Mellon and MLK … Southeast DC

DC_Dude

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I know someone that lives in that development. Surprised they haven't posted it on Social Media. That is right around the corner from me. This bullshit keeps getting close. Strap up!

Yup. I remember when they were building them joints....That's wild!
 

kirkout

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couldn't pay me to live over there with these animals running around.
Those animals are everywhere now. This shit isnt about “corners” and making money. It’s about internet clout and the bullshit opps culture. These idiots really think they’re playing Fortinite in real life. These idiots should be given 20 - 30 years minimum if no one died and life if the person died with no chance of parole.
 

kirkout

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It’s my Second Amendment right!!! I can’t stand what the traitorous NRA has done to this country. I remember back in the 90’s those cacs couldn’t wait to pass the guns laws that Bush let expire. It was like they wanted to stockpile semiautomatic weaponry while taking them away from the drug dealers. Now that cacs got them they don’t want no gun reform policies. Smh.
 

kdogg3270

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Those animals are everywhere now. This shit isnt about “corners” and making money. It’s about internet clout and the bullshit opps culture. These idiots really think they’re playing Fortinite in real life. These idiots should be given 20 - 30 years minimum if no one died and life if the person died with no chance of parole.
i agree with this.
shit oxon hill, seat pleasant, Benning Rd SE, list goes on and on :smh:
 

Costanza

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This was the top story on the local news immediately after the NBA In-Season Tournament Final last night:


The Pursuit Wine Bar & Kitchen on the H Street Corridor announced it will shut its doors, marking the second business to leave the community in the last month.

The Pursuit Wine Bar & Kitchen had been burglarized five times in just the span of five months, starting in May 2023.

This announcement comes less than a month after Brine Oyster and Seafood House announced they were closing both of their restaurants: one on the H Street Corridor and the other in Dupont Circle.
 

DC_Dude

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This was the top story on the local news immediately after the NBA In-Season Tournament Final last night:


The Pursuit Wine Bar & Kitchen on the H Street Corridor announced it will shut its doors, marking the second business to leave the community in the last month.

The Pursuit Wine Bar & Kitchen had been burglarized five times in just the span of five months, starting in May 2023.

This announcement comes less than a month after Brine Oyster and Seafood House announced they were closing both of their restaurants: one on the H Street Corridor and the other in Dupont Circle.
That's wild
 

Costanza

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That's wild

I feel very safe in DC and my instinct is to reject crime hysteria (as I think is clear from my commentary in this thread)...

But I'm coming to the conclusion that something has to be done about the robberies. Giving thought to the smartest way to do that.

I've seen it in my community but this example really drove the point home. Five times in five months???
 

DC_Dude

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I feel very safe in DC and my instinct is to reject crime hysteria (as I think is clear from my commentary in this thread)...

But I'm coming to the conclusion that something has to be done about the robberies. Giving thought to the smartest way to do that.

I've seen it in my community but this example really drove the point home. Five times in five months???

Yeah I feel you on feeling safe. I am just shocked with all the robbieries on H Street because it's usually some form of police prescence near there and over by that CVS near benning and bladensburg road....

I am going to guess these occur late at night between like 4 am -5am or something man....Just weird, but something has to get done...
 

shinobi

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We had the city for the longest and couldn’t do much with it. Times up. I’m ok with the gentrifiers coming in now.

I’d rather see yoga studios and juice bars than liquor stores and payday loan spots.

I have so many friends who inherited homes in the city and sold them quickly and cheaply that have doubled and and some cases tripled in value from when they were sold in the early 2000’s. I pleaded with them to just rent them out but, growing up in the city, we dreamed of the safety of the suburbs. No one told them they would have 2-3 hour daily commutes . SMH
 

DC_Dude

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We had the city for the longest and couldn’t do much with it. Times up. I’m ok with the gentrifiers coming in now.

I’d rather see yoga studios and juice bars than liquor stores and payday loan spots.
I don’t know how Washingtonians feel because I wasn’t borned in the city but lived over half my life in DC and the DMV, but if Marion Berry would have stayed mayor, DC would have been and even exceeded how people view ATL.

Rhode Island Avenue got a lot of that already which is why I’m not surprised. I saw the change because from 2010 - 2022, I took the train from Rhode Island metro to work everyday.

Had someone argue and say that side of NE is not disreable and I always tell people that part of NE is the most slept on area of DC (may not be the case anymore though).

Ft Lincoln park getting a whole $50 million dollar renovation coming where the old schools use to be.
 

DC_Dude

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I have so many friends who inherited homes in the city and sold them quickly and cheaply that have doubled and and some cases tripled in value from when they were sold in the early 2000’s. I pleaded with them to just rent them out but, growing up in the city, we dreamed of the safety of the suburbs. No one told them they would have 2-3 hour daily commutes . SMH
Yeah my condo by the Costco has doubled since I bought it in 2013. Best investment I ever made, but I’m going to sell that joint next year. Not built to be a landlord even with a property management company lol
 

PlayerR

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Nah, young, these gotta be mormans or some shit
LMAO WTH damn... I'm fucking flabbergasted

Man where have you been? I live in Brookland, which is less than a 10 min drive from Saratoga & white folks have been living over there for awhile. There are more now because of all the condos that are sprouting up around there, then you add in they've kicked the vast majority of the folks out of those low income spots. They still need to clean up or close that liquor store across Rhode Island ave from Montana Ave. That 7-11 next to the laundromat can be wild at times with all the panhandlers.
 

PlayerR

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I don’t know how Washingtonians feel because I wasn’t borned in the city but lived over half my life in DC and the DMV, but if Marion Berry would have stayed mayor, DC would have been and even exceeded how people view ATL.

Rhode Island Avenue got a lot of that already which is why I’m not surprised. I saw the change because from 2010 - 2022, I took the train from Rhode Island metro to work everyday.

Had someone argue and say that side of NE is not disreable and I always tell people that part of NE is the most slept on area of DC (may not be the case anymore though).

Ft Lincoln park getting a whole $50 million dollar renovation coming where the old schools use to be.

We've been thinking about buying a spot in Ft. Lincoln (been seeing a few on the market). But yeah his side of NE has always been a good spot to live with the exception of a couple of pockets.
 

Leatherf7ce

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Man where have you been? I live in Brookland, which is less than a 10 min drive from Saratoga & white folks have been living over there for awhile. There are more now because of all the condos that are sprouting up around there, then you add in they've kicked the vast majority of the folks out of those low income spots. They still need to clean up or close that liquor store across Rhode Island ave from Montana Ave. That 7-11 next to the laundromat can be wild at times with all the panhandlers.
Not too far from you. One block outta DC, in Hyattsville. Familiar with the changes but it's still surprising. I'm from Texas Ave, SE. My auntie did my babysitting after school in River Terrace (what I would've argued was slept on 20yrs ago but unfortunately not anymore. Lotta niggas from Uptown done ran to NE. Don't get me started on what's going on currently on Benning Rd. My nephew still in Paradise/Mayfair I go get him constantly he keep me updated on that side.

Trying to buy my first home in Columbia MD at the end of summer
 
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