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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you move to Northern VA and drive into work and park in a secure building you will be fairly safe.

DC is worse at nights and weekends.  [/quote]
+1, DH and I lived in DC for 5 years and then migrated out to VA. Now we literally only set foot in DC to go to work, where we park in our secure buildings. We used to have occasional date nights in DC after work, but we don’t anymore because it’s not worth it. It’s really sad. [/quote]

Huge overreaction.[/quote]
No, it’s just my personal comfort level. YMMV, but I am not alone in my assessment of DC and my conclusion that my discomfort with being out in DC at night makes it so planning a date night in the city isn’t worth it. I don’t begrudge those that have a different risk tolerance, but I’m not going to be gaslit into thinking DC is some shining safe utopia and I’m just paranoid. [/quote]

NP and there’s a wide gap between shining safe utopia and I only set foot in Dc to walk from the garage to my office building.  You can go to dinner in DC and get back in your car by 7:30 to drive home.  If you are worried about it being dark then only do it in the summer.  You are a bit paranoid though.[/quote]

Recently on the Wharf there was an armed robbery of restaurant patrons, another shiny new restaurant had the front glass shot out. Also, a Congressman was carjacked by 3 armed teens nearby, same evening. People having concerns, especially parents, who tend to be more risk averse, is a reasonable response to a situation that shows no signs of changing. After being summoned to the Hill, the USAO is now prosecuting an increased just over 50% of violent crime. If something happens to you, you are not likely to get justice either.

The traumatized woman in the video has spent her career working with at risk youth in DC. None of that mattered, she was just someone out and available to rob.

[twitter]https://twitter.com/RamirezReports/status/1714732511048118415[/twitter]

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These young men are NOT engaging in armed robberies like this one because they're hungry.[/quote]

In the animal kingdom, predators are always hungry.[/quote]

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