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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Oh God, here comes the "but H St is so vibrant" crowd. "The pot smell is freedom and equality, I love it". "The urine is just authenticity." "Stop making the crime stats up, DC is safe!"

And my favorite, "shoplifting and vandalism is a victimless crime. The insurance company will replace the glass and inventory!" [/quote]

Who have you heard talking about shoplifting in that way? I don’t think there’s a single DCUM commenter / resident who isn’t concerned about crime.

I’m not an urban planner but I’m interested in the topic.  One definition of vibrant place from online: enthusiasm, activity, and life — in other words, healthy and alive. The presence and amount of vibrancy is a reasonable proxy for a city's general health and well-being.

Why is vibrant a dirty word, and why are you using it as proxy for lawlessness?  I actually think it’s a good word but don’t understand why its use has become so twisted.

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It would take too long to explain it to you. But essentially it’s a sort of crime apologist type and ugh hate to use this expression, specifically SJW mouth breathers. You know them (or don’t) but these are the folks who like show up to an ANC meetings hosted by Council members recently to brief a a neighborhood on crime because it is so bad, so they show up in droves and all filled with naive idealism and basically shout down any meaningful action on crime and so the council bends and we get weak policies.[/quote]

This describes three or four commissioners in ANC 3C.[/quote]

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