MarkinDC24 t1_jeedv1j wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:29 PM

Reply to comment by DarknessOverLight12 in What just happened at the Potomac Ave stop? by appleofrage

I’ve lived in the District for almost 10 years. Before the area gentrified, you are right, it was incredibly safe. I used to go to the (old) Harris Teeter all the time by the metro, and there was never a problem. The blocks around the metro seem incredibly unsafe now.

202reddit t1_jeehcbn wrote on March 31, 2023 at 12:57 PM

Pro tip: If you are referencing the time long ago when you used to go to the Harris Teeter in DC, you didn't live here long ago to speak to what it was like before things changed.

Sluzhbenik t1_jef24rd wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:24 PM

Go ahead and keep the gate, but that Harris Teeter opened 15 years ago. Long ago is relative.

MarkinDC24 t1_jeejmae wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:15 PM

Oh. I pass that old (Harris Teeter) grocery store area every other week, since i frequent a newer grocery store a few blocks away. I was trying to convey, I used to walk around the area every other week, and now I wouldn’t after a certain time period. The development has brought a lot and it seems like crime has followed. Even if a new grocery store goes into the old Harris Teeter building, I will pass on getting groceries there after work/in the evening - like I used to do at the old Harris Teeter.