Looking for housing in the District is normally always a challenge, especially if you’re a newcomer to D.C. There’s no exact science. Foreign neighborhoods with odd sounding names! Fears that where you’re looking will be in a bad corner of the city! There’s that whole quadrant thing and then you get advice on how if you don’t get a place near the Red Line, your social life in the capital will cease to function! Because how will you get to Dupont to meet your friends!?!? So many choices … so many complications if you’re new to the capital.

We were forwarded this Craigslist posting with this description: “Room for rent in hip rowhouse in a very dangerous area of DC.” All for $1000 a month. Let’s let the ad speak for itself.