This is like the 50th post I’ve seen like this in a week.

I’m happy to share my 2 cents: I am a 30 year old, Deaf, white woman who has lived in what some people consider one of the “less attractive” neighborhoods in DC with 2 young kids.

This week alone I have walked 6+ miles around DC (which isn’t that much considering everything there is to do) BY MYSELF. And absolutely nothing has happened to me. …but how??? Let me tell you kind midwestern OP who watches too much right-wing television…I dressed appropriately for exercise (not to cover my body in shame but so I wouldn’t break an ankle in heels or be too cold). I kept my phone on my person or in my hands so I could check where I was or text/FaceTime a friend if needed. I went home as the day got later…I don’t make a habit of going out alone at night because that’s just #beingawomaninamerica

Now let me tell you about what I saw: I walked to the capitol building, the Supreme Court, the library of Congress, the Hall of fake Presidents, the FDR memorial, the tidal basin.

Today I will be venturing into a busier business area closer to dinner time to see the street art on NOMA and the Signing Starbucks…just for funsies. It might be closer to sunset when I leave Starbucks so I may opt for an Uber…or I might not because it’s not that serious. As long as my phone is on my person and I am dressed appropriately for the weather/exercise…I can do just about anything.

Some things that you might not be used to in the Midwest with little-no neighbors…people sit on their front porch and May talk loudly. People hang out outside of restaurants to smoke or talk loudly. People cross the street (NOT on a crosswalk) and don’t walk particularly fast. People sell drugs and walk around with open liquor bottles in brown paper bags. People might be selling their bodies because they are sex workers…but that’s not my business. So I just keep heading towards my destination and when I get there I’m fine.