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To: Michael M who wrote (47489)	7/27/1999 1:41:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

>>>>>the citizens of DC must accept much of the blame themselves. They are the ones who trash the housing, they are they ones who dare their peers to achieve in school, they are the ones who commit the crimes and they are the ones who make the babies.<<<<< >>>>>My view is that all the great museums, monuments and natural beauty in the world don't keep our national city from being a disgraceful place in human terms. If environmental authorities cared as much about human neighborhoods as the ones found in muddy puddles they'd have to kick some a** in DC.<<<<< These two statements are antithetical, in my opinion. The first one posits that the people you mention should have an internal locus of control, that they are responsible for their own actions. I agree 100%, with the exception of young children. The second posits an external locus of control, and I disagree. There are places in D.C. where the majority of citizens act responsibly, and they are fantastic. There are places where the citizens have surrendered, or never shouldered, their obligations, and they are horrible.

To: Michael M who wrote (47489)	7/27/1999 1:45:00 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 108807

There are two very poor wards out of 8; some of the public schools do well, some do not, but there is a problem nationwide with urban school districts; I lived in the city during part of my adolescence, and when I was a toddler, and grew up several miles from the District line; my wife works in the city, near Dupont Circle, and I have to go into the city on business here and there; we intend to move back in, but do not want to disrupt our son's high- school years; my mother currently lives in the city; the Barry administration was incompetent, but the current administration looks like it will do much better; and, over all, Washington is a great city, not only for tourists, but for many of its residents, and especially if one includes the whole metro area....

To: Michael M who wrote (47489)	7/27/1999 2:10:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

As for me, I have lived and worked in D.C. for two separate, extended periods. I lived near Dupont Circle years ago (won't say HOW many), when I was a student. And I continued to live there for a while after I got married, over a barber shop in the area that is now called Foggy Bottom. I worked at the Library of Congress. I returned to the D.C. area(after years in and around NYC) in 1985. From that time until last year, when I semi-retired, I held a full-time job in downtown D.C. And if I were to say "I still go in," that will give you the wrong impression. That is because although I technically live in Maryland (just over the border), I consider that I am already "in" D.C. This is not "suburbia." The metro stop is right around the corner, and it takes me less than twenty minutes to get "downtown." The fact of the matter is that the city has grown way beyond its original 19th century boundaries, even though the city government has not. Did you know that many government agencies (including the CIA, of course) are located across the river in Virginia, not in D.C. proper? On balance, I prefer living in this area to living in New York City, much as I used to love New York. Living in NYC is much, much more anxiety-provoking, IMO. And much more dangerous. jbe Edit: P.S. I hardly ever lock my house or my car. Try not locking them in NYC-- anywhere in NYC!