>been groped multiple times in my life by random women

Lmao, yes we all know this is the real fear, abduction and gang rape is basically the same thing.

Whatever helps you feel better bro. Probably ought to just stay inside since you really think you're at risk from getting abducted and raped walking down the street. 🙄🙄🙄

Ugh, literally anything can happen anywhere because people are crazy. Men are much more likely to be assaulted and outside of that tons of men are sexually assaulted, almost certainly more than statistics suggest since it's even harder for men to come foward. I've been groped multiple times in my life by random women. Plenty of studies show that women indeed FEAR being attacked much more even though they're attacked at much lower rates (if you consider stranger danger and not SOs). My point here is that everyone should have an eye out and be prepared but that doesn't mean you have to live in fear. Anyway , enjoy your (false) expectations.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_fear_of_crime

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/the-feed/article/myth-busting-the-true-picture-of-gendered-violence/hbbqupyt8

https://popcenter.asu.edu/content/sexual-assault-women-strangers-0 /aka less than 20% of rapes committed by strangers

Edit: lol, sweet summer children who either don't see danger as being a possibility anywhere or don't understand how the deck is loaded for who gets the danger. Shrug. Enjoy belief but it doesn't change the world as much as the religious pray.

/u/reallygoodcommenter what a great argument, lol, thanks - please don't look at my actual studies. Jfc. Some asshole comes in here after I just tell people shit can happen, watch your back, and condescends to me with bs "data" because I'm a straight male and I drop facts about violence but yea, I'm the one with the confirmation bias, lol. I don't even know which particular thing I'm debating because that stupid fuck couldnt even say anything but moronically cherry pick their made up assumptions. Shrug. Bye

That was nearly a decade ago. Hardly a reason to change your life IMO and certainly not everywhere.

Then again, it's also already always been a fact of life for women so maybe for straight men one incident is a monumental change from their expectations.

I apparently went to high school with this guy smh

I think we may have chatted on Nextdoor around the time of the shooting! This sounds familiar.

I also know some of the people with kids who have been around for a long time, and they told us that they've never seen the building in such a state. Like, this is the worst it has been. Even since I moved here in 2019, the building has been getting worse year by year. And 2023 is off to the worst start yet.

The situation here after the shooting is - believe it or not - worse than it was before. Like, I thought the shooting would be the pinnacle of craziness and the building would cool off and chill for a while (especially with new temporary security at night). But we've still had drama almost every single day - sometimes multiple times a day.

The silver lining with the shooting is that it prompted folks to come together to organize. Our ANC rep, Sauleh, has been a rockstar and has helped connect a tenants association and set up monthly meetings with residents, MPD and other organizations. Maybe things will finally turn around given these new developments, but I am not optimistic.

I’m glad he wasn’t arrested in DC. Maryland courts aren’t as crappy as DC but Virginia is better at going after charges. Hopefully he’s locked up for a long time.

Y’all are delusional lol. From being so awful they were placed in federal receivership in the 90s etc they been a mess for decades

Frankly a lot of it is on the tenants and residents of the city as well. DCHA doesn’t exist in some kind of vacuum lol

I personally think we should hold those who have oversight roles accountable. So, yes, I believe the buck stops with Anita Bonds. She should have provided adequate oversight. Truthfully, if she had provided overisight we would not have these entrenched problems.

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This is simply and purely corruption. The essence of the DC government.

