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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Things you can do safely in DC:

Drive a 20 year old Toyota (like me)

Wear a lands end coat and have it not stolen (like me)

Use an android phone in public and no one even looks twice at it (like me)

Walk a mutt from the local shelter.

If you aren't styling and profiling, you have a much lower risk of getting robbed. [/quote]

You could wear your designer clothes (at least in broad daylight as well as at night in well populated/nightlife areas) and walk a dog that you paid money for and have the latest iPhone and a new car … 10 years ago. It was a different place back then. What happened?[/quote]

I went out a lot 10 years ago.  Can't say that I remember anyone causally walking around in a mass market $2,000 Moncler puffer jacket.

Nobody cares about phones anymore.  Your iphone isn't special.

Dogs though, that's messed up.[/quote]

Nobody CARED about phones. That has changed. I was held up and gunpoint and told explicitly “I won’t take your wallet. Just your phone.”[/quote]

And they specifically demand that you unlock it so they can have access to all your financial apps, Venmo, Uber etc. And why not? Most people have $10 cash at most in their wallets, if you steal a credit card I can call or go on my account online and cancel it so quickly it will never work. But they can do a lot of damage if they have your phone unlocked. [/quote]

I have Venmo attached to my credit card. I guess I can cancel my credit card if my phone is stolen.

I never started using other financial apps and do it all via my laptop. Seems like I am dodging possible robbery.

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