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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jeff should change the name of this website to Hysterical DC Urban Moms Who Should Be Clutching Their Pearls in the Suburbs.[/quote]

DCUM: Where we take pride in our crime rates![/quote]

Right? The “if you don’t like crime, then you belong in the suburbs” mentality is so trite and played out.  :roll: [/quote]

The premise of this thread is literally "any other families finally had enough of DC?". It's hardly a stretch to infer that some of you would be happier in the suburbs. Was that not OP's point? DP.[/quote]

Deciding where to live a complex, multifaceted, and interesting topic. Empty “if you don’t like crime, move to the suburbs” comments are just goofy and don’t contribute anything meaningful. I suspect they’re mostly made by naive city dwellers without children and people who just generally have low standards in life. [/quote]

This, maybe? I was born in DC (not the Upper Caucasia part) and I sometimes wonder if these posters really hear what they’re saying. I get that they’re trying to be cool urbanites showing off their street cred, but taking any issue with crime rates=take to the Beltway?

Alrighty.[/quote]

And it’s insulting to all the community leaders who worked so hard, particularly through the 60s-90s, to fight for change in DC. Imagine if they had taken on the same attitude.

Seriously, people. Try harder. It’s easy to be like “oh big deal” until it’s your kid shot in a botched robbery, or you’re pistol-whipped for your bag.

Do better, expect better.[/quote]

+1. Such a good point. I suspect a lot of these commenters actually grew up in and probably still live in safe neighborhoods. And they somehow think they are fighting for social justice by acting like crime in other families’ neighborhoods isn’t a big deal. [/quote]
My suspicion is that they grew up in UMC and mostly white suburbs somewhere else and are here for their “urban experience” before they settle down and move back to where they came from or similar. No skin in the game. [/quote]

You can think crime in other neighborhoods matters and is a big deal — and be appalled by it and agitate for policies that address it — but also recognize that it’s very unlikely to be a reason you personally need to move, though, which is sort of the topic of this thread. If crime is rising citywide but I’m unlikely to be a victim of it, why would that be a reason for me to feel like I’ve “had enough of D.C.,” as the title puts it? Of course, I’m also not sure how deciding you’ve had enough and want to move away does anything more to fix the underlying problems than saying it won’t affect your life personally does. [/quote]

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