On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 10:43:37 -0500, Gary > wrote:

>Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>> On 2018-01-10 3:06 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>
>> > Friends of mine went to Times Square (or whatever it's called: where
>> > that big clock is). They loved it. But they also said: "If you turn
>> > the wrong corner twice, you're in the third world."
>> >
>> > Is that true? Well, they wouldn't lie.
>>
>> I had a similar experience in Washington DC. We went by the White House
>> and a few blocks later I made a left instead of a right and ended up in
>> a slum.
>
>Dave! I know exactly where you are talking about. I've been
>there.
>Straight across from the front of the White House, a few blocks
>away is 14th St. (if I remember correctly), and it *IS* the most
>slumly and dangerous area of Washington,DC. I accidentally got on
>that street in the daytime and we saw:
>- bums sleeping against buildings with newspaper blankets
>- cheap hookers hanging out at many corners
>- run down buildings
>- gang-type people sitting on steps and watching us closely
>
>And interestingly, the govt. constructed a large govt building
>(3+ story) that actually blocks that view from the White House.
>Turn one way and see all the nifty tourist and historic areas in
>DC, turn the other way and enter the on-ramp to the apocalypse.
>Lock your doors especially at night.

Well, there ya go!