Comments on: Dear PoP – Pics from fire on Irving Street (west of 14th) in Columbia Heights and same location last night – fireworks until 4:00 AM

By: IHeartShaw

IHeartShaw — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:51:14 +0000

Last night in Truxton Circle fireworks were still going off like crazy. So annoying on a Tuesday night!

By: Hater

Hater — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:05:09 +0000

so it sounds like they all pooled together their subsistence checks and ponied up for some fireworks. let’s see…buy food, or buy fireworks.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:26:04 +0000

as some one stated i love the crazy anarchy of the fourth too

By: 14thandColumbia

14thandColumbia — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:14:30 +0000

Mark can’t even spell “y’all” so whatever.

By: not telling

not telling — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:00:15 +0000

Sometimes when I read posts that equate city living to putting up with crime, I wonder if these posters have ever been to another city?

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:22:18 +0000

LOL, I can only imagine ya’ll typing hard over the internets.

By: Odentex

Odentex — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:02:08 +0000

Mr. T: Sorry about the bush. I’ll act better next year.

By: Mr. T in DC

Mr. T in DC — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:58:23 +0000

Mark, that’s totally inane. I’ve lived in CH for 7 years, DC for 13, and have just as much right to clean streets and law and order and others might claim to have the right to make a lot of noise and have the police ingore illegal quality-of-life issues. This morning, I picked up numbers of expended shells, plastic nose cones, those red sticks, and other debris from fireworks being set off across the street from my place. A small bush was set on fire, and a general atmosphere of drunken anarchy prevailed on the 4th. It makes me hope for a driving rain next year. And no, I don’t want to move to the suburbs or have it be exactly like the suburbs here – just a bare minimum of law and order please.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:48:23 +0000

Mark, gentrifiers have a right to complain and reject law breaking behavior, that is not an entitlement, but a necessary responsiblity of society. If you think neighborhood old timers are against such complaints, think again. Most are just too tired of dealing with idiots.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:47:58 +0000

if that’s serious, that’s ridiculous… i moved here from cleveland and had to find a place to live really quickly. i’m not even “well-to-do.” i was trying to move from a place where my apartment got broken into constantly, but apparently i didn’t do enough homework (lack of time).

i just don’t need drug dealing and drug doing right in my backyard, along with careless/ignorant/disrespective behavior.

again, illegal/violent/hazardous activity shouldn’t be tolerated anywhere. enough with this gentrification BS. the real problem is people turning their heads to the issues.