Where we live in PG county stray bullets from gang and gang-adjacent stuff is a real concern. When dumb people are shooting at the each other on the street, everyone is in danger.

But the actual gang activity stuff isn’t really a factor. They’re mostly doing drug stuff, which I don’t do, and extorting undocumented immigrants. And maybe there’s retail theft stuff or similar that I also don’t notice. The drug activity seems to be concentrated in specific areas where we just don’t go. Like, “Hyattsville” is a vast area as far as the post office. But Langley Park is a world away from downtown Hyattsville in many ways.

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Anonymous wrote:Yikes. OP here. Had no idea that not wanting to live in a neighborhood with gang activity would be a contentious issue! Apologies if I offended anyone, just trying to find the safest place I can for my family that we can afford. If there’s an increased chance for stray bullets in certain places I’d feel more comfortable not living there.

My friend lives in a million dollar home in the crunchy a$$ part of Takoma Park. A stray bullet entered her home through her wall and ended up 2 inches over her headboard. This is an America problem. I live in Silver Spring and haven't noticed any type of gang activity. Perhaps if you told us your price range and must haves, we can give suggestions.

When was this? Not recently I’m guessing

Look gangs are .big time in prince george mdbloods. Crips vice lords black gangster disciples ms13. 18th street Mexican gang Latin Kings. And the Dominican boys

PG COUNTY GOAT MAN

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Anonymous wrote:I recently found out there were at least two gangs in Hyattsville that I had no clue about. What about Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Kensington and Rockville? These are areas where we’re looking to buy and gang activity is a deal breaker.

Please just move to Bethesda

B-CC actually does have gang activity but keeps it on the DL.

There was the CC shooting last week. Knife fights at W's last Fall. I think it's changing for the worse. There are just so many other desirable areas these days that it isn't the same as 20 years ago.

So true! Also, a lot CC isn't even walkable. Look at the many great areas people like these days which were a mess 20-30 years ago. Areas like DuPont or Logan used to be sketchy but not these days. I hear ex-Presidents or Billionaires live in places like Kalorama.

Kalorama was never sketchy, what with all the embassies. But yes, just a few years ago Obama and Ivanka/Jared both lived there. Bezos bought a house there, but don’t know whether he ever stays there.

It kind of was a transitional area when I moved there in the 80s. The PPs point was all areas change over time. Even Logan Circle was once rife with streetwalkers but today is a lovely neighborhood.

Lovely until you get shot by a stray bullet

Anonymous wrote:Yikes. OP here. Had no idea that not wanting to live in a neighborhood with gang activity would be a contentious issue! Apologies if I offended anyone, just trying to find the safest place I can for my family that we can afford. If there’s an increased chance for stray bullets in certain places I’d feel more comfortable not living there.

You asked about cities, not neighborhoods.

Anonymous wrote:In the 1960s the Twinbrook Mafia consisted of guys from Broome Junior high School iand Richard Montgomery they would meet outside the twinbrook bowling alley in Rockville wearing black leather coats. I went to school with all of them and grew up in twinbrook myself. They were not organized just love to drink and fight etc Most grew out of it and became responsible working adults.
The younger brothers of this group "The Kingdom" were more menacing when the older boys of the Twinbrook Mafia grew up.

Ganglandia! Ganglandia! All is Ganglandia!

(Except my neighborhood, which is awesome!)

In the 1960s the Twinbrook Mafia consisted of guys from Broome Junior high School iand Richard Montgomery they would meet outside the twinbrook bowling alley in Rockville wearing black leather coats. I went to school with all of them and grew up in twinbrook myself. They were not organized just love to drink and fight etc Most grew out of it and became responsible working adults.
The younger brothers of this group "The Kingdom" were more menacing when the older boys of the Twinbrook Mafia grew up.

Anonymous wrote:lot of gang activities in PG and CocO county? Baltimore would leave every other county behind.

Baltimores murder rate is actually a result of not enough gangs. Crime in unorganized here so you have a lot of crazy nonsense happening because there is no order and not enough set territory

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Anonymous wrote:I recently found out there were at least two gangs in Hyattsville that I had no clue about. What about Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Kensington and Rockville? These are areas where we’re looking to buy and gang activity is a deal breaker.

Please just move to Bethesda

B-CC actually does have gang activity but keeps it on the DL.

There was the CC shooting last week. Knife fights at W's last Fall. I think it's changing for the worse. There are just so many other desirable areas these days that it isn't the same as 20 years ago.

