OP - what is your budget and where do you commute to? Maybe we can help you find a better neighborhood.

OP do you read the news? There have been soooooooooo many shootings on that block in particular this year that it boggles the mind that you would even consider it. I lived in CH until a couple years ago and always felt fairly safe but even then I didn't walk down Columbia as a rule, and it's gotten so much worse recently that I have a hard time believing this post isn't a troll designed to stir up anti-CH replies.

Anonymous wrote:I can't speak to that particular neighborhood but I raised my kid a block from public housing on the Southeast edge of Capitol Hill. Interestingly, as the neighborhood has gentrified it has become a little less friendly. Anyway, I love my neighborhood but I have always been careful. And gentrification isn't necessarily making it safer by the way. I still have to be careful.

Anyway, all this is to say that you have to know your level of tolerance, OP. Lots of people would not want to live where I live but I love it. Do what is right for you and your family.

I feel like this is the biggest thing that people don't understand ... just because you pay a million dollars to live in a rowhome, doesn't mean it's safer.

I can't speak to that particular neighborhood but I raised my kid a block from public housing on the Southeast edge of Capitol Hill. Interestingly, as the neighborhood has gentrified it has become a little less friendly. Anyway, I love my neighborhood but I have always been careful. And gentrification isn't necessarily making it safer by the way. I still have to be careful.

Anyway, all this is to say that you have to know your level of tolerance, OP. Lots of people would not want to live where I live but I love it. Do what is right for you and your family.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Why would you do that? Do you want your kids to live next to crime and hopelessness?

Wow. That’s really pathetic. My kids are perfectly happy living here as are our neighbors with kids. There is also joy and persistence and hardworking people here. Too bad you can only see the negative. By the way, what are you doing about it?

Nothing. You seem enchanted by the area and think nothing needs one.

Hell no. -DC resident of 20 years

Anonymous wrote: Columbia Heights had a lot of crime in 2010. Approaching 2020 its nothing less than a hellhole. With property values that are crazy for what you deal with.

Prepare for all the "luxury" condo flip bag-holders to come out of the woodwork.

Anonymous wrote: Second - the projects directly nearby definitely cause a spike in people hanging around and random street crime, etc. I assume the deal is good because the location is suboptimal. But being a few blocks away in a different direction (really any direction) would help.

How does the "block-by-block" Realtor spin work when there's a drive-by shooting a block from the Metro?

Columbia heights with a kid would be a no-go for us. If you want to be nearby, go a bit further north (16th st heights) or west (Mt Pleasant). 16th st is safer and cheaper and mt Pleasant is safer, but more expensive.

Anonymous wrote:Diversity going to diverse

Racists gonna racist, apparently.