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ClusterFugazi t1_ja9idj1 wrote

I called 311/911 for various issues and the city responded QUICKLY. Here’s a list:

  1. Our blocks trash was not picked up, the city sent a trash truck a few hours later.
  2. Alley lamp was out behind our house and within the week it was fixed.
  3. Street lamp was out on our block (parts of the block was pitch black), the city fixed the lamp with 24 hours.
  4. Bundy field in Shaw had nearly all of the flood lights out for nigh soccer. Within a reasonable time all of the lights were fixed. Within a year later they upgraded to LED lamps.
  5. Shooting on the corner of Quincy Pl NE and North Capitol last summer, police showed up within 3min?
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Gorf_the_Magnificent t1_jaazwwi wrote

Man, I’m glad to hear that. I lived in D.C. in the 1970’s and early 1980’s, and I called the non-emergency number on two occasions (one hit-and-run - minor car damage, but I was driving a government vehicle - and one illegal parker who had impossibly blocked my car when I needed to be somewhere). When the police arrived, they literally whined about how much work I was creating for them and encouraged me to drop it. There were also multiple WaPo stories about ambulances that took 20-30 minutes to get to their destination. It soured me against living in D.C. ever since. But I must say I’ve been hearing better things lately.

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Littlecat10 t1_jacrtcz wrote

I bitch about DC like it’s a part time job (I’m a reluctant transplant from Texas). But now that you mention it… the routine-type city services actually are amazing here. And the roads! The layout is pure chaos, but the lack of potholes is incredible. Credit where it’s due, I suppose.

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