So he says he has faith in the same people that allowed crime to get out of hand in the first place?
Any big city has crime - that's because any big city has been ruled by (D) for over 60 years.
He's telling us its the crime without saying its the crime.
The walks weren’t enough?
Apparently not.
Now they have a hub to walk to though.
Phrased yet another way, they're committing to try to protect areas that are now generating much less income, due to rampant thuggery.
That is to say, areas that don't already generate tax revenue are sh!t out of luck.
So stand back and watch Mayor's Office staffers save the city! It should be entertaining, anyway.
Phrased another way , they're admitting that the rest of the city is dirty , dangerous , and lacks basic g'ovt services .
You misspelled systemic racism.It's so sad what's happened to DC. It's has so much squandered potential due to poor leadership and failure.
You misspelled systemic racism.
Going to get a lot worse if the arena vacates to VA.
Crime in Chinatown has been a focus of arena talks. It’s nearly flat.
She cherry-picked this as much as possible to write this. Flat still sucks and that's before you get to the crimes which have been recorded. You have drug using, drug dealing gang members hanging out at the Metro Exits and making the whole strip generally unpleasant for anyone to want to go to. If people don't feel safe, they won't go.
Total denial. She's getting roasted in the comments.
Going to get a lot worse if the arena vacates to VA.
It's already pretty bleak down there. Big retailers closing, fewer restaurants. Like someone else said, these things are cyclical. Buying opportunities incoming for the big players and scrappy little guys.Who in their right mind would invest in a business in Chinatown now, knowing that the teams could leave for VA?
Total disaster.