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Originally posted by CutiePie2000
How can SO MANY murders happen within such a relatively small piece of land? I don't get it? Is there a lot of gang activity/criminal activity? Sorry to be an ignoramous but I genuinely want to know. You'd think that with DC being the 'seat of gov't' that things would be a bit more genteel somehow (or not).
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DC has its really nice parts, and it's pretty bad parts. The weird thing is, you can be in a really nice part, take one wrong turn, and suddenly find yourself in a pretty scary place. Of course, I am not a DC resident, so I'm speaking from an outsider's point of view. A guy I work with does live in DC though, and he says that he wouldn't dare go in certain sections that are just a couple of blocks away from his apartment.
Now, as for Virginia, we have the stereotype that all Virginians are... well... rednecks. Sorry, can't think of a better term right now. It doesn't help that our representatives on "Survivor" have completely fit that stereotype. And Evan Marriott, aka Joe Millionaire, really doesn't help either. BUT... there are a lot of parts of the state where people DO have really southern accents, drive jacked-up pickup trucks, love NASCAR, and whatever stereotype of the like that you can think of. I used to live in a small town like this. A year ago, I moved to Northern VA, which is TOTALLY different.