Crime is out of control in D.C. I know the owners of a once popular restaurant near Howard University who are planning close because business has declined sharply because of it. The cause is more than demographics: if you compare the violent crime rate of D.C. to that of Northern Virginia, particularly the Route 1 section of Alexandria, which is just across the river and with similar demographics, you would see that D.C.’s violent crime rate is many times higher.
“You will not find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.”