And yet, you're getting resounding pushback from people who actually *do* live here, at current. Comparing DC to Mexico City is ludicrous. Midday muggings in Foggy Bottom? I'm not saying it's *never* happened, in fact I'm sure you're probably latching on to an anecdote of soemthing that happened once. But those rich GW students walking around with iPhones out sure don't seem too worried. Foggy Bottom is as safe, or safer, than being down by NYU/ the village in NYC. There is so incredibly little chance of a tourist being a crime victim here: they're in the safest, most heavily policed areas. Random crime is pretty rare throughout the city these days.