July 13, 2006
What, Us Worry?
If you're like me, the recent criminal activity has been cause for concern about the state of the city, but it hasn't changed much about your daily life. I take well-lit routes home from bars, always lock my doors, and wear bright colors, and frankly, that's all I can do, aside from moving out into the country, which comes with its own hazards, like meth labs and bears. In the end, we have to go on with our lives; there's too much wrong with the world to spend all one's time worrying about just one thing.
Still, some problems occupy a larger share of the time we spend fearfully obsessing than others, and we'd like to know what, for you all, those things are. Enter today's DCist quiz, in which we ask: what about D.C. scares you most?
Picture taken by Rich Renomeron.
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Republicans.
Bears are godless killing machines, eating their way up the food chain, and we must guard our honey pots and seek new picnic basket technology or risk them running through our cities like so many berry patches.
1. The gentrification.
2. The speed of redevelopment.
3. The loss of good record stores.
4. The loss of good bars.
5. The loss of good DJ nights.
6. The outmigration of artists and designers.
If those bears find their way into those meth labs, we're all fucked.
Finding an affordable house that won't require commuting from West Virginia.
Do bright colors really deter crime?
Does a would-be criminal think to himself,
I WAS going to brain her with a hubcap and steal her dental fillings, but she was wearing DAY-GLO!
That playing the race card and participating in ignorant race-baiting is considered rational and acceptable civic discourse.
Bravo, SCS!
Ryan's brightly-colored wardrobe means that his almost-lifeless carcass stands a much better chance of being found than my first girlfriend's almost-lifeless carcass. This is especially important on 9 1/2th Street, because it could take the EMTs a good three days to figure out where it is.
citizens comfortable with their indifference to the poor and homeless
DC churches scare me.
And DC1974...judging by your posts, I'd say you're a gentifier. Why the self-fear?
Also, lately the dcist server scares me.
Not knowing my order when I walk into Breadline at noon and the guy behind the counter is yelling at me.
i'm scared of that grilled fish from yetserday. the one with the eye-sockets.
So DC1974, what you're saying is that gays and lesbians scare you.
1. Summer interns
2. My rent
3. The lack of smart development in Virginia (do we REALLY need another high rise condo in courthouse?)
4. Driving on the Beltway in the rain
That at any moment, on my various running routes through NW and NE D.C. I could randomly be pummeled by 10 or little children waiting in the dark, and they run away laughing as I lie on the sidewalk and people sitting on their porches sit and stare...and do nothing.
worse, I could be wearing day-glo clothing too!
1. Those robot-like interns on the Hill.
2. Fleeing DCers (Or Washingtonian Magazine) will discover my unique VA (yes, VA) neighborhood.
3. Haughty, I'm-such-a-beacon-of-shining-equality responses designed to make the previous responders feel like their selfish desire to not be beaten, robbed or killed is responsible for all that is wrong with our society.
Dogs with bees in their mouths
Dogs with bees in their mouths
your server sucks
Falling asleep on the Metro, only to wake up and find all the lights out and the creepy "No Passengers" sign as my destination.....
1. The addlepated dunderhead in the White House.
2. Tyson's Corner.
3. The widespread ignorance of the existence of turn signals.
4. Humidity.
5. Most of Virginia, come to think. Exceptions can be made for parts of Arlington and Alexandria.
6. People who drink martinis.
7. People who drink Budweiser.
8. Chinatown's many traditional Chinese merchants, like Clyde's of Georgetown, Lucky Strike Bowling Lanes, Ann Taylor Loft, Ruby Tuesdays, Fuddruckers and Zaytinya.
What is this neighborhood you speak of, Nicole?
Um, Logan, WTF?
Snakehead fish.
Snakehead fish.
The complete lack of security on the Metro.
the biggest gap between classes of rich and poor than any other city in the united states