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[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]

I don’t think it’s the crime that drives families away.  It’s the lack of crime enforcement that frustrates parents.   When the government tolerates criminal, often, violent behavior, the social contract is broken.  [/quote]

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