Johnny_BigHacker t1_iuhrlkz wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:04 PM

Reply to comment by Arcangelathanos in Living near RIR? by [deleted]

I'm late 30s but I got here in early 2000s

I did buy on the edge of Church Hill when residents were still highly aware there was an area that had like the top murders per capita in the 90s or something like that. A square district somewhere around M street and the 20s to 30s Streets.

Arcangelathanos t1_iui1lit wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:22 PM

Yeah, things were just starting to turn around then. According to one of my professors who used to be the US attorney for the area, one of the main reasons for the improvement was Project Exile - enforcement of the federal law forbidding firearms to be held by felons.