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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]45 year resident of Bethesda and NWDC

Yes, I lived in sheltered areas but life is way better now than it was 20, 30, 40+ years ago

DC, while the recent uptick is worrisome, is MILES ahead of where it was in the 80,90s,00s. DC has done a great job modernizing areas - City Center, Mass Ave/Ct Ave corridor, SW waterfront, SE Waterfront -- those areas were dead zones.

Anyone remember the DC snipers in the suburbs? I was pretty scared then..not too concerned about petty theft or a CVS being robbed for lipstick..that's just life in a heavily populated area.[/quote]

I agree with you that D.C. feels much safer now than in the past, but I disagree with you that the sniper is at all relevant to people's perceptions of crime today. That was an extremely unusual situation (by the standards of 20 years ago or by our standards now). And besides that, the actual risk to people of being shot by the sniper was very, very low... so it's not like those few weeks really meant things were more dangerous then in the suburbs than they were in the city.[/quote]

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