Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 3 year got out of bed and told me there were helicopters in her room. Now I know why. Unfortunately this is a frequent occurrence over here and as much I love my neighborhood, I am increasing uncomfortable and concerned.

In the heart of Navy Yard? Must of gotten worse since I was there a few years ago. It was gentrifying like crazy.

Semi fake area.

SOUTHEAST.

:mic drop:

Anonymous wrote:Bowser is not the problem, and I'm no Bowser fan.

Charles Allen, Karl Racine, Brianne Nadeau, etc. This is on them.

-1

They're all Democrats. That's the real problem. This is what you're city turns into when progressive democrat policies for criminal justice reform and defunding the police take hold. Criminals run the city with zero repercussions. DC is turning into Mad Max.

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Another Saturday Night in Bowserville. This is unreal - the first time I’ve ever felt remotely unsafe living here and it’s been decades.

If it has been decades, then you should remember the carjackings of the late 80's/early 90's.

Carjackings and shooting are back in D.C. vogue, unabashedly.

Nats Park handled this HORRIBLY. People laid on the ground, ducking for cover, for seemingly forever. They made sure to secure the players first, and NO ONE knew what was really happening. Fans were running toward the dugout for cover.

DISGRACEFUL Nats - you can do better with minimal effort.

Awful. No one should go to a baseball game in the Nation's Capitol and experience this BS.

What would you have done?

Awful smug of you. I know undergrad resident advisors who handled dorm fires better than this sh&t.

Oh, and I wish this on you, by virtue of your attitude problem.

Calm down...I was just asking.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve lived in DC since ‘94. I haven’t felt this unsafe in a very long time. Daily notices of “I heard gunfire” in nextdoor for the last many months (don’t try and spin it as “firecrackers”). I think the sense of lawlessness stems from a mayor who hasn’t done a thing about rampant theft from porch pirates for more than a year now and also from zero will to do anything about public, open use of drugs. The whole city smells like pot now that it’s “legal.” These “small” crimes lead to real criminals feeling like there is no law enforcement presence and no accountability. Sucks. After 25 years, I’m moving.

Where to? I am not happy about this, but I grew up in Fairfax and I'll be damned if I'm going back there. I don't know where to go.

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Anonymous wrote:Moved to the District in early 90s. The lawless free for all vibe is starting to creep back in, and I haven’t felt that way in _decades_. That creepy dread where you don’t quite feel safe even in statistically safe-ish areas. The sense that trends are going in the wrong direction. The ^#&$ helicopters with spotlights, again


(And before you say it, fake-woke troll, I’m no pearl clutcher. I was living here in Barry town when you were either a fetus or peeing in your cartoon Pull-Ups in a safe Main Line suburb)

Tell it.

No one cares. Literally. The only reason people are pretending to care right now is because you could hear the gunshots on the TV and important elites were at the game.

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Anonymous wrote:I was at the game. I thought Nats park did pretty well with making announcements to stay in the stadium etc.

But geeze talk about a rise in crime.

For people who hit the deck - quite literally, it seemed an eternity. People were screaming and running in all directions - don't know what stadium you were at.....

I was on the third base side. I got up for a snack, was walking up the ramp to go back to my seats, heard the shots that sounded outside, saw a few people looking over the side and went over to investigate and saw someone on the ground. Saw a Nats worker there too on a walkie talkie reporting & talking to someone & I said are you calling for help? And he pointed down & said cops are already there and I saw cop car & then went back to my seats to tell my friends what happened. I was surprised to see everyone ducking for cover when I got there. I told my friends - it is outside and I didn’t think we should leave. It was scary because they were all thinking it was inside though and there was a second round of shots then that sounded loud & like it could have been inside.

Anonymous wrote:I’ve lived in DC since ‘94. I haven’t felt this unsafe in a very long time. Daily notices of “I heard gunfire” in nextdoor for the last many months (don’t try and spin it as “firecrackers”). I think the sense of lawlessness stems from a mayor who hasn’t done a thing about rampant theft from porch pirates for more than a year now and also from zero will to do anything about public, open use of drugs. The whole city smells like pot now that it’s “legal.” These “small” crimes lead to real criminals feeling like there is no law enforcement presence and no accountability. Sucks. After 25 years, I’m moving.

“All part of living in a vibrant, diverse city”

“If you can’t handle it, move to somewhere where you’ll be surrounded by other racists like you”


These are the standard refrains that will be trotted out on this thread. I’ve seen them over and over.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My 3 year got out of bed and told me there were helicopters in her room. Now I know why. Unfortunately this is a frequent occurrence over here and as much I love my neighborhood, I am increasing uncomfortable and concerned.

In the heart of Navy Yard? Must of gotten worse since I was there a few years ago. It was gentrifying like crazy.

Semi fake area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Moved to the District in early 90s. The lawless free for all vibe is starting to creep back in, and I haven’t felt that way in _decades_. That creepy dread where you don’t quite feel safe even in statistically safe-ish areas. The sense that trends are going in the wrong direction. The ^#&$ helicopters with spotlights, again


(And before you say it, fake-woke troll, I’m no pearl clutcher. I was living here in Barry town when you were either a fetus or peeing in your cartoon Pull-Ups in a safe Main Line suburb)

Tell it.

Indeed. Me too. Been here 40 years.

Anonymous wrote:I feel like DC has given up on crime fighting due to social justice reasons. This will not end well.

+1, and it will ultimately lead to a reversion to a hard line law and order approach which will undo some of the progress made on legitimately necessary reforms. Centrist policies, give it a try because DC is sinking back into the crime infested place it was in the early 90s since taking its lead from people like Charles Allen and Karl Racine.

Anonymous wrote:Moved to the District in early 90s. The lawless free for all vibe is starting to creep back in, and I haven’t felt that way in _decades_. That creepy dread where you don’t quite feel safe even in statistically safe-ish areas. The sense that trends are going in the wrong direction. The ^#&$ helicopters with spotlights, again


(And before you say it, fake-woke troll, I’m no pearl clutcher. I was living here in Barry town when you were either a fetus or peeing in your cartoon Pull-Ups in a safe Main Line suburb)

Tell it.

I’ve lived in DC since ‘94. I haven’t felt this unsafe in a very long time. Daily notices of “I heard gunfire” in nextdoor for the last many months (don’t try and spin it as “firecrackers”). I think the sense of lawlessness stems from a mayor who hasn’t done a thing about rampant theft from porch pirates for more than a year now and also from zero will to do anything about public, open use of drugs. The whole city smells like pot now that it’s “legal.” These “small” crimes lead to real criminals feeling like there is no law enforcement presence and no accountability. Sucks. After 25 years, I’m moving.

Anonymous wrote:I was at the game. I thought Nats park did pretty well with making announcements to stay in the stadium etc.

But geeze talk about a rise in crime.

For people who hit the deck - quite literally, it seemed an eternity. People were screaming and running in all directions - don't know what stadium you were at.....

Anonymous wrote:I feel like DC has given up on crime fighting due to social justice reasons. This will not end well.

It will end with the tax base moving back out of the city. 2019 was the apogee for the city. Nowhere to go but down from here.

Anonymous wrote:A six year old was shot and killed last night and no one cared. But now that the gun shots can be heard on TV and important people could get hit in crossfire, now we care.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/17/us/washington-dc-shooting-friday/index.html

This is ALL unacceptable. All of it.