[ukw]

It's a horrible place. I used to work right across from that DEA building until a few months ago!

The place is totally ghetto and contrary to optimistic suggestions it's not improving. Lots of homeless people, frequent bank robberies, it's actually kind of dangerous, even in the daytime. I used to go outside my office building and would see prostitutes and street people right next to the new Starbucks across from Harris-Teeter and next to all these gov't buildings.

The main issue for me, though, was that it's a food desert. There was nothing nearby except the horrible chains Roti and Five Guys.

You can't believe how happy I am to have left that place and gotten a new job elsewhere (not in DC). Interestingly enough, the miserable atmosphere outside was a perfect match for the miserable environment inside all those office buildings. Gloomier and lonelier jobs are hard to find.