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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I attended Gonzaga in the mid 90's and we tutored elementary school kids in the Sursum Corda housing projects behind the school (since redeveloped). We'd just walk there in groups after school.

An older dude from the projects told us that messing with us (Gonzaga students) was just about the dumbest thing anyone from the neighborhood could do as far as having police come down on them.

We had khakis, backpacks, and maybe $10 cash. It was pointless. Not to mention that we were tutoring elementary school kids there. [/quote]

[b]In the 90’s Members of Congress were not carjacked or assaulted in their apartment buildings.  The rules have changed, unfortunately, whether folks want to admit it or not.[/b]  [/quote]

I mean, you're just wrong about the bolded and ignorant to think it's true.

1992: [url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/05/29/congressman-mugged-on-capitol-hill/0eb57cce-00e7-4330-a2cf-c7979e28562c/]Congressman Mugged on Capitol Hill[/url]

"The mugging of the representative, an 18-year member who serves on the Appropriations Committee, is one of several recent attacks on Capitol Hill, all of which have garnered attention far beyond the District. One Hill staffer was killed during an apparent robbery attempt earlier this year, and the wife of a senator was mugged outside the door of their home."

Took a simple google to find that.

In 1968, during the riots, the neighborhood around Gonzaga burned to the ground. The school was saved only because of its deep connections to the community. As explained in the school's academic catalogue:

"In the early 1970s, serious thought was given to closing Gonzaga altogether, or at least moving to the Maryland or Virginia suburbs. Neither happened. The Maryland Province of Jesuits declared its total commitment to Gonzaga as a school serving the inner city of Washington. It sent Jesuits there to back up its confidence in the school."

Since at least the 1950s, Gonzaga has been in a neighborhood in which most of the families who attend it would not want to live. Not only has that fact not stopped generations of boys from having a great experience, it has helped enhance their experience. Alums with as diverse views as Ken Cuccinelli and Martin O'Malley cite going into an impoverished part of the city and serving the community there as formative in their lives.[/quote]

It was definitely bad in the early 90s.  But back then there was an incoming tide of investment in DC.  But it’s much worse now and it’s not clear we are even approaching the bottom because there is has an outgoing tide of jobs and investment. This week two middle school kids were mugged on Capitol Hill.  It’s so bad that the Capitol Hill residents, who have a pretty high tolerance for city living, are trying to recall their local council person. Look, Gonzaga is an amazing school, but it’s in a tough location. [/quote]

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