Quote Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue View Post
I’ve been driving up NY Ave E most Monday’s for the last 11 years or so to get to a meeting in Maryland.
I used to hate a couple of intersections when the lights turned red.

It used to be very sketchy
Lots of that area has been gentrified
Still preferred it to driving on The Beltway.

Apart from NW DC, the rest of the City used to be bad. Now a lot of the bad parts like Anacostia and The U-St Corridor has been gentrified somewhat and packed full of Hipster/Yuppies.

Still dodgy AF in some areas, but not as bad as it was.

Much of Baltimore is way worse.
Stray a few blocks from Camden Yards or The Harbour and it gets very real very quickly.
Our trip was about 30 years ago - late 1980's. It was probably rougher back then? We nearly went into Baltimore to visit a long lost relative but for some reason she cried off at the last minute which was a shame because we were literally passing the city on the way North. We found out later from another cousin in Pennsylvania that she lived in a very rough part of Baltimore and was frightened on our behalf, hence put us off visiting!