Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Been here for over 40 years and DC is better than it was in the 80s and 90s. However, it and surrounding suburbs have been steadily and rapidly declining since 2020, and no I don't blame it just on the pandemic.

Been here 35 years and Ward 3 is the worst it’s ever been.

Yes. You need to keep your head on a swivel when walking on Wisconsin. Once you hit the Maryland line at Friendship Heights, everything feels safe again. But going south into Tenleytown feels very sketch. It was never like that. What the hell happened over the past three years? And no, it's not Covid. Clearly, all of DC needs new leadership. And new judges. And new prosecutors. And new jails. And new juvenile detention centers. We're losing the city to a few hundred repeat offenders who fear nothing.

What happened was that there was a slow build up over time where Ward 3 was getting less safe and worse, predominantly driven by two factors. First, new development in other parts of the city attracted the young professionals away, and second, the city has had an intentional policy of “burden sharing” which has basically meant that a Ward 3 has been first in line to accept a lot of unhoused residents, many of which are significantly disturbed. A third factor, which has always been true for DC but more salient in the last few years are families with school aged kids moving out. Combine all of this together and this is the result.

DC Needs:
Nightly street cleaning crews, like Europe
Union Station cleaned up and back in business
Gum scraped off sidewalks
Rat eradication
Booting and towing
Md and VA tickets paid
Petty crime (turnstile hopping addressed)
A crime plan
and more

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Been here for over 40 years and DC is better than it was in the 80s and 90s. However, it and surrounding suburbs have been steadily and rapidly declining since 2020, and no I don't blame it just on the pandemic.

Been here 35 years and Ward 3 is the worst it’s ever been.

Yes. You need to keep your head on a swivel when walking on Wisconsin. Once you hit the Maryland line at Friendship Heights, everything feels safe again. But going south into Tenleytown feels very sketch. It was never like that. What the hell happened over the past three years? And no, it's not Covid. Clearly, all of DC needs new leadership. And new judges. And new prosecutors. And new jails. And new juvenile detention centers. We're losing the city to a few hundred repeat offenders who fear nothing.

https://wallethub.com/edu/cities-homicide-rate/94070

We are once again the murder capital.

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Anonymous wrote:Been here for over 40 years and DC is better than it was in the 80s and 90s. However, it and surrounding suburbs have been steadily and rapidly declining since 2020, and no I don't blame it just on the pandemic.

Been here 35 years and Ward 3 is the worst it’s ever been.

This is absolutely true.

Maybe only Spring Valley and Wesley Heights are better. Everything else unquestionably true.

Yep, a lot of areas in Ward 3 are worse than they’ve ever been. For instance, apartments on Connecticut Avenue. I know people who have lived there for decades that are set to move because the city moved a bunch of violent criminals into their buildings at the same time the city decided it wasn't going to enforce any laws against the criminals. So it’s open season against the law abiding residents there.

Tenleytown definitely seems sketchier than I’ve ever seen it before. I used to be there a lot at midnight, and it was empty. I was there at midnight the other night and I saw a number of disheveled individuals pulling on doors trying to get the closed establishments. I’ve even seen tents at Ft. Reno, which I never saw in the past.

A student tried to shoplift at the CVS some decades back, he was detained by the manager, numerous police cars came, they photographed him, banned him from the store, and told Wilson (now Jackson-Reed). A few weeks back I saw a kid just openly shoplift right in front of a police officer at the Whole Foods. To his credit, the police officer stopped him, but the kid didn’t seem to care at all, and was just acting annoyed and ignoring the officer.

These people know that nothing will happen to them. Did anyone read the recent DC Crime Facts article? A woman took a gun and tried to murder another woman with it. She was sentenced to probation - zero prison time for attempted murder.

Anonymous wrote:Been here for over 40 years and DC is better than it was in the 80s and 90s. However, it and surrounding suburbs have been steadily and rapidly declining since 2020, and no I don't blame it just on the pandemic.

Been here 35 years and Ward 3 is the worst it’s ever been.

