Which city was most affected by Katrina Criminals? (better, population, difference)

[N130]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

All I know is the Katrina evacuees abused their FEMA money by charging up their cards at local strip joints & bought booze with it.

Houstonians were were more than generous & so was the federal government. Galvestonians were left to fend for themselves after Ike.

Oh really now? Had no way to evacuate then you get left in chaos with no food or water for 4 days. Can't leave on your own or else you'll get shot. Katrina was way different than Rita & Ike. One of America's darkest hours (or days).

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by jluke65780

Over 200,000 people move into a city within less than a week and you guys expect crime not to rise??? That would be a miracle; besides Houstonians are just as much to blame as New Orleanians. Lots of Houstonians really did look down on them.

My good friend I used to live with in a new gated subdivision in NW Houston had Katrina evacuees living in the house next door to him that the government was footing the bill for, of course. Well one day he came home from work to find his house got broken into. Finally after a string of break ins around the neighborhood they caught the kids of the jobless single mom next door to him.

A couple of Black teenage thugs from New Orleans no doubt.

When the HOA got involved they booted them out by force. The owner of that home was a Vietnamese person living in California who bought the house sight unseen as an investment. He had no idea what all was going on other than receiving a check from the federal government for rent every month.

Sad, sad, sad situation...

[nycjowww]

Originally Posted by domino

The way you hear it here in Houston, there was absolutely no crime in Houston before the Katrina evacuees came to town.

yea but the probem in houstan was that the houstan thugs were the one,s attacking them.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by jordandubreil

what a loser cant debate so he comments on someone spelling.

we should have a award show on people who use this excuse whenever they are proven wrong.

next time get a brain and life before commenting on my errors and try to actually prove my statements wrong ok mr "im in denial"

k thanks.

So where exactly are you from? Where you living in Houston during the time of Katrina? Did you witness any of this first hand?

Exactly

[nycjowww]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

So where exactly are you from? Where you living in Houston during the time of Katrina? Did you witness any of this first hand?

Exactly

you really do not have to witness something to know it. your just using that excuse because you live their.

but from the family members i know and from what the word in the street was that Atlanta was actually being attacked by Katrina victims and their were plenty of new Orleans gangs their as well.

as for Houston it was more of a war. Houston peeps were attacking katrina victims just as much as Katrina victims were causing chaos.

so at the end atlanta was the worst effected by Katrina victims.

[Metro Matt]

Originally Posted by jordandubreil

you really do not have to witness something to know it. your just using that excuse because you live their.

but from the family members i know and from what the word in the street was that Atlanta was actually being attacked by Katrina victims and their were plenty of new Orleans gangs their as well.

as for Houston it was more of a war. Houston peeps were attacking katrina victims just as much as Katrina victims were causing chaos.

so at the end atlanta was the worst effected by Katrina victims.

82% of the people who voted disagree with you.

[DeaconJ]

The biggest difference between the Atlanta and Houston evacuees was that most of the Atlanta folks came on their own, while most of the Houston folks were bused in (i.e. didn't have any other way to get out of New Orleans). I don't know if that created more of a criminal element in Houston, but it certainly created more of a poverty element in Houston.

[nycjowww]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

82% of the people who voted disagree with you.

lol i could care less what a "poll" on city data is because at the end of the day the news articles in Atlanta showing the new Orleans gangs in action is factual

and also btw these polls are funny the average person on this site picks a answer that either sounds obvious to them or they do it for the hell of it.

its pretty sad that you take a poll seriously especially on city - data

[DeaconJ]

Originally Posted by jordandubreil

lol i could care less what a "poll" on city data is because at the end of the day the news articles in Atlanta showing the new Orleans gangs in action is factual

and also btw these polls are funny the average person on this site picks a answer that either sounds obvious to them or they do it for the hell of it.

its pretty sad that you take a poll seriously especially on city - data

Most of the Atlanta news reports on Katrina victims in the area were positive ones...there were several reports on how many of the evacuees came to Atlanta on their own accord and ended up getting jobs and staying. I don't remember much being reported about criminal activity specifically from evacuees...I'm sure there was some crime/gang activity, but the overall affect on Atlanta was a positive one as reported in the media. It was a much different story in Houston.

City-data polls obviously aren't scientific, but in many ways they can be just as reliable as any other public opinion polls. The main difference is that you only get responses from computer owners/users, where in real world polls you get responses from a wider variety of folks.

[Spade]

Originally Posted by jordandubreil

yea but the probem in houstan was that the houstan thugs were the one,s attacking them.

That's not entirely true. You did have some New Orleanians causing the problems with the Houstonians as well. It really went both ways and honestly, it was inevitable. You can't jump just place a group of people from a large metro area on top of another group from a large metro area and not think there won't be problems. I do think the media overblown it though. I do remember in that year, Houston's crime was already way up before Katrina was even a storm.