Is Springfield really going down teh shitter....

[Sijray21]

They also want to change springfield mall alot, I guess to be less ghetto. The article was in the washington post and one of the headlines was something like "changing springfield to a place people actually go to instead of avoid".

they need to remove the Metro stop then... :roll:...seriously, that exponentially made it much worse 0-2 years after it was built. honestly the area really hasn't gotten that bad until late in my Senior year. I would consider annandale and bailey's crossroads a little worse than most of springfield. i would have to say that the area between Springfield and Annandale (up the Backlick area) is one of the worst in the areas except for (obviously) SE and NE DC, woodbridge, and most of Maryland near the DC border. Springfield is responsible for all but one of my break-ins (1 car theft - springfield mall, 2 break-ins, and 1 "left the car on bricks" incident...[thinking]did that really happen?[/thinking] hock: ) and i lived on the alexandria/springfield border.

i know that bank and it has very few windows and two major roads by it with I-95 and the FFx parkway not that far away. It's also about 2 miles from my house...i pass by it almost every day.