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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You leave and don’t look back.  DC government has demonstrated it doesn’t care.  It would take significant changes for things to change.  Maybe in 20 years.  [b]There are too many other places to live where you don’t have to worry about this amount of crime.[/b] [/quote]

Not OP but the problem for me is that I don't agree this is true. Everything is a trade off. Sure, I can move somewhere with a lot less crime, but add an hour to my commute daily and lose the same sense of community I have where I am. I like that I can walk/bike most places now -- easy incidental exercise, better for the environment, better for my mental health. Losing that isn't a small thing to me.[/quote]

[b]There are townships with their own school pyramid and police force.[/b] They don’t have this problem at all. Even when in or near urban areas with crime and delinquency in the schools. [/quote]

Which are extremely segregated, have super high taxes are in boring, insular areas.[/quote]

I'll take boring and insular over having to fear that my five-year-old son will be hit by a stray bullet. I'll also take boring and insular over living in a city that is ruled by roving bands of teens wearing balaclavas. Nothing else matters if you don't feel safe when you leave your house.[/quote]

+1. There is nothing cool enough in DC that would entice me to risk the lives of my children. I just don't understand it. [/quote]

Some of us who live in the city don't feel we're risking the lives of our children by living here. You're welcome not to live here. I personally don't understand the urgency with which so many posters insist that those of us who do live here must also move away.[/quote]

I agree. I am personally very happy that a critical mass of people willingly live in a cesspool and do not drive up housing prices further in the suburbs. Plus we do not want criminal apologists in Fairfax county (moco may want them though)[/quote]

It's so weird how people think calling cities "cesspools" and admitting they're terrified of anywhere but the lily-white suburbs makes them look like anything but hysterical dog-whistling cowards. I don't even know what they think they're signaling but all anyone with a brain sees is someone who lives in a sad fantasy fear world, doesn't understand statistics, and is very likely racist.  So...good for you on outing yourself I guess? [/quote]

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