I'm a self-admitting Adams Morgan hater. It's just not my scene, not for going out on weekend nights, anyway. Too many people going to sub-par bars with overpriced drinks.
But now there is another reason to not want to hang around 18th and Columbia. According to the Washington Post, violent crime has risent sharply in the past month, with 30 incidents in 30 days, and 14 confirmed shootings. Most of the shootings are reportedly gang-related, but all of the muggings and armed robberies were not (and when bullets start flying across 18th St like this past Saturday night, it doesn't really matter if you're in a gang or not).
The majority of muggings seem to be happening on the side streets where people park and walk back to the Woodley Park Metro. Come on people, drunk walking on winding side streets at 3am is begging for trouble on the best of days, and apparently thats not what these days are.
Take a cab, take the U St. bus to the metro, and don't be an idiot. Or, be like me and avoid the Adams Morgan area on the weekends altogether. (I'm so going to get hate mail for this one)
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