Fair and balanced. Though I think the part about street smarts is what they fear they’re lacking. I would expand that to be aware of your surroundings, assume that if anyone you don’t know approaches you they want something, don’t get up in anyone else’s business unless it’s absolutely necessary (like, someone’s gonna die if you don’t) and always remember that 99% of the people you see on the street are totally harmless (most of the time). You just can never know who and where the other 1% are

No need to try to scare the poor OP. I look lost and clueless all the time and no one has ever bothered me in any city I’ve ever been in. And that includes Bangkok and the Philippines. This isn’t Dickens’ London. The streets aren’t swarming with vagabonds and neerdowells

OP clearly doesn’t know about Oprah.

Same experience here. I managed to get one of last quick appointments when I moved here in 2020 and no one acted like they quietly debating on whether or not they could get away with killing me. Which has been more my experience in the five other states I’ve lived in.

Yes. That’s my point. If those things are what motivates a person, then whatever deterrent factor a law might have probably doesn’t mean very much.

Same here. If the fee is >=20% I just don’t tip. If less, I do something close to the difference. But there is no way to know if the owners are actually using it to pay their employees and not just pocketing the difference.

True, but you throw the door open and its a little old lady, yelling a string of curse words and running away is still a better option than trying to take her car.

I wanted to say Johnston you’ve convinced me

If you think something untoward happened the Board of Ethics (https://bega.dc.gov/) has a process for submitting complaints. You might also try to OAG’s office but I don’t honestly know what oversight power they have on the council.

Perfect weather for a Spring Training binge watch

Exactly. By the time a child gets to the point of being willing to threaten the life of a total stranger for their stuff, so much has already gone wrong I don’t think the threat of incarceration is going to matter much. And the frustrating thing is, we know what the roots of this are. We just don’t have the political will to address it.

> At issue is how to deter kids from committing crimes

I have an issue with this line. I’m no expert but it seems by the time a child gets to the point where they need to start considering the criminal consequences of an action, they’re already too far gone for deterrence to matter much. If the idea of threatening an old lady on her way to chemo isn’t a deterrent, what is?

Oh do tell. And here I was starting to think this sub was getting repetitive.

Exactly. The point of this is the gap between the data and how safe people feel in the city. And even what they were doing was citing statistics that undermine the way some folks feel about their safety that’s still not gaslighting.

The cobblestones run red with the blood of the fallen.

PS - this is lame observational humor. Not a criticism of the post.

Sometimes I think calling people who break the law “the bad guys” is just encouraging them. I mean, the bad guys are almost always the coolest characters.

I really struggle with the fact that social media influencers can be pretty useful for certain things, but at the same time I hate what they do so much.

This article doesn’t mention that housing authorities almost always pay a percentage above the Fair Market Rate set by HUD in order to encourage landlords to take voucher tenants, who tend to be seen as higher risk (even if that perception isn’t justified). IIRC, the last town I worked in Massachusetts was authorized to spend as much as 180% above the FMR. The article does make it sound like HUD isn’t happy with what the city is doing, but I don’t know if it’s accurate to suggest the practice of overpaying itself is something unique to the city (or necessarily against HUD rules). People with more federal housing experience, feel free to correct me if I’m off base.

I was going to award this, but I pride myself on not giving Reddit money. Kudos all the same.