Author Topic: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad  (Read 6840 times)

Fiona

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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #30 on: October 26, 2004, 02:25:00 pm »
I don't think it's a particularly unsafe area, certainly not as bad as parts of SE. Car breaks ins are a risk of urban life. They can happen anywhere, even in what some people consider safe, upscale, neighborhoods. My friend's car was broken into on 19th near S, which most people would consider safer than the area around the 9:30 Club. Obviously, the risk is greater later at night when shows take place when less people are around. I never drive anywhere at night. I always take Metro or a taxi.

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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #31 on: October 26, 2004, 02:27:00 pm »
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Originally posted by econo:
  Let's not get into this.
oh, but let's!  again!  let's talk about how bikes are better than cars, then get nasty replies from the car crowd!  let's talk about how city livin' is superior and then get replies whining about how expensive it is!  oh, it's so much fun...
 
 but seriously, folks-- one disturbing thing in this thread, IMHO:
 we're not delineating between *property* damage and personal harm.
 Might your stuff get stolen?  Yes.  But you weren't hurt.  Your stuff is replaceable, you're not.  There's a good chance your stuff might get stolen, but the chances of you being hurt are about zero in the U Street corridor these days.  And that's a good thing.
 
 All I can say is, if you really need my stuff, take it.  But when folks start getting hurt, that's reason for concern.

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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #32 on: October 26, 2004, 02:47:00 pm »
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 All I can say is, if you really need my stuff, take it.
Could you post your address?

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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #33 on: October 26, 2004, 02:57:00 pm »
I live in Arlington / Rosslyn and I ALWAYS take a taxi . I call it  " cabbing and tabbing."
 
 That takes care of many issues...no car, no drunk driving, no parking, no hassles. It's ALWAYS worth the extra money.

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« Reply #34 on: October 26, 2004, 03:07:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Fico:
  what a shite neighborhood..it's gotten to the point where I don't invite friends to my band's gigs at DC9 or Velvet out of fear they'll break into their cars..
 
huh?!? "it's gotten to the point"?!? ... that area has improved immensely in just the last few years, anyone with eyes can see that ... [/b]
I've been attending and playing shows in the U st. area for a good five years. I'd have to say that with my own eyes I have seen more than a dozen broken car windows...that is something I can not say of any other neighborhood in DC, granted I practically never leave NW...I don't undertand why some people seem to take this personally and try to deny the fact of the matter...this is by no means the 9:30's, Velvet's, DC9's, etc  doing, it's just a fact of life in this specific area of the district. If your car has never been broken into, if you have never seen a car with a freshly broken window, fine, great.. but don't argue with those who've seen it or have had it happen to them, as if its something we are trying to make up...

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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #35 on: October 26, 2004, 03:09:00 pm »
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Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
 
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Does your friend have a tendency to leave things in plain view inside his car? [/b]
Which street you park on around here doesn't really matter if you leave a bunch of stuff visible inside your car. Just don't give them a reason.

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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #36 on: October 26, 2004, 03:15:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Fico:
  as if its something we are trying to make up...
On my walk to work along 16th st I used to see, a couple of new broken windows each morning.... As time went on it stopped happening. The areas of N.W. I go to have gotten a lot better in the last 5 years.
 
 But nowhere is safe, I mean the waiter from Annies got killed near Dupont Circle only a few weeks back. Someone was shot on 14th an W last week.
 
 The tape adaptor in the car is a signal to theives that the glove box might contain a nice new CD player or something better. It is stupid to leave anything that even hints at monetry value in plain site if you leave your car on the street, anywhere.

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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #37 on: October 26, 2004, 03:42:00 pm »
I've been attending shows at 9:30 on a regular basis now for the past six years.  On my first few visits there, I was a bit tentative about my surroundings since everything in that vicinity was new to me.  However, now that I am used to going to the club, I really don't have any problems.  I've never had my car broken into or any damage at all done to my car.  Normally what I do is any cd's or anything else that could be considered valuable, I stash under my seats.  The only thing that sticks out is the sun shield for my windshield that stays rolled up in my backseat.  
 
