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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People get mugged in "nice" areas like the Hill because criminals know that people there have cash/iphones/etc in their pockets.  I live in a truly terrible neighborhood, and NO ONE gets mugged.  Shot, yes, but not mugged.  [/quote]

Weel then, THAT makes me want to move there. [/quote]

But the shootings aren't random.  People are shooting people they know. In 10 years in my neighborhood, I've never known any law abiding citizen to be a victim of crime.  That's why people can feel safe in a 'bad' neighborhood.  That being said - obviously if I had the $$ to move somewhere else, I would. I don't have any other options at the moment.  But the crime isn't affecting us directly, thank god.  [/quote]Yes, the crime situation is a lot more complicated than people realize. I tutor a kid who lives in a public housing project on Alabama Avenue.  When I check the weekly crime report in the WaPo's Local Living section, I check to see what crime is happening in her neighborhood as well as mine. [i]Never[/i] read about robberies on her section of Alabama. It's safer for me to drop her off at her house after tutoring than it is for me to go out to dinner in Adams Morgan.[/quote]

Where do all the people who are committing the crimes live?[/quote]You know what? Even robbers have a business plan.  Now I haven't talked to any about it but I'm just betting they don't waste a lot of time wondering whether it's more worth their time to sit around Alabama Avenue just in case some some white professional comes by a kid's house for five minutes or whether the pickings would be better on the streets of Adams Morgan or Columbia Heights where loads of young professionals are filling up the streets on a Saturday night.  More bang for your buck, so to speak.  (Pun intended)[/quote]

I agree that you are probably right, but aren't muggings often a crime of opportunity? So, poor kids loitering around their neighborhood, and when that professional comes by, they decide to mug him. I think it's that idea that makes many people uncomfortable living in a "bad" neighborhood.[/quote]

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