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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has me feeling uncomfortable -- DH's office relocated to NOMA recently.

I keep wondering if all of the talk about increased crime is fear-mongering, or if things really are unsafe. I mean, I know stats are stats, and there is a clear increase in certain crimes, but stats reflecting an increase in crime aren't necessarily enough to cause legit worry for the safety of loved ones -- and I'm not sure where we are with all this.

Some friends who have been living in Anacostia for almost 15 years are leaving the area. They have decided it is no place to raise their child (now about 3 I think?) due to the increase in crime and the lack of quality public education (they can't afford private). I think the DW was feeling unsafe, and like I said -- they had lived there a long time without that being a problem, and now it is enough of one that they are moving. [/quote]

What's funny about this is when I was in college and would come visit friends in DC over the summer or whatever, my dad (in a different state) always said - whatever you do, stay out of Anacostia! His limited knowledge of DC was just that Anacostia was dangerous. This was in the early 90s. Ironically when I moved here in the early 2000s I had a job at the Anacostia Naval Annex... I loved to spook my dad by telling him I was going to Anacostia every day.

I guess it gentrified for a while and is now backsliding? Similar to NOMA... [/quote]

I don’t think Anacostia ever gentrified. I’m not being snarky. There is one theater there that tried to be an anchor for bringing people across the River and making Anacostia more approachable but it never gentrified. [/quote]

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