no they are not. I picked them because they are adjacent to downtown. The worst is .. hm, hard to say, but maybe Central and Texas or thereabouts. Or perhaps Westgate, just for sheer desolation. But most of those people own their homes. You really need a definition of bad. Where I am right now off Bridge and Isleta would probably qualify by Albuquerque conventional wisdom, but I kind of like that it's an old neighborhood and the bosque is right there. Plus the 50's Dairy Queen is amusing...
But nobody is going to wander into the war zone up Central looking for historical landmarks. Which was my main point, friendly advice to someone I did not know knew DC. Watch out where you step, because people did and still do get shot a block or two from historical landmarks. So when you are pushing your kids around in their strollers, it's probaby good to stick to frequented areas in daylight. I think I do ok in street situations. I've been in a lot of them and for example seen a lot of stupid white kids get into trouble on drug runs. Saying something is dangerous does not mean don't do it (tho really, buying drugs on the street imho is pretty dumb...) I spent a lot of time looking around New Orleans when I was there, and got to see a lot of different versions of the place. So it's not that it didnt kick in DC ;p unless you are saying I should have repelled the attempted carjacking of my taxi with my mindpowers ;) I did however use my knowledge of the place to get my hotel for about a hundred bucks a night cheaper. Larry is an ass who thinks he knows DC because he lives in a townhouse in a subdivison fifty miles away in another state ;p Also, it really upsets him when people tell him he isn't omniscient. You, well, at least you listen. We hear all the time in Albuquerque what a dangerous place it is, which I think is hysterical. No it's not, unless you buy drugs or have sex for money or do some serious Mad Dog behind the gas station at San Mateo and Zuni ;) Maybe it's a little dangerous if you're 19 and hang out at skate parks or perhaps big dance clubs. Shrug. Almost all of the violence that is going to happen in the state happens here, just because it is the transportation hub and the closest thing to a big city in the state. (it isn't really, you know. It's medium at best.) But that is what I think gets our per capita up, that and some wierd charging patterns. Personally, I don't think it's child abuse to run a stop sign with a chid in the car, but people do get charged with it and want to bet whether that get as counted as violent crime? There's no comparing it to the hopelessness in the bad parts of some other cities. Not just DC; that's just the example I know in detail. New Orleans definitely hits some of the same notes. New York and Philadelphia probably do too, but I haven't really done more than drive through NYC and I have only been semi-close to Philadelphia once. I have spent way too much time on Larry's delusions now; I'll go see if I can see the moon fromthis side of the building. Thanks for the heads up. On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:57 AM, denstar <[email protected]> wrote: > > Did I miss the 24hr mark? ;) > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 5:18 AM, Dana<[email protected]> wrote: > > > > well you know, I have never met you so I dunno where you stand > ethnically, > > Ethnically, I'm whiter than white-bread. Hair gets pretty blonde in > the sun. Eyes as blue as... well, something blue. > > I've been to DC a few times*, even ending up (read: lost) in > neighborhoods where my experiences here came in handy. > > There's all kinds of body-language and stuff that goes on, ja know? > > Didn't run into any trouble. But I'm also unnaturally lucky... > > I wouldn't be surprised if your brain knows a lot of the body-language > and whatnot, if only subconsciously, after the life you've led. Tho > if that were true, it'd've kicked in in DC too... hrm. > > Eh. > > I like to think about stuff like that. It's for sure a factor, tho > folk don't seem to give it much weight. > > "didn't explain subtlety well" -- Heh! I like that sentence. I > *think* I read you right, and I wasn't saying you were wrong, really. > My perceptions are susceptible the same as anyone's, if that makes > sense. > > Ten miles from downtown is a stretch tho, you gotta know. If you > don't, you're lucky too. =] > > Barelas and MT are not the worst places here-- don't know how good the > comparison is, since I wouldn't know the worst in DC (even if I was in > 'em). > > [self-snip of stuff I wrote, that didn't do much] > > Basically, it comes down to this (no matter where you are): > > Be aware of your surroundings. Hell, just Be Aware. > > I've enjoyed *everywhere* I've gone**. From tiny sleepy towns around > NM to big wide-awake party towns like New Orleans. > > *See all the historical crap & don't bet someone who says they know > where you got 'dem shoes. > > **jail wasn't the most fun I'd had > > -- > A good phrase may outweigh a poor library. > --Thomas W. Higginson > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:301504 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