Any really good headhunter would storm your village at sunset with overwhelming force and cut off your head with a ceremonial knife.

americans, and reddit mouthbreathers specifically have never been able to separate:

Washington DC - the great city to live in

and

Washington DC - THE SWAMP

so this sub gets a lot of topical discussion from incel dipshits that live in their parents' idaho basements

i remember guys arguing with me about like, seth rich's route home who very obviously have never visited the east coast of the united states much less DC specifically

hell we had multiple fake news influence campaigns in this sub during the BLM protests - anyone remember the day that all these fake accounts were pouring in to say that the federal government shut off internet / cell data downtown one night?

never been to koite, maybe you can try spicy water and report back

/inserts rape van driving around downtown grabbing dudes

www.fox5dc.com/news/man-forced-into-van-sexually-assaulted-by-group.amp

Always be ready, people crazy and they're everywhere

Edit: I lied, there is no danger and don't be ready because it's fake news and safety is had because other people are around to protect you...lol, jfc. Oh and if there IS danger men are fine and statistics that show otherwise, also fake news. And people who come at you hard about your privilege have no privilege of their own, also no matter what statistics say. Remember, if you don't agree, it's fake. <3

What a sick fuck

Any idea how it compares to Koite?

I will upvote that every say

I have a very good friend who has a house in Capitol Hill. When his wife got posted to the state deparments foreign service they stated renting for around 3k a month. After 3 years they got the offer to have their home rented by a voucher recipient and are now getting $5k a month. Keep in mind this is on top of the money they get from the federal government to supplement their mortgage while they’re overseas AND they have free housing overseas in addition to the absurdly generous benefits of a federal employee in foreign service.

It’s a nice home and they’re providing a safe and clean place for a family to live so I don’t blame them for taking it, but it pisses me off that at the state and federal level, waste and lack of oversight are so rampant.

This is why I wish republicans would stop being a party of hate and counter identity politics and get back to addressing problems like this so the parties could balance each other out again.

Just fucking why do people do this?

I'm the WUSA9 reporter who's been looking at lead in playgrounds for the past four years. Long story short, one playground at Parkview Rec Center near Bruce-Monroe Elementary was closed by DCPS & DGS for 470ppm of lead. 400ppm is the federal limit. The other playgrounds there passed the lead test. DC government blames the lead on the surround environment. Back in 2019 and 2020, we gather the recycled tire crumb rubber that forms the playground mats and The Ecology Center out of Michigan said the crumbs itself tested high for lead. Some parents we interviewed say it's time to replace the recycled tires with mulch or something more natural. I can try to answer any redditor questions.

I don't think people recognize that landlords and developers are assuming the responsibility and risk of developing higher density housing as opposed to the city building exclusively low-income housing. It's better to blend people with low-income into the community so that they can benefit from the infrastructure and resources that come with a higher incoming earning population.

That's the whole reason DC's strategy is to get developers to offer a percentage of their housing as low income in exchange for grants and tax breaks. This even helps old people who owns homes cash out on the equity of their home and move into something they can afford.

You guys want DC to handle housing? They built a park in my neighborhood on land they already owned and they paid the contractors over half a million dollars for a simple playground. The ANC's wanted a million.

If you are a DC landlord you cannot discriminate on source of income, credit score, criminal history. Sure the rent is guaranteed but so long as they are under the HCVP. If you want to evict someone for non compliance in dc it takes about 6-12 months.

Complain as much as you want but their is a housing shortage in DC and I can tell you I rented a property and I would say about 90% of the inquiries were HCVP and there were about 200 inquiries. That's a ton of people on HCVP looking for homes and they are often looking for housing for 4 people or greater. HCVP also does not pay as much as market rates in the area. There are a ton of people looking for homes and only developers are willing to undertake the risk of HCVP because they have the scale to do it.

There's so much licensing crap you have to do just for 1 unit, if they made it easier and shortened the court process in case something adverse happens then more landlords will sign up for HCVP. Out of the 31,744 affordable units and 790 housing providers in HCVP there are only 227 providers with 1-2 units and only provide 322 units.

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The people that ran Charcoal Town were so nice and I hope they are doing well. That being said, glad there is another restaurant in the space. Thanks, OP….I’ll have to check it out.

Yes, presumably it's better than sleeping on cold concrete in the rain. Still doesn't make it a humane living situation.

When you go through HCVP you need to go through both the BBL inspection and HCVP inspection. Landlords can't just do whatever they want. Once you start adding multiple units they have start getting rent control from DC.