The Lane in Ivy City

We are definitely up there in income taxes from what I’ve read, though it depends on your tax bracket. Property taxes are some of the lowest in the country but at the same time we have some of the highest priced property.

Ours jumped quite a bit, but it’s still lower than a lot of the comparable houses around us so I decided to let it go.

Not sure how much we spend monthly, but try Walmart or Adli/Lidl for lower prices. We usually get out of either of those at around $100 for a week (family of 3)

Crime is absolutely getting worse right now and residents are rightfully concerned, but I remind anyone that when you’re being fed immediate updates about every crime in the city, it leaves a perception that crime is way worse than it is. A carjacking a day sounds like a lot (and is still unacceptable), but there are literally thousands of cars on the streets of DC at any given time. Same for robberies—thousands of people on these streets daily and we might hear about one or two a week. I pretty much never feel unsafe here, but I also adjust my behavior to lower my chances of becoming a victim, as anyone should even if your chances are already low.

This sub: complains about crime 5x a day

Also this sub when someone asks if DC is safe: sToP wAtChInG fOx NeWs