June 14, 2007
Go Home Already: Bombs Away
>> A suspicious package at the National Postal Museum next to Union Station caused the area to be evacuated during the lunch rush today. Luckily -- or perhaps, unluckily, if you work for the bomb squad -- the offending package turned out to contain only a soiled diaper. The area was reopened by 1:30 p.m. On behalf of the city, DCist would like to thank you, fearless, put upon bomb squad members, for keeping us safe from this shit. [WaPo]
>> Know someone who just doesn't seem to be able to get over their last break-up? Try taking them up to Canada, where a judge recently ordered a 24-year-old man who suffers from "dependent personality disorder" to spend the next three years girlfriend-less. [CNN.com]
>> After rejecting his request to delay his sentence during an appeal, Scooter Libby has been ordered to begin serving his 30-month sentence within six to eight weeks. [WaPo]
>> The MPD plans to "decentralize" it's Dupont Circle-based Gay Unit. [City Desk]
>> Top Ten tips for newcomers to Petworth. [Prince of Petworth]
Photo of the bomb squad trying to gain entrance to the Postal Museum today by reader and Flickr user Diggin, used by permission. Apparently the man in the bomb suit is throwing up his arms because the doors were locked.
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"I don't walk home from the metro after 10 pm during the week. I know folks who don't walk home after 8 pm but I also know folks who walk home at all hours of the night without incident. So you'll have determine your own comfort level."
MORE LIKE TOP TEN REASONS TO WHITEOUT GEORGIA AVE.
sucks you only wanna encounter a certain type of people in your day..
everyone else in the "blogger world" seems to love this shit, but honestly if you were my neighbor id be extremely bitter, resent this shit, and want you back to where you came from. this article is ridiculous.. its basically just sugests people to do the "new business" fit for the crackers.. and maintain the appearance. this is some bullshit swept under the rug. and this is some yuppie apologia!. bull!!!!
People in Petworth are among the nicest I have ever met in my ten years here in DC.
ohh my fuckin god..
dont move to georgia ave. just dont.
your block might not love you back! an honest no bullshit possiblity. you'll probably just end up at the wonderland or temperance or one other of the new WHITE SPOTS.
lifelong georgia ave resident. fuck the 'new revitalization' fuck gentrification. working persons world; it aint hip and it aint cool.
Oh wow... this is gonna get real good, real fast.
Further proving that the black people in DC are far more racist than the white people...
Just to put things in perspective, imagine if shaggy's comments were posted by a white man, replacing "Georgia Ave" with "Georgetown", and replacing "crackers" with another well known epithet. Actually, you don't need to do even that to see his blatantly segregationist views.
Hey, I live in the Petworth area and there are a few points I would like to disagree with. One is the comment that Petworth is "still developing" and i think it should be noted that its still developing in your sense of development. It has actual been developed as a working class and middle class, mostly African American, neighborhood for years. I think it is fine as that, a residential neighborhood. If you are moving here you arent moving to U street or the new Columbia Heights which are much more gentrified commercial areas this is a residential area. Also the thing about calling the police on drug deals you see, bad call. People might handle business differently than you but oh well live and let live. If you dont like it then dont stick your nose in it. Also about most of the crime occuring after midnight is just not true, the two shootings in the past month to two months in front of my house were around 11 pm. If you are going to move somewhere go somewhere that you are comfortable walking around whenever. If you aren't comfortable walking around Georgia Ave after dark or 10 or midnight then you should reconsider where you live. Also you said take advantage of grocery stores and such in Columbia Heights well how about the Safeway right on Georgia Ave just north of the metro or Murrays around 3500 Georgia ave. Then if you have to go the more gentrified areas to get groceries try some of the locally owned Latino grocery stores on 14th, i forget the name of the one i go to but its big has a good selection of anything you need and has really cheap produce. Finally i just want to say realize that you are moving into an established neighborhood there is no need to change it. It is fine the way it is and I moved here becasue i dont want to live at the forefront of gentrification. Move here adapt and become a part of the neighborhood dont change it.