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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up in Georgetown - Holy Trinity, Visitation, then GU; now as an adult I live in Shaw (early 40s).  My parents still live in Georgetown, which I can honestly say has been going downhill since about 2005.  I used to love the mall and spent a lot of my teen years inside it; rip FAO squartz .  I remember when the waterfront was just parking, and then when the new complex opened.  In college, I would bar hop up and down M St.  I really think when the mall started faltering is when Georgetown began to go downhill; this was about the same time other part of the city picked up - Chinatown/Penn Quarter shopping, Logan/Shaw, and now H Street and the Wharf.  Georgetown just doesn't feel the same as it did in my youth.   From my understanding, there is a rule with a cap on liquor licenses for the area to prevent there being too much debauchery back in the day, so it is really hard to open a new restaurant as there are loads of hoops to jump through as compared to other parts of the city.

Sad thing is that my sister's home in Georgetown has just rebounded since she purchased it right before the recession.  She is constantly complaining that the downturn of Georgetown in terms of shops/restaurants is not good.  She's also been robbed at gunpoint walking near Wisconsin twice in the past 3 years, so it isn't immune from crime.  Property values aren't going up as they are in other parts of the city, so I'd agree with other PPs that this does affect property values.  [/quote]

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