PanAmargo

PanAmargo t1_j5as07q wrote

I think the DMV has a “native” population loosely defined as people born in the area still living there around 30 - 40%. This is on the low end nationally for large metros. It pales in comparison to more “townie” spots in up state New York or the Midwest for instance, but is lower nationally than most other big cities, approaching Florida levels. Though there may be some noise in the data because it defined if you’re living in the state you were born in, so if someone is born in VA and moved to MD it may be counting that as a transplant, but hard to tell from the data:

https://www.promoverreviews.com/moving-resources/us-cities-most-transplants/#Wrapping_Up:_Major_Insights_and_Conclusions

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PanAmargo t1_j3727su wrote

$25 both ways - $50 transport

$50 - 70 a night in a hostel - $100 - $150

5 or 6 meals - varies widely but let’s say an average of $10, now you’re at $50

Transport - $20 for subway rides

One Random cab or Uber spending on where you’re going and when - $25

Just the basics around $250 - 300, but since it’s New York one may be tempted to spend on random stuff to bring home

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PanAmargo t1_j35tw3h wrote

The only answer based on info you’ve provided is New York.

Take the cheap ass bolt bus. Get a dorm bed in a hostel. Just fucking wander around and people watch and eat cheap pizza, falafel, pierogi. Don’t even need to do any tourist stuff besides Times Square (go late night, it’s always worth it somehow even just for 5 min.) Central Park, Washington square park, wander around the east village, hit up prospect park, go out to Brighton beach or Coney Island. Hit up some thrift stores. Go to some dive bars or rock shows in Brooklyn.

Can do a budget round trip weekend trip for $500 easy.

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PanAmargo t1_j2b3kao wrote

The directive from the top has been hands off don’t do anything proactive and don’t cause any scandals and let the inner city kids kill themselves and we will clean up the blood after.

There’s no political will for proactive policing to get guns off the street and lock up criminals with warrants and probation violations before they shoot. Just respond after and send some tweet updates for look outs.

Convicting two cops for 2nd murder after a known gang member fled from a traffic stop is only gonna make the “sit in the car and do nothing” the norm.

So just shrug and go on about your business because nothing will change.

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PanAmargo t1_iudvmki wrote

At one point the “synthetic” weeds aka K2 and its ilk were popular with the street population … could buy cheap at a smoke shop or on the street and would get a nasty but very intoxicating high … not likely anyone is smoking crack or meth in a blunt

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PanAmargo t1_it0ql2f wrote

That was first thought. Brenda Donald has no discernible experience in real estate management. She has a bunch of somewhat gobbledy gook sounding non profit and political appointments, incestuously floating around local DC and MD government for decades. Just outsource this to the private sector that knows how to manage real estate effectively.

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PanAmargo t1_iskavkn wrote

Murder rate is probably the best proxy in some regards for overall criminality, at least it’s a very high end, because it’s by far the hardest crime to cover up. As such in the global south murder rate is used as the de facto violent crime rate as other crimes are poorly reported and poorly counted.

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PanAmargo t1_iskaeby wrote

Homicide rates per 100,000 (data from 2019 was easiest to find)

San Salvador, El Salvador: 35.3 per 100,000

Mexico City, Mexico: 17.6 per 100,000*

BogotĂĄ, Colombia: 14.3 per 100,000*

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 10.4 per 100,000*

https://insightcrime.org/news/analysis/2019-homicides-latin-america-capital/

Washington, DC homicide rate per 100,000 (2021): 32.9 per 100,000*

https://www.npr.org/local/305/2022/01/03/1069895511/d-c-saw-227-homicides-in-2021-as-murders-increased-for-the-fourth-year-in-a-row

No one claims that Washington DC is the most dangerous city in North America or South America, only that it’s murder rate is on par with “very dangerous cities” like San Salvador, and double bogota and Medellin and DF

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