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**VFOVkZBj** · 09-01-2011, 01:18 PM

When my mom went to the US (she went about 20 years ago tho) she said she thought Washington D.C. was far more intimidating than NYC. Obviously as a White woman she wasn't entering ghettoes, but she said there were dodgy looking Black people in D.C.

20 years ago, Washington DC was very dodgy (I'd know, I was raised there). That's around the time you would see between 400-500 murders annually. This, despite the fact that DC had approx, 600,000 people (400 murders for example, would be the equivalent of 66.7 homicides per 100,000 inha.―that's well above the median average).

Demographically, DC then, was also very different than it is now. Between 1970 and 2000, DC was ~71.0% and 60.0% black respectively (mostly AfrAm). As of 2011, the number's dipped to under 50% (with the number of Africans and west indians becoming increasingly more relevant than AfrAms―though AAs are still the majority).

But I gotta be honest, most of the crime/violent crime occurring in late 80s/early 90s DC was concentrated on the notorious southside (east of the Anacostia). I'm talking like more than three-quarters of the murders would happen in the southeast quadrant. More specifically, the bulk of the killings would happen in between wards 7 (Naylor Gardens) and wards 8 (Barry Farm and Washington Highlands). Another notable difference in those days, was the number of times a homicide would go unsolved. Almost nobody went to prison for killing someone in those days, because no one was willing to talk. At the end of 1991 for example, only some 50 percent of the homicides that occurred in Washington had been solved. Just to clarify something, that's on the year, that doesn't include the number of times a witness would get cold feet and refuse to testify in court (usually allowing the killer to walk free).

Nowadays, with the increase in snitching, it's almost impossible to commit murder and get away with it. Which has made present-day DC criminals MUCH less brazen. That being said, I was raised in the northwest of the city (which was also very black) and I never had any problems. Your mom's just a pussy.

09-01-2011, 01:18 PM	#29
VFOVkZBj Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 411 Senior Member	When my mom went to the US (she went about 20 years ago tho) she said she thought Washington D.C. was far more intimidating than NYC. Obviously as a White woman she wasn't entering ghettoes, but she said there were dodgy looking Black people in D.C. 20 years ago, Washington DC was very dodgy (I'd know, I was raised there). That's around the time you would see between 400-500 murders annually. This, despite the fact that DC had approx, 600,000 people (400 murders for example, would be the equivalent of 66.7 homicides per 100,000 inha.―that's well above the median average). Demographically, DC then, was also very different than it is now. Between 1970 and 2000, DC was ~71.0% and 60.0% black respectively (mostly AfrAm). As of 2011, the number's dipped to under 50% (with the number of Africans and west indians becoming increasingly more relevant than AfrAms―though AAs are still the majority). But I gotta be honest, most of the crime/violent crime occurring in late 80s/early 90s DC was concentrated on the notorious southside (east of the Anacostia). I'm talking like more than three-quarters of the murders would happen in the southeast quadrant. More specifically, the bulk of the killings would happen in between wards 7 (Naylor Gardens) and wards 8 (Barry Farm and Washington Highlands). Another notable difference in those days, was the number of times a homicide would go unsolved. Almost nobody went to prison for killing someone in those days, because no one was willing to talk. At the end of 1991 for example, only some 50 percent of the homicides that occurred in Washington had been solved. Just to clarify something, that's on the year, that doesn't include the number of times a witness would get cold feet and refuse to testify in court (usually allowing the killer to walk free). Nowadays, with the increase in snitching, it's almost impossible to commit murder and get away with it. Which has made present-day DC criminals MUCH less brazen. That being said, I was raised in the northwest of the city (which was also very black) and I never had any problems. Your mom's just a pussy.
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