Review of Washington, District of Columbia


Great fun, as long as you avoid being out at night
Star Rating - 11/8/2006
DC/MD/VA was a tough place to live, especially for a single white female. It's a decent place during the day, but I wouldn't reccomend going anywhere at night unless you're with a large group. In the first two weeks of living in DC, I was mugged 3 times, threatened by hoodlums, and witnessed 2 holdups at the same convenience store.
Advice? Visit DC during the day, get out before nightfall, and make your life in Virginia or North Carolina. Much safer.
Lily | Short Pump, VA
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Why are you making DC seem like such a bad place? The problem with you is that you are to paranoid and the "hoodlums" as you call them can tell that you are not from the DMV area. I happen to have been born in DC and have lived here for my entire life. I am a black 13 year old and have never been mugged or robbed. The way you make our city sound is so terrible and you need to stop because that is very offensive to people that live in DC that are not committing any crimes. There are so many more places in the US that are so much worse than DC. So in conclusion, I would like it very much if you would stop giving a bad name to my city. Thank you.
Lapries | Washington, DC | Report Abuse

Why are you making DC seem like such a bad place? The problem with you is that you are to paranoid and the "hoodlums" as you call them can tell that you are not from the DMV area. I happen to have been born in DC and have lived here for my entire life. I am a black 13 year old and have never been mugged or robbed. The way you make our city sound is so terrible and you need to stop because that is very offensive to people that live in DC that are not committing any crimes. There are so many more places in the US that are so much worse than DC. So in conclusion, I would like it very much if you would stop giving a bad name to my city. Thank you.
Lapries | Washington, DC | Report Abuse
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