So true! Also, a lot CC isn't even walkable. Look at the many great areas people like these days which were a mess 20-30 years ago. Areas like DuPont or Logan used to be sketchy but not these days. I hear ex-Presidents or Billionaires live in places like Kalorama.

Kalorama was never sketchy, what with all the embassies. But yes, just a few years ago Obama and Ivanka/Jared both lived there. Bezos bought a house there, but don’t know whether he ever stays there.

It kind of was a transitional area when I moved there in the 80s. The PPs point was all areas change over time. Even Logan Circle was once rife with streetwalkers but today is a lovely neighborhood.

Clay Terrace Hit Squad is all over temple hills.

Source: my uncle is an OG member of Clay Terrace Hit Squad from back when it was just called “Clay”.

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Anonymous wrote:I recently found out there were at least two gangs in Hyattsville that I had no clue about. What about Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Kensington and Rockville? These are areas where we’re looking to buy and gang activity is a deal breaker.

Please just move to Bethesda

B-CC actually does have gang activity but keeps it on the DL.

There was the CC shooting last week. Knife fights at W's last Fall. I think it's changing for the worse. There are just so many other desirable areas these days that it isn't the same as 20 years ago.

So true! Also, a lot CC isn't even walkable. Look at the many great areas people like these days which were a mess 20-30 years ago. Areas like DuPont or Logan used to be sketchy but not these days. I hear ex-Presidents or Billionaires live in places like Kalorama.

Kalorama was never sketchy, what with all the embassies. But yes, just a few years ago Obama and Ivanka/Jared both lived there. Bezos bought a house there, but don’t know whether he ever stays there.

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Anonymous wrote:In Southern Md, northern Md and the Eastern Shore, there are racists, white supremacists and magas. Do you consider these to be gangs? Is their presence a barrier to moving there?

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Western MD, too. Even parts of MoCo.

Plus, all the people who don’t personally don white hoods, but fund those who do or those who spew their beliefs in media.

Western Maryland is more about the drug gangs than white supremacists. The grow houses and dispensaries have made it a haven for the fentanyl crowd and their suppliers. I visited Cumberland over Thanksgiving and had to go to a Truist bank for my father. While their I got $100 because I needed cash for people raking his leaves. A male bank officer walked me to my car because I had cash. He explained druggies grab handbags to buy fentanyl from gangs to disburse around the area.

What type of nonsense is this? Cannabis growing facilities are highly secured and legit and are not staffed by junkies! WTF the paranoid crap DCUM comes up with. Conservative men are known to play the white knight role around what they view as helpless women who need big strong bro types to “protect” them.

You do not sound at all familiar with Cumberland. I grew up there and visit my father regularly there. He has worked in law enforcement for years and knows exactly what is happening in Cumberland. This was no "white knight" conservative man who walked me to my car. He was in his 20s and said that it is the bank's policy to walk ANYONE to their car after they withdraw cash. Sounds like you have a lot of experience with the big bro types, maybe you give off that "I need a man" vibe.

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Anonymous wrote:I recently found out there were at least two gangs in Hyattsville that I had no clue about. What about Silver Spring, Takoma Park, Kensington and Rockville? These are areas where we’re looking to buy and gang activity is a deal breaker.

Please just move to Bethesda

B-CC actually does have gang activity but keeps it on the DL.

There was the CC shooting last week. Knife fights at W's last Fall. I think it's changing for the worse. There are just so many other desirable areas these days that it isn't the same as 20 years ago.

So true! Also, a lot CC isn't even walkable. Look at the many great areas people like these days which were a mess 20-30 years ago. Areas like DuPont or Logan used to be sketchy but not these days. I hear ex-Presidents or Billionaires live in places like Kalorama.

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Anonymous wrote:In Southern Md, northern Md and the Eastern Shore, there are racists, white supremacists and magas. Do you consider these to be gangs? Is their presence a barrier to moving there?

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Western MD, too. Even parts of MoCo.

Plus, all the people who don’t personally don white hoods, but fund those who do or those who spew their beliefs in media.

Western Maryland is more about the drug gangs than white supremacists. The grow houses and dispensaries have made it a haven for the fentanyl crowd and their suppliers. I visited Cumberland over Thanksgiving and had to go to a Truist bank for my father. While their I got $100 because I needed cash for people raking his leaves. A male bank officer walked me to my car because I had cash. He explained druggies grab handbags to buy fentanyl from gangs to disburse around the area.

What type of nonsense is this? Cannabis growing facilities are highly secured and legit and are not staffed by junkies! WTF the paranoid crap DCUM comes up with. Conservative men are known to play the white knight role around what they view as helpless women who need big strong bro types to “protect” them.