This being said I just couldn't let the statement past, but I have no basis for comparing DC to Philly and very little to NY. However, I don't agree that any big city is dangerous. There are quite a few cities with the same population as DC where I would happily go for a stroll at night. Houston and San Antonio come to mind and so do Albuquerque and Portland OR, though I will grant you that the latter two are probably somewhat smaller.
If we are talking about doing business... I have to admit that Mike's post arrived more or less sui generis in my inbox, and I wondered what he was talking about... the DC government gives new meaning to the term "criminal enterprise" :)
Dana
>come on... DC's neighborhoods and people aren't that bad if you stay in the
>OK parts of town... and neither is New York. I am originally from New York
>but grew-up in Philadelphia during my teenage years and very early twenties,
>and then I lived and partied in DC until severalmonths ago. Quite honestly,
>there's no such thing as a big city with nothing but safe neighborhoods. If
>I had to rate cities in terms of danger, DC is definitely more dangerous
>than New York but Philadelphia is by far more dangerous than DC. If we're
>talking about doing business and not getting ripped-off (which is what I
>believe the original topic was) then I'd say you're least likely to get
>ripped-off in Philladelphia, then DC, and most ikely to get ripped off by a
>shop-owner in NY. That said, if you're a sucker then you're just as likely
>to et ripped-off in any city and if you've got common sense then you'll most
>likely be fine anywhere. Damn, all this talk about rough neighborhoods
>makes me miss Philly.
>
>~Simon
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 30 November 2003 13:34
> To: CF-Community
> Subject: Re: CF-Community: Digest every 8 hours
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>
> whoa.
>
> This is the DC I know? Where a woman got shot driving her children home
> from choir practice because she made the mistake of being on North Capitol
> Steet when two drug dealers decided to have it out? The land of the
> three-hour rush hour? You *are* kidding, right? Take a nice stroll around
> Howard University or Johns Hopkins Hospital at midnight and then come tell
> me how sane the population is :)
>
> Dana
>
> > > I would also suggest staying away from NYC, nothing by freaks,
>zombies,
> > > theives, junkies and gorillas up there. Been ripped off every time I
> > > have dealt with someone from NYC. Boston, Baltimore, or DC are much
> > > nicer places to visit, cost less, and have fewer sociopaths per capita
> > > in relation to the overall population of crazy Americans.
> >
> >
>
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