Shot at in DC

[traveller]

I think it's an artifact of when the District was shaped like a perfect diamond, 10 miles on a side, with the land split between Maryland and Virginia. After the Civil War, there was a sense that the Federal government would never need that much land, so they gave Virginia's portion back to the state. That land became Arlington County, and includes part of the city of Alexandria. If you look at a map, those two geographic entities "complete" the diamond.

JoeR

My understanding is that the federal government was so inept in managing the affairs of the city and county of Alexandria that the locals asked to be returned to VA. The retrocession happened in 1847, so it pre-dated the civil war by a couple of years.

 

[swinokur]

I think it's an artifact of the original plan for the District, in the shape of a perfect diamond, 10 miles on a side, with the land split between Maryland and Virginia. After the Civil War, there was a sense that the Federal government would never need that much land, so they gave Virginia's portion back to the state. That land became Arlington County, and includes part of the city of Alexandria. If you look at a map, those two geographic entities "complete" the diamond.

If you go to Jones Point Park under the Wilson Bridge, there's an old lighthouse with an original "cornerstone" from the original survey that laid out DC's boundaries. My guess as to why the Bridge crosses there is that it's at a geographic point, so the crossing would be shorter than other locations.

JoeR

here is a map showing that only about 500 feet of th Wilson Bridge is actually in DC. DC patrols the water and Alexandria and PG County patrol the bridge itself.

Another anamoly is the DC-VA boundary of Columbia Island. Because the boundary is described as the "hih water mark" between DC and VA, a 1 mile portion of the GW PW on Columbia Island is actually in DC.

back to your regularly scheduled crime in DC thread.
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[swinokur]

There were open sales of slaves in front of the City Hall in Alexandria and they refused to stop it prior to the CW. So it was returned to VA.

 

[sgt23preston]

I will not enter D.C. or Baltimore anymore. Nothing there I need.

Words to live by...

Mee Either...

There is absolutely nothing I will ever need or want there...

The EPA should declare both "Hazardous Waste Dump Sites"...

 

[Mdeng]

Shot around is more accurate. Due to a landscaping emergency (a long story in its self) I was destined to be going to the Home Depot in the District near Brentwood and Rhode Island Avenue. Google sent me through the worst neighborhood possible in NE DC. Open air drug market between Montana and Brintwood Ave. via Soratoga Ave. Google put me in the middle of a war zone. After not finding what was promised to be at that Home Depot via their online inventory, I asked Google to send me to Lowe's in DC. Google sent me up Rhode Island Ave. and told me to turn right onto Montana Ave. At 4 PM just as I turned onto Montana Ave., a gunfight broke out among at least three thugs a half block up Montana Ave. at the drug market. At least a dozen shots fired with some going over the hood of my truck. A quick U turn and burning rubber out of there and up and away on Rhode Island Ave. I was lucky to not be shot by the black hoods running and holding their pants up with one hand and shooting with the other! A day after Christmas! What, did someone get a 9 under the tree?

In the District, you need a "good reason" to carry a handgun for self protection beyond the general "self defrense."

Well it looks to me that a "good reason" to need a gun for self defense in the District of Columbia is going to Home Depot or Lowes!

I will never go there again!

Haha, I have worked in that neighborhood off and on for 21 years. It is actually much better than it was. Company I work for is located at Montana and W street NE.

I have to come into work at all hours day and night 7 days a week.

 

[Mdeng]

WOW. What a time to be a alive, eh?



This reminds me of a question I had a while back and long since slipped my mind: does anyone know why the District technically extends to an itty bitty sliver of the south side of 495? Essentially every weird border has a story, and I was wondering if any among us had a definitive answer.

Because DC was once a square tured on its corner. The city once included Alexandria and Arlington. This portion of the city was returned to VA due to the Civil War, if I remember my history corectly.

 

[traveller]

Because DC was once a square tured on its corner. The city once included Alexandria and Arlington. This portion of the city was returned to VA due to the Civil War, if I remember my history corectly.

1847. Way before the war.

 

[Biggfoot44]

MDeng is right, it is improved. But that's scant comfort to the OP and his current situation.

Kind of like saying Md"s W&C process is improved over two years ago .

 

[willtill]

I will not enter D.C. or Baltimore anymore. Nothing there I need.

Same here.

 

[Bikebreath]

I live in Baltimore. Come and visit.

 

[travistheone]

Good and bad parts of everywhere. I have regular need to be in both cities and enjoy them more often than not.

 

[CypherPunk]

The MPD should immediately revoke the DC CCL's of those involved.


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[swinokur]

And revoke their gun registrations too.

 

[Bafflingbs]

I'm glad you're ok! That is where I saw my first homicide victim. Guy shot in the head with a .357.... Not a pretty picture. That and Berry Farms both, should be leveled.

 

[outrider58]

Guns don't stop bullets, body armor dose(sometimes).

 

[John from MD]

Ahh, I remember the old days when I could take a date out to Blackie Auger's steakhouse and then make out on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at 2 am. Now I only get as close as Arlington Cemetery.

 

[cowboywildbill]

Do you remember I think it was in the 80's when they used to do the special news show about the killings in D. C. ?
They said D. C. stood for DEATH CITY And yes Blackies Steak House was a great place to eat. And it was real close to D.C. Metropolitan Police Special operations Division

 

[outrider58]

I don't go into DC unless I'm being paid to be there. Baltimore, never. Never, that is, until my daughter moved there(300 block of W. Franklin).

 

[protegeV]

I don't go into DC unless I'm being paid to be there. Baltimore, never. Never, that is, until my daughter moved there(300 block of W. Franklin).

Well, there are SOME okay areas in bmore, but damn she picked a Helluva spot....

 

[John from MD]

It seems to me, that young, single, college educated girls today like to live in the inner city. I have several friends with twenty somethings that are causing their parents hair to turn grey because they like the city life.