"Yeah, but Washington, DC, took that title over"
I lived inside the DC Beltway (Virgina) for 20 years. As long as you stay in the Government area or Northwest quadrant, your pretty safe. The rest of it is a pit. Detroit is still scarier. Of course I have only been near it driving once.
My cousin lives in Sterling, VA. Visited him and went to Washington, DC.
Somehow I missed all the bad places. And am MUCH happier for it.
Saw Air & Space museum, and the Air and Space Annex. The museum was good, the Annex MUCH better (the guides LOVE their work). Heard they opened a really great aerospace museum at Dulles.
Would like to spend a week. But I'd still like to miss all the bad places...