Anonymous wrote:Tenleytown has never been "good area". There's always been crime there.

No, there have not "always" been SHOOTINGS in Tenleytown.

Anonymous wrote:One strategy that this McDonalds formerly used to discourage lowlifes from loitering too long was to play classical music. It worked beautifully. Maybe they should do that again.

Came across a 7/11 in Orlando that was absolutely blasting opera on the speakers. Funny, but not the kind of thing the neighbors would be happy to hear at 3am.

Tenleytown always had its moments with the kids hanging out after getting out of the public schools.

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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.

They may be eyeing the place, but Mc Donald’s isn’t going anywhere.

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.

Starbucks in Tenley closed. Why would they open another? Rents are FAR too high- large landlords have found a way to make more money on vacant properties in DC as write offs and the Council and Mayor won't close that slushy loophole . Such "vibrancy"!

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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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So defund MPD (which he would have a vote on) and wring hands over prosecutions (which he wouldn’t).

Great.

Tenleytown has never been "good area". There's always been crime there.

Have any of you ever been inside that McDonalds at lunchtime? It's literally jam-packed. So you might not like McDonalds, but A LOT of people do. And why on earth would a CVS or bank be better than McDonalds??

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Oh great, just what we need. Banks and CVS add so much character to the neighborhood.

And to PP - why the hell should that McDonalds NOT be open 24 hours a day, or any time they want to be open? Did you ever hear of people leaving or going to late night jobs at, say, Sibley Hospital that might want a cup of coffee or Egg McMuffin on the run? Is your solution to just concede that "we can't have nice things" because someone else is going to ruin it for everyone?

I agree with you in principal, but the truth is that 24-hour places are a magnet for crime in almost any community. My brother worked at a 24-hour Circle K out west, and they had so many armed robberies overnight. That was back when people still used more cash, and of course they sold liquor there which is always an attractive item to steal, but it happened even in the "nicer" neighborhoods. I think most business find that if they just close a few hours between 1 and 4 or 5, that makes a world of difference.

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Anonymous wrote:Shit happens everywhere.

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

If you add up all the shooting in DC the exceed ar15 incidents

Stupid meaningless statistic in reply to PPs correct comment. An automatic weapon would have been worse.

Anonymous wrote:Shit happens everywhere.

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

If you add up all the shooting in DC the exceed ar15 incidents

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Oh great, just what we need. Banks and CVS add so much character to the neighborhood.

And to PP - why the hell should that McDonalds NOT be open 24 hours a day, or any time they want to be open? Did you ever hear of people leaving or going to late night jobs at, say, Sibley Hospital that might want a cup of coffee or Egg McMuffin on the run? Is your solution to just concede that "we can't have nice things" because someone else is going to ruin it for everyone?

Anonymous wrote:One strategy that this McDonalds formerly used to discourage lowlifes from loitering too long was to play classical music. It worked beautifully. Maybe they should do that again.

Great idea. Worth a try.

But I'd like ike to see the McDonald's replaced with a coffeehouse.

One strategy that this McDonalds formerly used to discourage lowlifes from loitering too long was to play classical music. It worked beautifully. Maybe they should do that again.

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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.

There’s a weird, legacy zoning issue there. Which is why it had a covered walkway connecting it to the WUSA building. But I guess zoning issues are not important anymore.