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[quote=Anonymous]
It is not the media causing panic to know that your neighbor on one side was carjacked at gunpoint in broad daylight, and other neighbors have witnessed shootings and assaults on Connecticut avenue, and having trades people tell you they won’t come to DC because of continuous crime (Chevy chase dc).   It’s definitely gotten much worse in ward 3 in the last years.  The present council and mayor are the cause.  Root causes need to be addressed and solved.  Instead of offering $2000 rebate to low income people for e-bikes, and using tax dollars for bike lanes and giving away public land to create “affordable housing” (which OP told me was 20-30 units starting at $80,000 annual income, which hardly addresses poverty),  the administration might try social programs spending, after school program spending, making every ward inviting, rather than shunting homeless people off to Connecticut avenue without follow up services.  It’s ridiculous.

[quote=Anonymous]I am one of those who believe “root causes of poverty” rather than enforcement needs to be addressed first. Lots of cities lost people during the pandemic because they realized being locked down in a small apartment for days on end was stifling.

I don't like the idea of the news and media trying to ensure panic.

For those of us who are true city dwellers, DC will be fine. Cities have crime, but crime is also rising in red states as well. When the cost of living goes up, wages go down, poor people will commit crimes to survive because of high inflation. Housing, food and other basic living expenses have increased due to Congress giving your tax money to Ukraine to stop a so called war. [/quote][/quote]

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