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Article: Mount Pleasant's Great Divide; Newcomers Pushing For 'Zero Tolerance'
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 18, 2004
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When Jack McKay bought his house in Mount Pleasant 30 years ago,
he wagered $22,000 that the drug dealers skulking outside his home
would not present too serious a threat and that the neighborhood
would remain the kind of edgy, diverse place he loves.
The 61-year-old retired physicist endured the crack cocaine wars
of the 1980s, the 1991 Mount Pleasant riot, a series of automobile
break-ins and the drug dealers who never left. He said crime is down
dramatically since those first years, and his investment is now worth
$600,000.
"It's come a long way, and Mount Pleasant is still a wonderful
place to live," he said.