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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Things are bad all over the city[/quote]

Yeah, the article had one throw away line about how crime upticks are actually worse in other neighborhoods, including U Street/Shaw. I have several friends who live over there and it's not good. I think the main difference is that on H, everything is concentrated on one strip, but over there the commercial areas are spread throughout the neighborhood so it's not just "another shooting on H Street." Instead it's a shooting on 11th and then one on 7th and then a smash and grab on 16th and a mugging on V Street and so on. I have friends who recently moved into a big condo building near 7th and O NW and there have been multiple shootings right in front of their building in the last month. I don't know anywhere in H Street that is that bad.

But as an H street resident, I actually don't mind the article even if it's not flattering. I don't think it's the worst crime in the city, but there's no question the area is going in the wrong direction lately and needs an intervention. More attention from DCPD, more activism from neighborhood groups and the business community? Sign me up. [/quote]

I live in the neighborhood too, and I agree with this.  It's hard to know how to advocate for intervention.  [b]I feel powerless because we have Charles Allen as a rep and I don't think it's even worth emailing him.[/b] [/quote]

The Charles Allen haters on DCUM are pathetic. What is the point of having a representative if you don't tell him what you want represented? Just email him and see what he says! [/quote]

It's not so easy to bring up crime with a white progressive, they claim being concerned about crime is racist.[/quote]

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