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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I currently live EOTP and am considering a move west.  I know crime is increasing there too, particularly by metro stops, but I wanted to get a sense of whether people who live there FEEL safe.  For example, do you feel safe in your house but not by the metro or on main streets where restaurants etc are located?  Or do you feel completely safe still?[/quote]

I’m pretty sure we’re neighbors OP, and I don’t get why you’d move WOTP. I get why you’d move, we’re thinking about it too. But either things will get better in DC, in which case our neighborhood will go back to its “normal” (still elevated IMHO) level of crime, or they won’t, in which case WOTP is going to slide into the muck with the rest of us. If it’s time to move, it’s time to leave DC.

Unless you’re a renter, in which case, have at it. [/quote]

As someone who lived EOTP for 20 years and WOTP for over a decade, agree with your point except that crime in apartment buildings on Connecticut and Wisconsin in particular, but also Glover Park, Palisades buildings, etc is up significantly, and condo bldgs are not immune. The WP did a series on Sedgewick Gardens, Forest Hills Connect has done articles as well.

Random assaults and carjackings are also up throughout the city, driven quite literally by all of the stolen cars, cars with paper, fake or missing tags, etc. So WOTP is not nearly as safe as it was 10+ years ago. Flash mob style robberies of CVS and other retailers and carjackings in parking lots are not something WOTP is immune to.

Make decisions based on current crime cards, OP, even if they are undercounted, it is data. Don't go on past reputations re: buildings or neighborhoods. And if safety is a priority, and you are spending the $ to move, may want to consider following the advice of the PP. I know quite a few families that have moved during or since cv, all say they wish they had done it sooner. We're still here, for now, but it's something we talk about. When we moved WOTP we had planned to stay for good. [/quote]

Please show your work on these ridiculous claims. I want to see official numbers that crime is up "significantly" WOTP.

I think you'd be better off at Nextdoor.[/quote]

Midwits like you demand peer-reviewed studies for the most obvious conclusions drawn from simple observation. And yet your own claims don't require the same scrutiny? Strange[/quote]

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