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Laelth

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42. Please keep your words in your own mouth.

Sun Jun 9, 2013, 10:01 AM

Jun 2013

I am not "excusing" anything. I was, I thought, explaining what I see as one of the root causes of urban decay, violence, and theft.

Are you suggesting that poverty is not a problem in the US? Do you disagree with my belief that we tolerate too much poverty in this country?

Frankly, I'm just not sure where you're coming from--unless you're defending the original poster from remarks that you consider "insensitive," and, honestly, I worried about that before I posted my comments. My intent was not to offend anyone, but I do believe that we get the society we pay for. If we really cared about poverty, I think we'd throw a lot more money at the problem.

-Laelth

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OK. I've had about as much as I can stand living in DC [View all] DCKit Jun 2013 OP

Wow that is rough. dkf Jun 2013 #1

I hear ya quinnox Jun 2013 #2

OMG. No way in hell you should put up with that. I've put with stuff like that. I had to move. freshwest Jun 2013 #3

It's DC. It may be a while. DCKit Jun 2013 #6

I don't guess you were able to get pictures of the little angels, did you? freshwest Jun 2013 #17

No kidding. DCKit Jun 2013 #23

VERY sorry, DC. elleng Jun 2013 #4

4Th and M SW, half a block from Waterfront Metro. DCKit Jun 2013 #5

Damn. elleng Jun 2013 #7

I used to live there!! Capital Park Twin Towers. I now live in MD and work at HUD. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2013 #10

Waterside Towers! elleng Jun 2013 #11

Jeez, so you know some of it..... DCKit Jun 2013 #14

Gotta say I'm glad you can't keep it in DC. elleng Jun 2013 #19

Okay, the Safeway will have film, no? This might put an end to this... freshwest Jun 2013 #22

I occasionally shopped at that Safeway when I worked on Capitol Hill... WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2013 #15

Took my newborn daughter there 28 years ago, showed her: 'This is an apple!' elleng Jun 2013 #20

Aww. That's around when... WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2013 #25

Yup, and DC auto inspections on Half Street (I think,) elleng Jun 2013 #28

Do you mean a two-story club in a warehouse at 1824 Half St SW Laughing Mirror Jun 2013 #47

That must be it... definitely a warehouse. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2013 #50

It's gotten worse in the past year or so Recursion Jun 2013 #8

Damn, where do you live? Come live here in Silver Spring with me! Cost of living is cheaper. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2013 #9

Right. Silver Spring, elleng Jun 2013 #12

Not far from me. I'm nearest Forest Glen. Liberal_Stalwart71 Jun 2013 #13

Hmm. It's a Silver Spring party. Chan790 Jun 2013 #31

i used to live in silver spring just off forest glen near sligo, still own the property and rent it loli phabay Jun 2013 #34

me too... I used to live in SS.. DCBob Jun 2013 #37

Um...I live right near Glenmont metro. Howdy neighbor! justiceischeap Jun 2013 #40

Howdy, justice! elleng Jun 2013 #44

what is going on ? JI7 Jun 2013 #16

Never had a problem in DC.. HipChick Jun 2013 #18

Or the suburbs of PG County. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2013 #21

Too funny.... DCKit Jun 2013 #24

Insane! WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2013 #27

Those sorts of things happen everywhere in DC though. Chan790 Jun 2013 #38

He he. WorseBeforeBetter Jun 2013 #45

But they were merely expressing their discontent with the system jberryhill Jun 2013 #26

I must have missed that discussion. Good for me. freshwest Jun 2013 #29

It was a hoot jberryhill Jun 2013 #30

More like economics... awoke_in_2003 Jun 2013 #46

Here's where you can find a map for DC showing criminal activities, or at least conventional ones: AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2013 #32

So sorry to hear about that. BlueCheese Jun 2013 #33

Wow! I've lived in major American cities before. It so peaceful and tranquil here on Saipan Douglas Carpenter Jun 2013 #35

We tolerate far too much poverty in the United States. Laelth Jun 2013 #36

really, you think aanything excuses this kind of behaviour. loli phabay Jun 2013 #39

Please keep your words in your own mouth. Laelth Jun 2013 #42

Not all thieves or bullies are impoverished. nt justiceischeap Jun 2013 #41

Quite. Laelth Jun 2013 #43

I'm with you on that point. DCKit Jun 2013 #52

Absolutely. Austerity in a recession is bad public policy. n/t Laelth Jun 2013 #53

if you can move, you couldnt pay me to live in DC. loli phabay Jun 2013 #48

I have only been there once LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #49

It's Wednesday and, apparently, the cops took me seriously. DCKit Jun 2013 #51

I was held up in DC in the late 80s deutsey Jun 2013 #54