New Orleans #1 in Crime...AGAIN!! (Metairie, Kenner: crime rate, lawyer, place to live)

[luckysnap]

"Chocolate City" is the answer.

[Micktooth]

As we see yesterday, death can come to anyone at any time. Man found dead in Harvey Burger King parking lot | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Top Stories | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | wwltv.com
My point is, NOLA is a small city with a large crime problem. You shouldn't have to worry about what street you are on, but as shown in some of the above posts, it's just the accepted way of life in NOLA. "Just don't go on those streets" etc. It's time for y'all to wake up and realize that this is not the norm in every city and should not be accepted. NOLA needs to change and fast, or it will truly be a Dead City!!

[MetroBTR]

Originally Posted by Micktooth

As we see yesterday, death can come to anyone at any time. Man found dead in Harvey Burger King parking lot | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Top Stories | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | wwltv.com
My point is, NOLA is a small city with a large crime problem. You shouldn't have to worry about what street you are on, but as shown in some of the above posts, it's just the accepted way of life in NOLA. "Just don't go on those streets" etc. It's time for y'all to wake up and realize that this is not the norm in every city and should not be accepted. NOLA needs to change and fast, or it will truly be a Dead City!!

Lmao, New Orleans is far from being a dead city. Even with the slow, painful death of the American auto industry, I'm not sure Detroit is down for the count, and even post-Katrina New Orleans is much more vibrant then regular every-day Detroit. New Orleans does have a crime problem...nobody who knows what they are talking about is going to say it is normal. Just people are not ready to let one thing they hate make them leave the City when there are so many other things that they love about it. Even after Katrina New Orleans is not close to being dead. Huge tourism industry, the port, the universities, the NASA facility. Oil companies aren't headquartered there anymore, but companies like Shell still have great interest in the region. It may not be what you consider a nice place, but at least it is not being kept on life support with "bailout" money.

[WestbankNOLA]

We're bent, but we're not broken. Trust me when I say that people here are tired of the crime and corruption. Things are starting to turn around even though progress is moving painfully slow. N.O.'s problems are so entrenched that it's going to take serious time to dredge it all out. I think the main problem is the people who run this place and basically create a system where they can't be held accountable for anything and the people who live here have to take the brunt of everything.

[alon504]

Originally Posted by Micktooth

As we see yesterday, death can come to anyone at any time. Man found dead in Harvey Burger King parking lot | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Top Stories | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | wwltv.com
My point is, NOLA is a small city with a large crime problem. You shouldn't have to worry about what street you are on, but as shown in some of the above posts, it's just the accepted way of life in NOLA. "Just don't go on those streets" etc. It's time for y'all to wake up and realize that this is not the norm in every city and should not be accepted. NOLA needs to change and fast, or it will truly be a Dead City!!

If you are going to make an argument at least you could back it up with a little intelligence. This murder didn't even occur in New Orleans. Really ridiculous. I don't think this Micktooth person has even been to New Orleans in a long long time. Try sitting in bumper to bumper traffic every day at 5:00 for an hour or so and then tell me the city is "dead."

[miserylovesco.]

New Orleans is deep in growing pains, it's standing on the shoulders of possibility right now.
Everyone in the area who cares, is doing their best to show everyone in the country/world/state that people here are resilient and this city HAS the possibility of being better now that it ever has before.
It's a matter of A. not getting hit with a major storm and B. people fighting for something they love. IE this city and culture.
No one said it was/is easy but if the people actually stick out what is currently happening with weeding out the corruption and the violence, slowly the city will boom and be better than ever.
Optimistic? you have to be, otherwise living her would be the same as putting a drill inside your ear.

[Micktooth]

Originally Posted by alon504

If you are going to make an argument at least you could back it up with a little intelligence. This murder didn't even occur in New Orleans. Really ridiculous. I don't think this Micktooth person has even been to New Orleans in a long long time. Try sitting in bumper to bumper traffic every day at 5:00 for an hour or so and then tell me the city is "dead."

Thank you for your ignorant response which only supports some of my positions. When are you and others going to realize that the entire region is "New Orleans"? That's my exact point! Until there is regional "togetherness" there will not be much improvement.There is no magical boundary between Orleans,Jefferson, St Bernard, etc. Go to most major cities and there is some sense of "regional" business thinking. Also, if you read my post correctly I did not say that NOLA is a dead city. There was some sarcasm in my post. One other thing, if you don't agree with a post, so be it, but please don't start with insults.

[MetroBTR]

Originally Posted by Micktooth

Thank you for your ignorant response which only supports some of my positions. When are you and others going to realize that the entire region is "New Orleans"? That's my exact point! Until there is regional "togetherness" there will not be much improvement.There is no magical boundary between Orleans,Jefferson, St Bernard, etc. Go to most major cities and there is some sense of "regional" business thinking. Also, if you read my post correctly I did not say that NOLA is a dead city. There was some sarcasm in my post. One other thing, if you don't agree with a post, so be it, but please don't start with insults.

...What do you call what you just did . I understand that he did it first, but if you are so fervently against it, why do the same thing in response?

[alon504]

I stand corrected. There was a murder in Marrero. All murder is bad. This jumping on and belittling of New Orleans gets so old and is so stupid, IMO. If you hate it so much---leave this forum and if you live here and hate it so much, do the rest of us that live (and enjoy life) here a favor, as well---MOVE.

[Micktooth]

Originally Posted by alon504

I stand corrected. There was a murder in Marrero. All murder is bad. This jumping on and belittling of New Orleans gets so old and is so stupid, IMO. If you hate it so much---leave this forum and if you live here and hate it so much, do the rest of us that live (and enjoy life) here a favor, as well---MOVE.

Goodbye and Good Luck! FYI, I did move after Katrina due to family health issues. I still have plenty of family in NOLA and go back to visit often. My family and I now live in Boulder,CO. It's so nice to live in a progressive and thriving city. It's wonderful to live in a State and a City that is growing and proactive when it comes to the future. I still love NOLA and it pains me to see what is still happening back there. So there you have it, I have moved on. If you don't want help,advice or opinions from others, good luck going it on your own. I hope the city and your way of life that you so love survives. Adios!