Yeah, I've heard pretty bad things about D.C. But then again, you can hear pretty bad things about any place in the world, I mean, heck, even my village has crime such as... old farmer mothers/wives shooting things to high heaven. They're a nasty bunch.
Although I've honestly never been to D.C. I've always wanted to go one day. I've been to a few cities in America ages ago. I liked Canada more though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