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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter]https://twitter.com/catiecat/status/1631515014912966658?s=46&t=RFOp9btBA36axwryPaOF0Q[/twitter][/quote]

Sorry, what does this have to do with Union Market?[/quote]

+1, both of these tweets are about Petworth.

We used to live in Petworth and moved to the H Street area (not Union Market but same general vicinity) and while there is definitely still violence here, I think Petworth has unique problems. When we lived there, there were several "problem houses" where drug activity and violence often occurred and spilled over into the rest of the neighborhood. There was one on my block, which was otherwise filled with either older retirees or young families, and it was such a strain on the neighborhood. I saw some terrible things happen outside that house and eventually we gave up on the idea that it would be addressed and moved. We still experience some crime here but it's not the same at all and I don't have that same low level dread and fear that I used to.

Was actually just talking to one of my old neighbors a couple weeks ago who said that it looked like the owners of the problem house might be forced out and the house get a "blighted" designation and sold at auction. If it happens, it will be amazing for everyone else who lives there. I wouldn't assume the violence will disappear, but the difference between having neighbors who are engaged in drug trade/gang activity and just having some of this stuff occasionally spill over in your neighborhood is start, in my experience.[/quote]

It speaks to the low stress you don’t realize you have living in these types of neighborhoods. It’s real and you don’t even know

Sure UM and EM may be relatively safer than Petworth but they are by no means safe, great schools neighborhoods.[/quote]

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