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[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]

I live and work in DC. I've never been robbed, never had my car broken into and have never had my car stolen. Lots of us here thank you. I go out at night all the time. I NEVER step foot in VA. Never. Not worth it. Please, there are people like you. I'm way happier in DC.[/quote]

This is the attitude of very privileged people who are able to buy safety and use their perch gaslight everyone else about the crime situation most of us deal with daily.
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I live in NE, not West of the Park. I lived in Shaw when they were still shooting at O Street Market (not the gentrified "Market at O Street"). I understand that crime in going up. I'm also not paranoid. I've always walked through life like a live in a city. The number of people I see walking down the street look at their phones is astonishing. The number of people who still keep stuff in the car is amazing. The number of people not paying attention to their surroundings is ridiculous. I look at people (especially white people) who walk around like they believe they are teflon is shocking. [b]My black friends actually laugh about how white people cross the street without looking with confidence because it only occurs to them that a car will stop.[/b]

I think people have been lulled into a belief that because the city is gentrifying, you no longer have to be wise about your safety. My son told me about an incident he saw at 2am. He was out with some friends and he saw someone that I had previously introduced him too who sloppy drunk barely able to walk down the street after stumbling out of a bar. This guy was just out having a good time. He was about to robbed. My son stopped it because he knew I knew the guy. That was about to be a crime of opportunity. Should that ever happen - of course not. But we must be more careful.[/quote]

So black people deserve to live in neighborhoods where they always have to be on alert? [/quote]

I'm going to be totally honest, I think the idea that [i]white people cross the street without looking with confidence because it only occurs to them a car will stop [/i] is a super weird idea that lives only in your head. It's an over application of the idea that white people don't worry as much in their environment as black people. Believe me, we worry about getting run over too. It's also kind of a weird hobby you and your friend have. I'm guessing you send each other white people memes too, and all that? Whatever gets you through the day, I guess![/quote]

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