My mom had a junior one bedroom in NYC. No door cuz no closet and no space for closet. But it had a window

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Isn’t Eurovision in May?

A bedroom is not legally a bedroom unless it has a window and a closet . That's why there's a wall, but probably no door .

It's not so much about stopping someone from killing as it is stopping them from killing again.

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Thank you for sharing this article.

One bedroom condos in these pre-war buildings haven't gone up in price 350--450K. But a 3BR will cost 1M or more . Many have put laundry in closets .

I've done this a few times

Nope. I feel as safe now as I did Pre-Covid. Honestly, I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m a woman who walks, runs, and metros at night.

Do you actually feel unsafe because something is making you feel unsafe or do you just think there’s a lot of crime because you read Reddit and follow the news? Most of the posts complaining about how unsafe DC is are by people who don’t actually get out in DC, and it’s this giant echo chamber of how everyone is a victim of constant crime and no one is ever safe.

Have you talked to your doctor about your anxiety?

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Before the pandemic, I remember a few were built almost like a hotel. Basically, it's a studio with a microwave + W/D

Restaurants, lounge , game room, movie room . Maybe lounges each floor .

Kinda like a club. They thought this was a good model for people living alone.

My son lives in a coop in Boston with 9-10 bedrooms and just 2 bathrooms! Everything is shared .

Old job made me take a DISC assessment. It's a variant of Big 5. I know this because it came up as woo woo magic at an old job. They also made the mistake of telling me what they were looking for. Easiest test to manipulate ever.

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Not some many married couples, so it is normal. I live alone, 1 bedroom is enough.

According to this study, it’s great.

https://www.nber.org/digest/oct98/sentence-enhancements-reduce-crime

The subs of basically every major metro area have whole teams of conservative brigadiers who spend their days screeching about crime and how scawy everything is all the time trying to drum up anti-city and anti-dem sentiments.

I'm not saying OP is one of those people, necessarily, but I'm going to go out on a limb and assume DC probably wasn't safer in..... The 80s or something.

Good thing Maryland creates consequences for violent criminals.

Just a reminder that DC’s Youth Rehabilitation Act allows for any violent criminal age 25 or younger to face little to no jail time and that many individuals diverted from jail went on to victimize more people.

Spot on. Took my son to a baseball game in the spring and couldn’t take metro back bc of gunfire at l’Enfant. And the next game I took him to, someone was stabbed just outside the stadium. Gunfights and driveby shootings routinely now in Navy Yard. I lived in DC in the 90s and most certainly Old DC was no picnic. Close-in Capitol Hill was dangerous. But it is shocking to see the pendulum swing back in a generation.

And yet, recidivism is more likely for violent criminals who use firearms. Nearly 70% of offenders commit another violent crime.

https://www.ussc.gov/research/research-reports/recidivism-among-federal-firearms-offenders

So yea, it does sound great.

they seem to be conflating vouchers and shelters. not exactly sure how someone would do a bed check for a voucher recipient lol.

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either way, i don't have any insight into shelters but have plenty of experience with addiction via family members. listening to people on here you'd think shelters are military boot camps. my guess is the rules exist not for the people who struggle to follow them, but for everyone else trying to maintain sobriety and stability. like yeah, no shit you can't be high and stay in a shelter, or wander in at 3am, or bang your girlfriend, and so on. people following the rules are trying to get their shit together and youre being an asshole. that said, as mentioned i don't have experience with them, so i could be totally off.

There hasn’t been such a dramatic change in anything that should cause you to go from carefree to terrified walking around DC. You should examine where those feelings come from since it’s not grounded in reality.

For what’s it worth, I walk around DC all the time

100%. Our old apt was so quiet and we barely ever had maintenance issues. Our current condo is in an old ass building, with the same benefits. So much of the new build stuff felt like paper mache.

This was a great answer.

Facts idk what this guy is talking about lol. Dc used to be WAY more dangerous

Damn, that sucks. I'm on the exact same timeline; 🤞🤞 hope I don’t get it. (But I take the petri dish cesspool known as metro to work three days a week, so I’m not sanguine about my chances. 😬) Feel better soon!