This map shows where DC’s halfway houses, drug treatment centers, and mental health facilities are. What’s wrong with this picture?

Map from DC’s Office of Planning.

In 2006, DC’s Office of Planning published this map of group homes in the city,grouping them into five types: halfway homes and facilities for community residence, mental health, substance abuse and youth rehab.

The easiest, clearest takeaway: most of these places are east of Rock Creek Park. The map may be 10 years old, but that’s just evidence that neighborhoods in that part of the District have historically opted out of helping to solve the city’s broader problems.

We actually came across the map while reviewing DC’s Comp Plan. Let’s hope the re-write of the plan, which which the Office of Planning will start next year, results in maps that show more people doing their part to make this a better region for everyone.