LeoMarius t1_j2bog20 wrote
Reply to comment by High_DC in ABC News: "Washington, DC, records back-to-back years with 200 murders for 1st time in nearly 20 years" by Swampoodle1984
A lot of people left DC because they were teleworking and not originally from here. That made many neighborhoods empty that were normally bustling with activity. Homeless camps set up and made the area less safe than when there were people regularly walking around.
They are just starting to come back to the area because offices are reopening.
harkuponthegay t1_j2c08x2 wrote
>made the area less safe than when there were people regularly walking around.
Homeless people are people though. (??)
If the homeless encampments are there then there are probably people who live there that are walking around.
To be honest I don’t think that homeless encampments had much of an effect on the homicide rate, nor do they make an area inherently less safe— there’s no reason to be afraid of homeless people, they aren’t some boogeyman—they’re no more violent than the rest of us.
You may not like them aesthetically, but they are not dangerous. It’s not the homeless who are running around shooting each other over petty gang conflicts.
LeoMarius t1_j2c0hpm wrote
Funny, because I got mugged by one. Must have been my imagination.
harkuponthegay t1_j2c1lu4 wrote
I doubt that you knew the housing situation of the person who mugged you (assuming you’re not just making shit up).
Did that happen in DC or back in university park Maryland?
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