Anonymous wrote:That McDonald's should NOT be open 24 hours a day. That is just asking for trouble. Nothing good ever happens at 3:50am. I hope they start closing at 11pm.

Or better yet, it should sell to Starbucks or another coffeehouse.

I heard CVS and a few banks are eyeing the place.

Anonymous wrote:I've been told in other DCUM threads that this is called being in a "vibrant city" and that you need to be "street smart" and stop complaining

What have you been told about Alexandria?

Oh no, not the "good" area!

Anonymous wrote:And virtually every. single. candidate. for ward 3 council that I have discussed this with (Finley, Goulet, Fruman, Thomas) gives the sympathy nod and the "yes, we must do something about the root causes of crime" condescending reply.

This phrase, of course, is code for "more spending programs" and "less prosecution of crime when it happens."

Finley has a pretty cogent argument for changing our approach to policing instead of demanding more more more police. It's something like "DC has the Xth largest police force in the USA but is the <Xth largest city" and he talks about having police patrol more, using statistics from MPD and comparing to other police departments. His website also specifically states vigorously prosecuting violent criminals "We need to vigorously prosecute those who commit violent crime to get them off our streets..."
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That McDonald's should NOT be open 24 hours a day. That is just asking for trouble. Nothing good ever happens at 3:50am. I hope they start closing at 11pm.

Or better yet, it should sell to Starbucks or another coffeehouse.

And virtually every. single. candidate. for ward 3 council that I have discussed this with (Finley, Goulet, Fruman, Thomas) gives the sympathy nod and the "yes, we must do something about the root causes of crime" condescending reply.

This phrase, of course, is code for "more spending programs" and "less prosecution of crime when it happens."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been told in other DCUM threads that this is called being in a "vibrant city" and that you need to be "street smart" and stop complaining

Mayor Bowser’s administration and the Smart Growth interests claim it’s all about “vibrant corridors.” So in the last few weeks, there’s been a shoring and Wisconsin and Van Ness; a stabbing on a Metro bus on the Wisconsin corridor; a murder and a rape in an apartment building near Connecticut; a school shooting on Connecticut, where very fortunately no one died but people were wounded and billets traveled a mile down the Connecticut corridor. What am I leaving out?

Only Wards 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, & 8.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been told in other DCUM threads that this is called being in a "vibrant city" and that you need to be "street smart" and stop complaining

Mayor Bowser’s administration and the Smart Growth interests claim it’s all about “vibrant corridors.” So in the last few weeks, there’s been a shoring and Wisconsin and Van Ness; a stabbing on a Metro bus on the Wisconsin corridor; a murder and a rape in an apartment building near Connecticut; a school shooting on Connecticut, where very fortunately no one died but people were wounded and billets traveled a mile down the Connecticut corridor. What am I leaving out?

Are the mayor's friends/cronies spamming these threads (like the ATV thread, every crime/shooting thread) with this vibrance and street smarts and racism crap? I can't imagine an actual resident who paid money to live in DC and has kids/family to worry about (which is what this website is) actually saying this crap in response to violent crime and dangerous activities

Anonymous wrote:I've been told in other DCUM threads that this is called being in a "vibrant city" and that you need to be "street smart" and stop complaining

Mayor Bowser’s administration and the Smart Growth interests claim it’s all about “vibrant corridors.” So in the last few weeks, there’s been a shoring and Wisconsin and Van Ness; a stabbing on a Metro bus on the Wisconsin corridor; a murder and a rape in an apartment building near Connecticut; a school shooting on Connecticut, where very fortunately no one died but people were wounded and billets traveled a mile down the Connecticut corridor. What am I leaving out?

I've been told in other DCUM threads that this is called being in a "vibrant city" and that you need to be "street smart" and stop complaining

Shit happens everywhere.

At least this wasn't a mass even with an AR-15.

There was a mass shooting in Van Ness in April.

The McD's employees should be packing.

/s

Is this going to be a record of shootin

Thought Tenleytown was a good area.

Sad

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/woman-shot-outside-mcdonalds-in-northwest-dc-police/3071068/?amp