Originally Posted by betsyAFF!

I grew up in DC and rarely felt unsafe. I've live in Chicago, NY, and the SF bay area, and each city has their crappy parts.

Many of the neighborhoods that were sketchy when I was growing up are now gentrified and yuppied up. There's even a whole foods smack dab in the middle of the are that used to be ghetto central!

I'd move back in a heartbeat if I could get my signif other to go as well! East Coast 4 Lyfe, yall ;)