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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Cab drivers refused to go to the Hill in 2010? I'm sorry, I'm calling BS on that. That's ridiculous. You either got one lone crazy cabbie or you live in a part of SE or NE that is not on Capitol Hill. I have lived on Capitol Hill since 2004 and even H Street has been cab central since before 2010. [/quote]

It happened and still happens pretty damn regularly.  I'm sure some of it has to do with being lazy and preferring quick trips around G'town and downtown, however, they use crime as their excuse and it is a valid one.  I know a realtor who won't show people houses on the Hill until they've done independent research on crime statistics (just like many realtors won't show homes in Spring Valley until their clients have been informed about the munitions).  And yes, per capita, there are plenty of neighborhoods with crime as bad as the Hill's (neighborhoods you probably wouldn't want to live in).  However, per capita, crime in the JKLM districts isn't even in the same stratosphere as crime on the Hill.

I can't comprehend why someone would be considering moving into Brent when they could move into a JKLM school, have a safer neighborhood, a better elementary school and decent middle and high school options.  It just doesn't make sense to me.[/quote]

Still happens regularly? If this is happening regularly to you now, it has something to do with you as a passenger and the cab drivers are lying to you.

[b]Yes, the Hill has more crime than upper NW, absolutely. The same things that make it so attractive to us as residents also make it more attractive to crime (lots of walkable bars and restaurants, wealthy neighbors, easy access to metro, bus, and highways to VA and MD). [/b]That's an urban trade-off just like smaller houses without big yards.

We could get larger house in upper NW for less than what we paid on the Hill and have a by-right middle school. We choose Capitol Hill because we prefer the neighborhood: the neighbors, the commute (or lack of one), the walkability and amenities. Everything we like to do or need to do (the mall, Nats games, DC United games, the airport, Barracks Row, H Street, Union Market, Eastern Market, the Verizon Center and Penn Quarter restaurants, our offices downtown) are closer to Capitol Hill. We don't need to be close to the zoo or Bethesda and we are extremely happy with Brent. [/quote]

I agree with you and love Cap Hill, however, it would be disingenuous to omit that one big reason why Cap Hill has more crime is that you are much closer and better connected to the neighborhoods where many of the criminals come from than upper NW. It's up to anyone to decide if they're comfortable with that or not.[/quote]

+1  I have to admit that I laughed out loud at this one-- the reason that Capitol Hill has more crime is because it is JUST SO AWESOME.  Please.[/quote]

PP you're responding to here. I also love how she included "wealthy neighbors" in the list of things that make Cap Hill attractive to her (and the criminals). I thought this kind of snobbery was supposed to be the hallmark of upper NW.[/quote]

"The same things that make it so attractive to us as residents also make it more attractive to crime (lots of walkable bars and restaurants, wealthy neighbors, easy access to metro, bus, and highways to VA and MD)"

If that were the case, then why doesn't Bethesda have as much crime as the Hill?[/quote]

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