Obviously we need more violence interrupters and to give more money to midnight basketball

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Anonymous wrote:We’re almost there. Our tipping point might just be replacing our old beater car. Our biggest consideration for brand, model and year isn’t comfort, reliability or safety but the likelihood of theft and vandalism. It’s sad.

Def don’t get a Honda.
Highest theft rate in the world here in wash dC. For parts and whole car. Easy to steal.

Not a Honda, Kia or Hyundai. Or anything too high end that can easily be shipped out of port in Baltimore.

Congressman Cuellar was driving a anyone? ....anyone? .....anyone? when he was carjacked this week.

Starts with an H and ends with an A.

Anonymous wrote:I live in Columbia Heights with a toddler. Concerned about crime but not to the point I'm considering moving. I personally have not felt unsafe in my neighborhood.

Lots of strays in CH, some hit cars, some go through windows and walls of homes as happened to a friend. Sometimes they hit buses or even people. And sometimes shots are targeted toward innocent victims. A man was recently shot near Giant in a botched carjacking after leaving Marshalls.

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Anonymous wrote:We’re almost there. Our tipping point might just be replacing our old beater car. Our biggest consideration for brand, model and year isn’t comfort, reliability or safety but the likelihood of theft and vandalism. It’s sad.

Def don’t get a Honda.
Highest theft rate in the world here in wash dC. For parts and whole car. Easy to steal.

Not a Honda, Kia or Hyundai. Or anything too high end that can easily be shipped out of port in Baltimore.

Anonymous wrote:We are at that point. We are moving.

Where are you heading? Hope it works out really well for you. We are considering options. One of us has a professional license tied to DC so that is slowing us down a bit.

Stay the course! Less police funding. More social workers. Vote for politicians who are sensitive to the needs of thugs. Suicide by compassion is romantic and virtuous.

I live across the river in McLean but the solution is quite simple: swift consequences .

Put the fear of god in them, this is not a make believe fantasy or a video game, this is real life people . God forbid if a 15 yr old murders a member of my family, then I have no interest in their background/adversity blah blah blah. I want him jailed for life or hung.

Same goes for carjackings, 6 yrs minimum, no questions asked. There are no adults in DC, only a bunch of pansies running the show. Make an example out of the criminals and the rest will fall in line.

Another one....

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Anonymous wrote:Not leaving, crime happens everywhere, I am not sure why people on here claim they were safer a decade ago. Some of the data is skewed, I am quite sure every few years MPD plays with the crime numbers in order to increase their budget size and stoke fear into the populace.

Sure a few incidents have happened in Ward 3 but that is "normal" given that previously it was shielded from needy residents w/o homes. So in a way, Ward 3 residents created a fake utopian bubble that has long needed to burst.

You act as if Ward 3 residents deserve to experience crime. Ward 3 residents pay high taxes to support the rest of the city. Ward 3 residents paid higher property prices in exchange for living a safe place. They could easily live in the suburbs but choose not. . And what they pay in taxes --including property taxes- benefits the rest of the city. If that area is no longer safe, ward 3 residents will move out of DC. The property values and tax base will go down. It will be the 80s all over again but with more gun violence and car jackings.

High time to wake up.

Anonymous wrote:Not leaving, crime happens everywhere, I am not sure why people on here claim they were safer a decade ago. Some of the data is skewed, I am quite sure every few years MPD plays with the crime numbers in order to increase their budget size and stoke fear into the populace.

Sure a few incidents have happened in Ward 3 but that is "normal" given that previously it was shielded from needy residents w/o homes. So in a way, Ward 3 residents created a fake utopian bubble that has long needed to burst.

You act as if Ward 3 residents deserve to experience crime. Ward 3 residents pay high taxes to support the rest of the city. Ward 3 residents paid higher property prices in exchange for living a safe place. They could easily live in the suburbs but choose not. . And what they pay in taxes --including property taxes- benefits the rest of the city. If that area is no longer safe, ward 3 residents will move out of DC. The property values and tax base will go down. It will be the 80s all over again but with more gun violence and car jackings.

Anonymous wrote:What the **** is the solution? This is insane.

If living to see another day and not looking over your shoulder/constantly crossing the street for safety seems enjoyable to you, consider voting for a Republican or center Independent or center Democrat. Read up on the candidates positions ON CRIME. Support the effort to convert the city to ranked voting so anyone moderate has a chance. Or demand congressional oversight and the National guard setting up roadblocks to trap criminals within perimeters. These are your options.

Or move.

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