Anonymous wrote:This post football game mayhem has been reported in the local media for area schools only in the past few years and coincides with the rise of social media—W-L and Yorktown students at McDonalds, B-CC and Walter Johnson students at Chipotle, J-R and Dunbar kids at Wawa, Langley and McLean kids at McDonalds, etc.—but it’s nothing new.

Before social media, these events weren’t documented so they didn’t make the news.

Anonymous wrote:Some people on here want to focus this discussion on Tenleytown and others on Dc in general. DC is experiencing high crime at the moment, there's no doubt about that when you look at the statistics. Most of NW DC, as in the past decades, is mainly insulated from that. Again, see the stats. There is no rash of carjackings, shootings, drug turf wars, etc in upper NW DC. I went to high school in this area in the late seventies and until recently, had kids in DCPS schools around Tenleytown. Back in the day, there was a lot more underage drinking, plenty of weed use and more teenage pregnancy. Kids driving under the influence seems to have also been much, much higher. Fights occurred at schools just like today. I remember going to some of the first Ft. Reno concerts; there was mayhem afterwards with stoned, drunk kids with cigarettes dangling from their mouths seeking the closest party after each event. Today, parents come to functions like those concerts and bring their kids! The number of unhoused people has gone way up but that's everywhere. Retail has struggle around here [like in many places] since online shopping became popular.
There is certainly more diversity today: There are way more Jews, Blacks, Asians and other groups living in the formerly all-white neighborhoods of upper NW although this part of DC could still be labeled Caucasia as we used to do - decades ago. I think some people are triggered by seeing large groups of African American students at JR HS and hanging out at adjacent Tenleytown. Several decades ago, kids hang out even more - remember, there was no internet and as I remember it, there was much less helicopter parenting and kids could "free range" more than they are allowed to now. So things have changed as everywhere does but what strikes me, having lived here as a youth and returned decades later, is how much it has stayed the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids in DC barely get a slap on the wrist for carjacking. ^ I'm guessing your kids were involved if you're reacting like that to "a warning?" " Anything?"

Didn't lead with warning. Led with arrested.

"Were the involved kids identified? Arrested? given warnings? Anything?"

Good questions. Any updates?

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine being scared of Tenleytown. Some of you seemingly don't have the courage to leave your houses. What's it like being scared of life?

The cavalier attitude that people have about living in the most dangerous capitol cities in the Western World, and one of the most dangerous cities in America, is sad. Tenleytown is a cesspool compared to the nice parts of NYC and Boston - cities that aren’t on a downward trajectory crime wise. Cleveland Park, Tenleytown, and Friendship Heights used to be the nicer parts of DC in the 90s and early 2000s. Why is it weird to you and others that people are disturbed that they’ve backslid?

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Anonymous wrote:Tenleytown used to be a nice place to sit on the deck with the family at Guapos or drop the kid off at tae kwon doe. Now I drive instead of walk through and avoid the business and the general area unless I absolutely "have to". Metro at school start or finish? Heck no.
So much for Main Street USA.

I recognize that people's perceptions of their own personal safety vary, so I guess I'll just say I have not felt at all compelled to avoid Tenleytown and/or the Metro around when school is starting or letting out.

School times it’s fine, it’s the non school times that’s the problem. Erratic PIW patients seem to be congregating and I see many just walking in the middle of Wisconsin.

PIW has gotten out of hand too, agreed. Tentleytown needs an action plan. The neighborhood business association has tried things foryears. They need more support.

If people are concerned about this, then they should be volunteering with the Tenleytown Main Street, which has been an effective organization working with the stores, the schools and the police, for years.

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Anonymous wrote:Kids in DC barely get a slap on the wrist for carjacking. ^ I'm guessing your kids were involved if you're reacting like that to "a warning?" " Anything?"

Didn't lead with warning. Led with arrested.

"Were the involved kids identified? Arrested? given warnings? Anything?"

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure where this narrative that DC is one of the most dangerous cities in the world narrative is coming from, it's sick.
Many businesses were suffering prior to the pandemic and were on the brink of bankruptcy anyway; COVID just sped that process up.
DC chose to lockdown and delay re-opening for 2.5 years. Everything is just resetting itself.

The hysteria is baffling and ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:Let’s address the real problems facing the residents of DC and rename more things.

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure where this narrative that DC is one of the most dangerous cities in the world narrative is coming from, it's sick.
Many businesses were suffering prior to the pandemic and were on the brink of bankruptcy anyway; COVID just sped that process up.
DC chose to lockdown and delay re-opening for 2.5 years. Everything is just resetting itself.

The hysteria is baffling and ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure where this narrative that DC is one of the most dangerous cities in the world narrative is coming from, it's sick.
Many businesses were suffering prior to the pandemic and were on the brink of bankruptcy anyway; COVID just sped that process up.
DC chose to lockdown and delay re-opening for 2.5 years. Everything is just resetting itself.

The hysteria is baffling and ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure where this narrative that DC is one of the most dangerous cities in the world narrative is coming from, it's sick.
Many businesses were suffering prior to the pandemic and were on the brink of bankruptcy anyway; COVID just sped that process up.
DC chose to lockdown and delay re-opening for 2.5 years. Everything is just resetting itself.

The hysteria is baffling and ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote:Imagine being scared of Tenleytown. Some of you seemingly don't have the courage to leave your houses. What's it like being scared of life?

The cavalier attitude that people have about living in the most dangerous capitol cities in the Western World, and one of the most dangerous cities in America, is sad. Tenleytown is a cesspool compared to the nice parts of NYC and Boston - cities that aren’t on a downward trajectory crime wise. Cleveland Park, Tenleytown, and Friendship Heights used to be the nicer parts of DC in the 90s and early 2000s. Why is it weird to you and others that people are disturbed that they’ve backslid?