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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You leave and don’t look back.  DC government has demonstrated it doesn’t care.  It would take significant changes for things to change.  Maybe in 20 years.  [b]There are too many other places to live where you don’t have to worry about this amount of crime.[/b] [/quote]

Not OP but the problem for me is that I don't agree this is true. Everything is a trade off. Sure, I can move somewhere with a lot less crime, but add an hour to my commute daily and lose the same sense of community I have where I am. I like that I can walk/bike most places now -- easy incidental exercise, better for the environment, better for my mental health. Losing that isn't a small thing to me.[/quote]

[b]There are townships with their own school pyramid and police force.[/b] They don’t have this problem at all. Even when in or near urban areas with crime and delinquency in the schools. [/quote]

Which are extremely segregated, have super high taxes are in boring, insular areas.[/quote]

I'll take boring and insular over having to fear that my five-year-old son will be hit by a stray bullet. I'll also take boring and insular over living in a city that is ruled by roving bands of teens wearing balaclavas. Nothing else matters if you don't feel safe when you leave your house.[/quote]

+1. There is nothing cool enough in DC that would entice me to risk the lives of my children. I just don't understand it. [/quote]

I'm the 12:06 poster. The risk works both ways though. We don't even own a car, we walk everywhere, which means the risk that my kids are killed in a car accident is significantly lower than yours. Plus, add in the physical and mental health benefits of a walking lifestyle vs. a driving one (depression, anxiety and suicide risk all being big problems for kids and teens today, all of which can be decreased with more exercise, and a sedentary lifestyle contributing to many, many current causes of death in this country).

Also, I live in Columbia Heights (gasp!!!) and I've literally never seen a "roving band of teens wearing balaclavas." [/quote]

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