I've never lived anywhere where you didn't have to lock the doors, so this strikes me as a pretty low bar for D.C. to clear.[/quote] Plenty of homeowners/drivers in Georgetown + Ward 3 seem to forget to lock their doors/cars; hell jack evans lost his car this way - he left the keys in the ignition.[/quote] "durr, durr, its your fault that you had your car stolen with your baby in it while you were loading your groceries, it should not have been running to give your baby a/c and a place to rest because you don't have four hands" and "durr, durr, if you don't want someone to pickpocket you then you should have zippers with locks on them like smart people do, get a clue" or "durr, durr, if you don't want to get clipped by stray bullets in your own home then you should always wear a bullet proof vest. otherwise if you get shot its your fault".[/quote] PP, you've clearly spent time on r/washingtondc![/quote] I have not, but in reviewing that subreddit for a few minutes I find it a really reflects poorly on DCUM that there is more common sense about these issues in Reddit comments than here. https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/n4lttj/200_carjackings_in_dc_area_dozens_of_juveniles/ No one there is in denial that there is a serious crime problem in DC and people freely admit - like normal people - that concern about crime and the unwillingness to address it has caused them to move. There seems to be a dedicated group of people posting here who want to deny or lie about the situation, primarily because I guess it has not personally affected them yet, and they have some vested interested in promoting [i]DC Uber Alles[/i] or perhaps more accurately, their vision and only their vision of [i]DC Uber Alles[/i].[/quote]
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