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[quote=Anonymous]Black woman and DC native here, with a drastically different upbringing from the natives who posted. Grew up in the 80's in SE, in the projects. Crime was horrible. We lived two doors down from a crackhouse and drug needles littered the yard. For a time, my Mom wouldn't let us out to play for fear that we'd step on a needle. Going downtown was rare. The museums and monuments might as well have been a vacation because they just weren't on our radar. These were places we went with our Dad (parents divorced) when he picked us up for visits. We rarely went uptown except when we visited my Aunt who lives on 14th St. When I think about it, I think seeing white people (outside of a school setting) was rare. The DC of my childhood was definitely the Chocolate City. While I'm happy crime is much better, I hate how vanilla/bland the town is now. It lacks soul. [/quote]
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