WOMAN RAPED in LARGO!!

[bowian]

Originally Posted by Skapov

Believe it or not, but people DO bash surburbs in Northern Virginia as well, towns that are indeed majority white. I spend time in the Virginia forum and you should hear the way they talk about Woodbridge/Manassas/Central Springfield and yes, even Alexandria (except for the parts near Kingstowne). PgCo is not alone in having its bad parts, crime is everywhere, but per the police stats there are an average of 2 rapes a month in the Largo zip code alone! Now many people can tolerate the crime, they'll overlook it in exchange for other benefits like good schools, but what else does PG County have to offer to make up for tolerating the highish crime?!


I'm African-American and I would love to see PgCo succeed, but for whatever reason the county has trouble attacting companies (thus there are not many desirable in-county jobs), services (PG Hospital is in disaray and there are no other major hospitals), and upscale retail (i.e. no Nordstrom/Bloomingdales/Whole Foods, etc.). If you can't work in the county, can't do a lot of your shopping in the county, can't give birth in the county (I personally went to Inova-Alexandria to have my baby last July), and can't send you kids to school for a good education in the county, then how exactly can the county expect to attract middle-class families?

LOL, I went to Inova-Alexandria to have my daughter too, five years ago! I ask mytself the questions that you pose often. I like the beauty of PG -- trees, some open spaces -- parts of PG are so peaceful-looking and beautiful, and calming. There are some intelligent, committed people here with good values. But I wonder sometimes if the aesthetics and like-minded neighbors are worth what I get in return.

As for hospitals, I don't recommend Southern Maryland. For a lot of folks in DC, that is the closest "decent" hospital near Branch Avenue/R. 5. So a lot of indigent folks spend a lot of time in the ER there. Nothing wrong with serving indigent folks, but they and everyone else are treated as second-class citizens there, IMHO. No one deserves that.

I don't even care for Doctor's Hospital much. Health care in PG is one subject you don't hear much about, but quality care, from hospitals to primary care physicians, is lacking, in my book.

[nomodrama5]

I was curious about the status of this, because I live nearby, so I called the police department and they told me that the person who robbed the liquor store is the same person who raped the women in Largo, he got killed in the liquor store robbery.

[trying2moveup]

This is going to sound harsh but great! - saves us the expense of trial and incarceration, of course betting that our liberal judicial system doesn't give him probation and treatment for the millionth time so he can rape and pillage again. . .

Good example of what goes around, comes around.

[lscalder]

Did they ever find the person who stabbed the pregnant lady in betheda, Montgomery county

[Bigbluelandrover]

Lscalder,

I haven't heard any updates on the stabbing but who would do something like that?

[lscalder]

A crazy person when I was pregnant with my son while living in DC I hated going outside because I felt like a easy target.

[lscalder]

or maybe Montgomery police need to get out their A** and realize crime do happen in their county. The residents of MOntgomery County do live in lala land when they think no crime exist in their county please think again. I bet that woman have already moved out of the county when she is no longer blind folded from the truth.