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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]
What gets me and is also simultaneously a good indicator that things are getting bad is that like this PP, people blame the victims of crime like its their fault. Like every should just expect that the entire world outside of our door is just out to get us. It's incredible frankly.

These people are all like, "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".

How about we blame the criminals and not the crime victims? There are too many people in this city making excuses for criminals.[/quote]

DC native who left for suburbia a few years ago (though more for school/space reasons than crime). Shortly after we moved, I saw a kid’s bike left for several days on one of our neighborhood trails. My mind was blown that it stayed there for so long.  :D [/quote]

This my kid leaves his $500+ outside for days at a time.  My cousin’s DS got bike jacked while out and about in DC. They live in a “good” neighborhood.  The schools are incredibly bad, even the good ones are amongst the worst in the county, serous random acts of violence and property crimes occur in all corners of the city.  I understand why young childless people gravitate towards the city I don’t understand why families do or why they stay.  [/quote]

I am born in DC and actually think that in the last 20 years it has become a decent place to raise a family. I credit charter schools + the lottery system with a lot of this. There is just enough ability for people to exert some school choice that they don't feel 'trapped" like in the days of yore. There are a variety of "good' schools, some free, some not--I hope this helps you understand why people would choose to raise a family here. However, the Council + Mayor's current policies are very San Francisco and I agree it is getting less so. The crime this year has been appalling, the school system broke (and why they didn't use this time to seriously refurb both physical plants and some glaring curricular gaps I'll never know), the focus on development above everything else will simply create more boxy condos--not livable infrastructure. I agree, we may see the past 20 years  as a time when for some it was a great place to raise a family. For the record, we are moving. We loved the ability to walk this past year so DC compared well to a few other East Coast cities with its broad, canopied streets--but you can find that all over America and its on the developers grind list anyway. Meanwhile, [b]DC is pretty boring[/b] and I am starting to sense that some of the stuff we were 'grateful for' is commonplace elsewhere.[/quote]

I'm sorry, but the bolded is just such lazy thought. If you find it boring (and yes, I've lived in bigger cities), you're not really trying.[/quote]

If you are not a U street hipster or a super connected politico type, DC has no buzz. Have you ever walked around and looked at people's sour faces? Yikes. Thank god for the streeteries but it took a pandemic to nudge that into being. DC is boring . With development, it's just going to be boring with ever more concrete and people. It's something in the water. - from here[/quote]

So if you are from here, and it's boring, and you're still here, why?

That's on you. Not DC.[/quote]

We are leaving. Yes, it's on me. Leaving asap. Keeping our dwelling and hoping "I'm staying" folks like you keep the property prices up. But we will keep an eye on that. I can't see how any of the recent council /mayor moves on development (haphazard, rushed), schools (neglected AGAIN), crime (rising) will support that. [/quote]

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