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Anonymous wrote:Heads up, AU Park

Alert: Robbery Investigation in the 4500 block of 40th Street, NW. Lookout for B/M, 15-18 yoa, wearing a black hoodie. black pa... https://evb.gg/n#hl444chy6hb

Broad daylight, during school day. If they served the hundreds of outstanding warrants and cracked down on rampant truancy would help.

Hopefully now that Ward 3 is involved, action will finally take place.

It’s been going on for two years along the Connecticut Avenue and Wisconsin Ave corridors. Honestly, the 8% mortgage rates is the only thing keeping a lot of our neighbors from bailing for the burbs.

Absolutely, the interest rates right now are definitely holding people back. I love DC but this is insanity right now. We shouldn’t be living like this.

It’s not the rates but also the lack of inventory. I know a family that sold up in Bloomingdale last year and have been renting an apartment in downtown Bethesda since waiting for anything to come on the market under $3 million.

If Montgomery County did what the YIMBYs want and make it easier to build duplexes, it would absolutely destroy DCs tax base because so many people would leave.

Been here for over 40 years and DC is better than it was in the 80s and 90s. However, it and surrounding suburbs have been steadily and rapidly declining since 2020, and no I don't blame it just on the pandemic.

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Anonymous wrote:School shootings are more prevalent these days. Thank the Rs for blocking all common sense gun laws.

Independent here and agree with you but you can't ignore the democratic local politicians who have removed SROs from schools.

I can’t ignore the politicians that are filling my building with homeless and mentally ill.

Anonymous wrote:School shootings are more prevalent these days. Thank the Rs for blocking all common sense gun laws.

Independent here and agree with you but you can't ignore the democratic local politicians who have removed SROs from schools.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heads up, AU Park

Alert: Robbery Investigation in the 4500 block of 40th Street, NW. Lookout for B/M, 15-18 yoa, wearing a black hoodie. black pa... https://evb.gg/n#hl444chy6hb

Broad daylight, during school day. If they served the hundreds of outstanding warrants and cracked down on rampant truancy would help.

Hopefully now that Ward 3 is involved, action will finally take place.

It’s been going on for two years along the Connecticut Avenue and Wisconsin Ave corridors. Honestly, the 8% mortgage rates is the only thing keeping a lot of our neighbors from bailing for the burbs.

Absolutely, the interest rates right now are definitely holding people back. I love DC but this is insanity right now. We shouldn’t be living like this.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heads up, AU Park

Alert: Robbery Investigation in the 4500 block of 40th Street, NW. Lookout for B/M, 15-18 yoa, wearing a black hoodie. black pa... https://evb.gg/n#hl444chy6hb

Broad daylight, during school day. If they served the hundreds of outstanding warrants and cracked down on rampant truancy would help.

That is RIGHT BY JR. And Whole Foods. How involved is the JR administration in addressing crime in the immediate vicinity of the school, not to mention DURING the school day?

I used to stop by the Wawa every once in awhile but it's been feeling less and less safe. Now I don't feel safe at all! What is happening?

I'd follow your instincts. There was the recent huge melee inside/outside WAWA and Tuesday this assault by juveniles by the metro/Target/escalator. Is that still the only escalator working? If so, like fish in a barrel. Deal and JR have to be engaged and help identify the kids.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heads up, AU Park

Alert: Robbery Investigation in the 4500 block of 40th Street, NW. Lookout for B/M, 15-18 yoa, wearing a black hoodie. black pa... https://evb.gg/n#hl444chy6hb

Broad daylight, during school day. If they served the hundreds of outstanding warrants and cracked down on rampant truancy would help.

That is RIGHT BY JR. And Whole Foods. How involved is the JR administration in addressing crime in the immediate vicinity of the school, not to mention DURING the school day?

I used to stop by the Wawa every once in awhile but it's been feeling less and less safe. Now I don't feel safe at all! What is happening?

Agree re: Columbia Heights, PP. Was nicer for a minute.

So, this utterly terrifying thing happened, careful when out walking with babies