DCist: EveryBlock Launches D.C. Version

TripleE

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:28:06 -0500

@Hillman: Looks like someone did their magic. . . http://dc.everyblock.com/locations/neighborhoods/swampoodle/ I love you guys. All of you. Seriously. ~EEE~

TripleE

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:22:58 -0500

Ah hell. . . My zip code lies all of a block from DC, but they won't cover it[0]. So, I typed in the zip for the District side, and realized that. . . Friendship Heights is pretty damned boring on either side of Western Avenue. Ohhh, someone voted for Chadwick's on Yelp again. ~EEE~ [0] Yes, I live in the 'burbs, but I'm on the metro, and can walk into the city. All the benefits, and I get to vote. Wheee!

Bill

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 19:54:52 -0500

Disappointed that even the violent felonies on the chart didn't come complete with narratives -- curious if this is random violence or just a family that runs around the neighborhood knifing each other.

Hillman

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:07:48 -0500

"I fired off an email to get them to change "R.L.A. (SW)" to "Southwest Waterfront" and they changed it within an hour. Not bad." Could you get them to change NOMA to Swampoodle?

Moose

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:46:14 -0500

I'll give them props for quick response - I fired off an email to get them to change "R.L.A. (SW)" to "Southwest Waterfront" and they changed it within an hour. Not bad.

AMDCer

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:11:53 -0500

Now I remember why I don't have a car. Almost all of the listings for my 'hood are about "theft from unoccupied vehicle".

monkeyrotica

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:58:00 -0500

Yeah, I got yr "downward dog" RIGHT HERE, buddy. [Points at dog doing yoga.]

HCE

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:31:29 -0500

This is an AWESOME tool for my stalking hobby. Thanks, DCist!

Reid

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:19:48 -0500

Yeah monkey, I totally feel you. Those monsters have been treading into my neighborhood terrorizing us with their free yoga lessons. I swear to god, if I get stopped in a dark alley with another gratis instruction on the downward facing dog, I'm going to move to Mannasas. At least they know how to charge for shit out there.

monkeyrotica

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:01:04 -0500

This is a laff riot! I typed in my old ZIP Code and was instantly reminded of why I don't live there anymore: -Neighborhood meeting on shooting -Terrible Shooting at 14th and Fairmont -Summer Restaurant Death Reel -Police Searching for bank robber -FREE YOGA LESSONS! -21 Crime Listings -43 Calls for City Services God forbid they ever get a bridge-and-tunnel version. There'd be nothing there to post except, "Area White Man Enjoys, Causes The Blues".

tomaloisi

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:44:32 -0500

Oh my god. I'm hooked. It's my new crack.

Invisible Sun

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:26:43 -0500

love it -- and glad to see suburbanites get dissed, as well they should... ;-)

MahoganyShip

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:19:59 -0500

Great. Now I have proof that my zip code is the lamest in the city.

Moose

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:19:15 -0500

Well, that's kinda boring (for "R.L.A. (SW)" - whatever the heck that's supposed to mean). Lots of crime reports, lots of reports of calls for city services, and a couple pictures of the fish market. *yawns*

needlessspaces

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:55:52 -0500

I entered my lovely arlington zip code 22209 and got the message LOUD AND CLEAR, EveryBlock, thank you "This may be a suburban or otherwise non-Washington ZIP" - I hear the disdain. EveryBlock drank the haterade.