Anonymous
Post 10/26/2020 12:49     Subject: Re:15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
Anonymous wrote:Crime is increasing, Mayor is too relaxed on crime, open drug use is rampant (and only going to get worse with Prop 81), Rats our out of control, DPW does not clean up dumped trash on time letting it fester for months while rats feed and multiply, Landlord unfriendly laws making it extremely difficult to rent out a room, basement, or unit...

There are many reasons people would want to escape DC. The pandemic probably pushed those who had means to escape. Is this going to be the new white flight (or wealth flight these days)?


Sweetie, this is not 1994 anymore. Houses are still selling like hotcakes. My friends who moved out just went to their beach houses to ride out the pandemic. They still live in DC. We are thinking about renting a house in FL for Jan thru March. We will change our address, but we will not "move" out of DC.

I haven't seen an open air drug market in years! Where in the hell do you live? Where does DPW not pick up trash? Give me a break.
Anonymous
Post 10/26/2020 12:39     Subject: Re:15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
Crime is increasing, Mayor is too relaxed on crime, open drug use is rampant (and only going to get worse with Prop 81), Rats our out of control, DPW does not clean up dumped trash on time letting it fester for months while rats feed and multiply, Landlord unfriendly laws making it extremely difficult to rent out a room, basement, or unit...

There are many reasons people would want to escape DC. The pandemic probably pushed those who had means to escape. Is this going to be the new white flight (or wealth flight these days)?
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2020 11:24     Subject: 15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
Marion Bowser, the gift that just keeps on giving. But she's really good at using yellow paint!
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2020 11:22     Subject: 15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
I know many families who left because of schools. Our region is just idiotic on the schools front and people realize that education is important.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2020 11:16     Subject: 15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
But 17,000 are trying to move in.

What’s your (non)point?
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2020 11:12     Subject: 15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
Anonymous wrote:How many moved in? Without that info it’s not a useful statistic.


Negative 15,000 people moved in
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2020 10:29     Subject: 15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
Anonymous wrote:I hope rental prices will drop a bit. They've been too high for too long.


Manhattan seems to have had that drop. I imagine that DC won't be far behind.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2020 10:22     Subject: 15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
How many moved in? Without that info it’s not a useful statistic.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2020 09:42     Subject: Re:15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
"To be fair, the group didn’t delineate between those who filed for a temporary change-of-address versus those who filed for a permanent one. So some of those over 15,000 people could have left DC for a finite period and are either planning to return eventually or already have."

In other words, this entire article is useless.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2020 08:36     Subject: 15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
The violence interruptors will fix it soon. They are interrupting all the violence, it just takes time
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2020 07:31     Subject: 15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
It was the smell. It permeates everything.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2020 16:53     Subject: Re:15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
I saw a short video the other day about rents in major metropolitan areas. A real estate agent in New York said she'd never seen anything like that in her life, with so many apartments available for rent in Manhattan. Ditto for SF. I imagine, DC isn't any different.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2020 16:42     Subject: 15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I hope rental prices will drop a bit. They've been too high for too long.


I have a rental between U Street and Logan. I have never, ever had any trouble renting it. My tenant left about two months ago and I haven't been able to find anyone new. I'm not quite ready to drop rent yet, but I'll probably have to do it soon.

I can't imagine that this is a unique situation. I don't think prices are going to crash, but I do think there will be a lasting (at least mid-term) impact.


I work for a large property management firm in DC. Our condos in Arlington, Alexandria and DC are at the highest vacancy rates I've seen in 11 years. We have dropped rents across the board and still they sit vacant.
Anonymous
Post 10/20/2020 15:14     Subject: Re:15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
Good. More room for me to be a scumbag /s
Anonymous
Post 10/19/2020 15:23     Subject: Re:15,000 People Moved Out of DC During the First Part of 2020
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Dc needs to address crime. Any crime, anywhere, is too much.


By that standard, pretty much no city or town is safe. EVERYWHERE has crime.


DC could do so much better with crime. the random metro stuff, the property crime/car window smash ins... they need a strategy and haven't bothered. That's quality of life issues for most residents right there.