Landover is on the list? Is Landover any safer than Greenbelt? Remember what happened to Landover Mall???
Having been to both Landover and Greenbelt (I didn’t know where the heck I was in both cases)....I’d say was Landover was marginally safer (maybe in daylight hours).
It’s like discussing Rockville, MA....it’s completely safe in daylight hours. But it’s best you don’t travel METRO at any time around Rockville.
Anacosta (the DC ‘burb’ east of the White House area)....is pretty unsafe day or night...and cops just drive through as quickly as possible...not stopping or reacting to anything.
You can pretty much draw a circle around the White House....anything within twenty-five miles in Maryland or DC....is pretty unsafe. As for Virginia? Totally opposite stance. You are safe in Fairfax and Arlington twenty-four hours a day. I’d skip Alexandria after midnight.
Landover and Greenbelt are mostly political choices. Greenbelt has a federal courthouse nearby, and transportation is good at Landover, but the main reason for both is to pump federal dollars into a minority-majority Democractic stronghold. Refer to the Commerce Department’s move to New Carrolton in Prince George’s County.
Franconia in Virginia is close to air, rail, and road transportation and closer to the FBI training center at Quantico. It’s also in a more peaceful area with better neighborhoods for employees.
I’d bet it goes to Landover.