tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977280860329524557.post411594643571293506..comments2009-10-29T17:35:44.394-04:00Ellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05761728057677671128elle.gitlin@gmail.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977280860329524557.post-65560671928580784032009-10-29T17:35:44.394-04:002009-10-29T17:35:44.394-04:00racial slurs are a sure sign of a deep person.<br />way to be anon 10:18! nothing like a good bigot.<br /><br />also, the blame the victim mentality is quite warm hearted. nothing to say about the mugger?<br /><br />personally i&#39;m sorry the person was mugged. to me thats far worse than an off-handed comment about feeling unsafe and a not well thought out solution. whats worse for our neighborhood? i know the answer for me. and i know that people that insult victims are part of the problem.fadgadgetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977280860329524557.post-85259418812016502522009-10-28T10:18:00.649-04:002009-10-28T10:18:00.649-04:00God, this is why i hate gentrification. Fucking crackers!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977280860329524557.post-33702264901120357522009-10-27T11:38:35.438-04:002009-10-27T11:38:35.438-04:00This is appallingly socially tone-deaf. If you want absolute safety, live in Crystal City. Oh, what&#39;s that? You don&#39;t want to? Crystal City is expensive and mind-numbingly boring? <br /><br />When you enter a neighborhood you take the good and the bad. There are great things here, not the least of which being the cost of living. While that is going up every day, I guarantee your apartment or house wouldn&#39;t be as big or nice in a safer part of the city. That&#39;s just the basic reality of why gentrification happens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977280860329524557.post-50704344894612680142009-10-25T20:02:32.401-04:002009-10-25T20:02:32.401-04:00That&#39;s idiotic. Putting up a gate in the middle of the city? It&#39;s unfeasible and given the nasty and racist connotations associated with gating in DC communities (LeDroit Park), I think it sends a very bad message to people within and outside our neighborhood.<br /><br />I sympathize with the crime concerns, as I&#39;m sure everyone in the neighborhood does. However, Throwing up walls, literally and metaphorically, is not the way to approach solving this issue.Pathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10507339881803446012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977280860329524557.post-54839708525462893172009-10-22T17:41:27.291-04:002009-10-22T17:41:27.291-04:00My eyes also widened a bit when I read that comment on the listserv. I understand the fear and unhappiness the original commenter at the crime in the neighborhood -- I share it and sadly am also quite cautious after dark. But it is impossible to gate Bloomingdale for the reasons you listed and others (does she notice the problem of this troubled bus stop laying within a gated community? Sort of defeats the purpose), as well as that it is also rooted in some pretty nasty assumptions. I love that Bloomingdale is charming, quiet and friendly, but also very much a part of the city. I&#39;m new to the neighborhood, and I am happy to have found a great spot -- I want to become more a part of its community, not make a huge sweeping alteration to its profile. I do not know how long the commenter has been in the neighborhood, but it certainly seems to reek of the worst bits of gentrification. (Side note: to be honest, I&#39;m not sure why Scott Roberts publishes some of the things he receives, when they are much more about being inflammatory than creating a helpful dialogue.)Beckynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3977280860329524557.post-81919829598548295072009-10-22T14:46:46.645-04:002009-10-22T14:46:46.645-04:00many nearby public housing projects are gated communities.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com