 Now I do have to admit, that I did get a little freaked out when I left the club early Sat. morning and 8th and V were taped off with patrol cars there for whatever happened.  That was the first time in six years that I was a little uneasy about being around there.
 
 No matter what, there really isn't any place safe these days.  And it's been like that far before 9/11 (before anyone hits that tangent).  You have to watch what you do, and do the best you can to enjoy life.  Anything can happen, anywhere, from the burbs, to the country, to the city.  It doesn't matter.

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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #38 on: October 26, 2004, 05:01:00 pm »
I find the area around the club safe and getting safer. I always park on the 8th street.
 
 But I'm definitely down with the whole idea of taking the metro there and cabbing back. No more worrying about DUIs. After all, you never know when a friendly bartender will entice you with vodka shots. And I just can't say no....  :)

kill

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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #39 on: October 26, 2004, 05:22:00 pm »
You fools!  Have you forgotten the enticement of the Swiffer?  Yes the neighborhoods not good, no neighborhood in dc is...i've seen several broken windows in georgetown too.  The bottom line is, if I need your swiffer, I'm takin' that shit, and if I have to get into you car to do it, be that in georgetown, SE or the U street corridor, then with god as my witness, I WILL!  And then I will have a dust free home.  And you will be ridden with the mites of hell and sneeze uncontrolably.

Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #40 on: October 26, 2004, 05:33:00 pm »
I think you should be worrying  about killing people more than you should be worried about getting caught for a dui.
 
 
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Originally posted by xcanuck:
  I find the area around the club safe and getting safer. I always park on the 8th street.
 
 But I'm definitely down with the whole idea of taking the metro there and cabbing back. No more worrying about DUIs. After all, you never know when a friendly bartender will entice you with vodka shots. And I just can't say no....   :)  

HoyaSaxa03

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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #41 on: October 26, 2004, 07:44:00 pm »
dude, I'm not taking this personally and I'm not denying the fact that you've seen broken car windows ...
 
 i AM quibbling with your statements that a) the neighborhood is "shite" and has "gotten to the point" where you tell your friends not to come
 
 the neighborhood is fine, and it has gotten and is getting much much better than it ever was.
 
 
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Originally posted by Fico:
  what a shite neighborhood..it's gotten to the point where I don't invite friends to my band's gigs at DC9 or Velvet out of fear they'll break into their cars..
 
huh?!? "it's gotten to the point"?!? ... that area has improved immensely in just the last few years, anyone with eyes can see that ... [/b]
I've been attending and playing shows in the U st. area for a good five years. I'd have to say that with my own eyes I have seen more than a dozen broken car windows...that is something I can not say of any other neighborhood in DC, granted I practically never leave NW...I don't undertand why some people seem to take this personally and try to deny the fact of the matter...this is by no means the 9:30's, Velvet's, DC9's, etc  doing, it's just a fact of life in this specific area of the district. If your car has never been broken into, if you have never seen a car with a freshly broken window, fine, great.. but don't argue with those who've seen it or have had it happen to them, as if its something we are trying to make up... [/b]
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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #42 on: October 26, 2004, 08:21:00 pm »
Originally posted by HoyaSaxa03:
 
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dude, I'm not taking this personally and I'm not denying the fact that you've seen broken car windows ...
 
 i AM quibbling with your statements that a) the neighborhood is "shite" and has "gotten to the point" where you tell your friends not to come
 
 the neighborhood is fine, and it has gotten and is getting much much better than it ever was
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Re: 9:30=good, neighborhood=bad
« Reply #43 on: October 26, 2004, 08:26:00 pm »
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Originally posted by kill:
  Have you forgotten the enticement of the Swiffer?
In the burbs, they'll take your car stereo, your tires and put your car on blocks. When my car was broken into in DC, they took nothing -- not the cds, stereo, or coats. However, they did take two advil tablets and some gum that were inside a coat pocket.

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« Reply #44 on: October 26, 2004, 08:56:00 pm »
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Originally posted by Sugartastic Tee Silk:
   However, they did take two advil tablets and some gum that were inside a coat pocket.
That wasn't a regular thief...just a hipster with a headache.  :D