Anonymous wrote:It's really true. You do not feel remotely threatened walking around Boston. It's a nice place to live. I wish DC were as well run.

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Anonymous wrote:We were in Boston visiting family last month and fid a tour encountered no homeless no drunks or drugs and felt very safe and it was clean.

We Did a tour in DC today , and it was a night and day difference. Homeless people everywhere many were very aggressive trying to run up to our group and shouting. One pelted us with rocks when we wouldn't give him money. Some were strung out passed out in front of some nice restaurants. We also came across this right next to the police station . Wtf is going on with DC. Someone needs to crack down on the homeless in DC , these aren't nice homeless that mind their own business they are aggressive and scary. We also saw a drug deal right by the white house! Why is Boston so much nicer than DC our capital? Who is holding the mayor accountable, 99% of the problems in DC would go away if vagrancy and drug laws were enforced. We need to clean up the streets of DC like yesterday.

Considering that there was a bag of cocaine found in the West Wing yesterday, it was a special delivery for the first lady.

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Anonymous wrote:Boston has a long history of segregation going back to the 1690s at least so this would be my guess

Massachusetts outlawed segregation in schools in 1855, which I believe was relatively early. By the time of Brown, more states had outlawed segregation than required it at the state level, but I believe the 1855 Massachusetts desegregation predates most of them.

There was a lot of upheaval over forced busing, but forced busing is a more complex issue (people like Biden opposed it, and it doesn't seem to have much support these days).

Yes, but Massachusetts conveniently uses centuries-old town and city boundaries to segregate and pen minorities and poverty into specific locations. The schools in those select towns and cities aren't technically segregated; it's the towns and cities themselves. Doesn't take much to look at places like Springfield, Holyoke, Southbridge, Lawrence, and Brockton and recognize the stark demographic differences, huge disparities in wealth, and school performance compared to surrounding towns.

Anonymous wrote:We were in Boston visiting family last month and fid a tour encountered no homeless no drunks or drugs and felt very safe and it was clean.

We Did a tour in DC today , and it was a night and day difference. Homeless people everywhere many were very aggressive trying to run up to our group and shouting. One pelted us with rocks when we wouldn't give him money. Some were strung out passed out in front of some nice restaurants. We also came across this right next to the police station . Wtf is going on with DC. Someone needs to crack down on the homeless in DC , these aren't nice homeless that mind their own business they are aggressive and scary. We also saw a drug deal right by the white house! Why is Boston so much nicer than DC our capital? Who is holding the mayor accountable, 99% of the problems in DC would go away if vagrancy and drug laws were enforced. We need to clean up the streets of DC like yesterday.

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Anonymous wrote:Vote Democrat! Early and often. Lol.

I assume you are LOL because DC has been forever Democrat. And that's why we are where we are. And Portland. And California

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Anonymous wrote:We were in Boston visiting family last month and fid a tour encountered no homeless no drunks or drugs and felt very safe and it was clean.

We Did a tour in DC today , and it was a night and day difference. Homeless people everywhere many were very aggressive trying to run up to our group and shouting. One pelted us with rocks when we wouldn't give him money. Some were strung out passed out in front of some nice restaurants. We also came across this right next to the police station . Wtf is going on with DC. Someone needs to crack down on the homeless in DC , these aren't nice homeless that mind their own business they are aggressive and scary. We also saw a drug deal right by the white house! Why is Boston so much nicer than DC our capital? Who is holding the mayor accountable, 99% of the problems in DC would go away if vagrancy and drug laws were enforced. We need to clean up the streets of DC like yesterday.

C'mon, leave Hunter alone--he has enough problems already.

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Anonymous wrote:I have noticed this, too, specifically about Boston.

Without turning this into the 14th "DC homeless fentanyl Tenley sucks!" thread of the week ...

... does anyone know why Boston seemingly alone among large cities doesn't have the Night of the Living Dead, meth zombie encampments ? I mean, even TEXAS / Gov. Abbott big cities now have this problem (despite their willingness to ship ppl out on a Greyhound and lock up everyone for everything)

My relatives told me Boston forced all the poor people to move out in the 90s

This is probably true, but basically Massachusetts is the best state on almost any measure of social well-being. Across the board in so many categories.

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Anonymous wrote:We were in Boston visiting family last month and fid a tour encountered no homeless no drunks or drugs and felt very safe and it was clean.

We Did a tour in DC today , and it was a night and day difference. Homeless people everywhere many were very aggressive trying to run up to our group and shouting. One pelted us with rocks when we wouldn't give him money. Some were strung out passed out in front of some nice restaurants. We also came across this right next to the police station . Wtf is going on with DC. Someone needs to crack down on the homeless in DC , these aren't nice homeless that mind their own business they are aggressive and scary. We also saw a drug deal right by the white house! Why is Boston so much nicer than DC our capital? Who is holding the mayor accountable, 99% of the problems in DC would go away if vagrancy and drug laws were enforced. We need to clean up the streets of DC like yesterday.

If my family ever starts to get pelted with rocks, I'm going to let loose my son who is a travel ball pitcher with a wicked fast ball to throw those rocks right back.

And then he gets shot. Good job Mom.

Anonymous wrote:“Who is holding the Mayor accountable?” Try “Who is obstructing all DC elected officials at every turn?”

HINT: look for the big white dome and then on either side of that

Anonymous wrote:We were in Boston visiting family last month and fid a tour encountered no homeless no drunks or drugs and felt very safe and it was clean.

We Did a tour in DC today , and it was a night and day difference. Homeless people everywhere many were very aggressive trying to run up to our group and shouting. One pelted us with rocks when we wouldn't give him money. Some were strung out passed out in front of some nice restaurants. We also came across this right next to the police station . Wtf is going on with DC. Someone needs to crack down on the homeless in DC , these aren't nice homeless that mind their own business they are aggressive and scary. We also saw a drug deal right by the white house! Why is Boston so much nicer than DC our capital? Who is holding the mayor accountable, 99% of the problems in DC would go away if vagrancy and drug laws were enforced. We need to clean up the streets of DC like yesterday.

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Anonymous wrote:There’s an underlying implication in Boston that any provocation will be responded to swiftly and disproportionately. This is probably necessary to keep certain groups from habitually acting out.

Why doesn't DC have working seasons with Boston to control the crime problem?

Please. DC still pretends it doesn't ever get snow, and shuts down over it. How on earth is DC supposed to handle a real problem?

When is the last time DC shut down over snow? The 'burbs do all the time, but DC kids go to school in the snow.