As a resident (born and raised) in Washington, DC I must say that it should be taken off the list. The public schools here are the worst (except for maybe 2 of em but even those are fairly suspect), and like someone said the cops are idiots and everyday there is at least 2-3 homicides....
However, there is some revitilization of DC going on as I type. We are about to get a new baseball team and eye sores are being converted into condominiums, shops, etc. The drawback to this is that the property taxes and housing costs are continuing to increase which is causing alot of residents who have been in there homes 30, 40 and 50 years to seek housing in the surrounding counties (particularly Prince Georges County, MD). Another era of gentrification it seems thanks to our bow tie marble mouthed mayor.
