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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm reading these stories in this thread.....and nothing here strikes me as DC-specific. Friends in Manhattan, Brooklyn, LA, Chicago, Miami, etc. all have the same stories at about the same frequency. When I lived in NYC, I had three bikes stolen and a lot more package theft than anything I've experienced here in DC. In LA and Miami, there were A LOT more random fights/assaults with strangers if someone thought you looked at them funny in a bar or the 7/11.

This seems to be an American problem of urbanization where you just have a lot more interaction with strangers in public, relative to the family-focused suburbs or isolated rural locales where you rarely interact with people outside your household.

I will say that all the violent incidents that happened in my social circles in DC happened in the 2009-2012 time frame, when I was a lot younger and we were going out more frequently at night.

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Same. I've been in DC for 20 years but lived in NYC and San Francisco before that and experienced worse crime both places.

A lot has to do with the neighborhood you live in. I live off of H Street now and there's a lot of property crimes (stolen packages, car break ins) and while I've never been victimized by it, more shootings/muggings/car jackings in close proximity to my home. But I lived near U Street in the early 00s and it was much worse. MUCH worse. Meanwhile I lived in Dupont, Shaw, and Woodley Park/AM at various points and those neighborhoods always felt pretty quiet in terms of crime. But it also depends when you live in a place. My understanding is that H Street used to be much worse, and I had coworkers tell me about Dupont in the 90s and it sounds awful in terms of the drug trade and associated crime.

Some amount of crime is probably inevitable in urban centers -- it's the trade off for the many benefits of living in a high density place with lots of amenities, walkable neighborhoods, and good public transportation. IME people who don't value the good things about high density living tend to be much more bothered by the crime, and people who really value these things tend to find ways to mitigate the crime issues.[/quote]

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