I know Washington very well and you are correct. That is a bery nice part of the town. What we used to call West of the Park.
It isn’t the neighborhood it is the denizens of the city who roam through it.
Just a while ago a woman was killed by a co-worker also West of the park, a very nice part of town, after she did the co-worker a favor and unlocked the store so the co-worker could get her coat.
When you are a lamb surrounded by lions there really isn’t a safe place. Washington is filled ith people who hate.