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A requiem for New Orleans

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Posted By: 4250Luis, 1/4/2025 2:05:39 PM

My first day in New Orleans was my first day. Thus, one can say I can reasonably claim to have some authenticity when I write and think -- and lament -- about my birthplace of long ago. The act of evil which started at 3 a.m. on New Year’s Eve left 15 celebrants in the City That Care Forgot lost to their families and loved ones and many others horribly maimed in so many ways. I pray, as many of us do I’m sure, that God will comfort their souls and their families as they struggle to understand-

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Reply 1 - Posted by: 4Liberty2020 1/4/2025 2:58:53 PM (No. 1866758)
What beautiful memories of New Orleans the author spoke of. I, too, remember all of those same places mentioned and the delicate foods I consumed... I took my former boss, from NH, for a month long vacation to the deep South, visiting my parents in Alabama, to all the sites from Washington, DC to New Orleans, LA....of all the places she loved was the French Quarters and the Preservation Jazz Band. Praying that future generations will see and experience the charm New Orleans has and not the horror that just transpired.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: synchronicity 1/4/2025 4:09:56 PM (No. 1866782)
I was pistol-whipped and robbed there 25 years ago, if it wasn't for divine intervention (a voice about 12 feet above the ground told me "Don't go down" and like a Rocky movie I didn't) I would have had my skull crushed-in with a brick and / or shot. Have had many pleasant memories in New Orleans over the years but that near death experience definitely took the shine off that city. I have had to go back to NO several times since that incident and every time I do I can feel the tangible presence of Evil (with a capital E) - Satan is definitely in charge there now and all who venture there would do well to remember that fact.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Maggie2u 1/4/2025 4:51:10 PM (No. 1866793)
Unfortunately Mr. George, it's not just New Orleans. I was 10 when my parents moved to Seattle, 65 years ago this May. Some years ago, there was a story in the paper about a man visiting here, a candidate for the Police chiefs job. He looked out his hotel window at 3am, it was raining and he saw people waiting on the curb for the light to turn green so they could cross. He couldn't believe it. But that's kind of the way it was back then. The city was clean, no bums, no addicts, no graffiti, no needles, no feces, very little crime. Visitors from back East would comment on how clean the city was. We moved to Seattle because my dad and mom were almost bankrupt, a business dad started failed, they lost their car and home. we were living in a rented house. My dad, on the advice of his step-father started working on the waterfront as a casual laborer. He would go to a hiring hall near Pioneer Square for a job. The Hall was above a tavern/cafe called The Old Timers Cafe. Sometimes my dad would take us kids with him and we would either wait in the cafe part of the business or wander about Pioneer Square, there were no bums about and we never felt threatened. My girl friends and I used to go downtown at night to see a movie, by bus. We were never bothered by anyone or ever felt threatened. Now I won't even go into the city during daylight, it's so dangerous. Even back then democrats were pretty much in charge of everything but the city and state were governed by people who knew what was right and wrong. I think, for Seattle everything started to change in1970 when the citizens voted to legalize killing babies. from that time on, everything went down hill. I'm sure everyone here can pretty much tell a similar story about how their city or hometown has changed for the worse. Especially if democrats are in charge. It's as if there's a sickness in their souls.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 1/4/2025 4:55:04 PM (No. 1866796)
Maybe at one time, it was nice, but I lived there 30 years ago, and frankly, there's nothing for which I feel nostalgia. Yes, the food was reasonably good, but not worth standing in line. The place was damp, stinking, buggy, hot and humid most of the year. Crime was common, particularly in the French Quarter. I never carried a purse or wore jewelry when I went there. The thunderstorms are frequent and frightening. Unlike other places where I've lived, I have no desire to return even for a short visit. My DH (who lived there longer than I), feels the same way.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: DVC 1/4/2025 5:57:29 PM (No. 1866816)
Nice writeup, and if I had never actually been to NOLA and Bourbon Street, I might be taken in. But I have been there several times and found it to have some good restaurants located on a seamy, dirty, ugly old street where you are risking your life to just visit. Good food? Sure....but there is good food in many places in Louisiana, and the world, and you don't risk your life to go to those places.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: JHHolliday 1/4/2025 11:06:37 PM (No. 1866897)
My two uncles barely dodged being beaten, robbed and possibly killed in NO and this was over sixty years ago. The whole story is a little long to post here, but only quick thinking by one of them saved them. I think the city has always been sketchy, and it's gotten a lot worse the last few years. If the trend isn't reversed, there are going to be a lot of big cities that become too dangerous to live in or even visit. The tax base will leave, and those cities will go into what pilots call "The Graveyard Spiral".
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Zigrid 1/5/2025 10:03:50 AM (No. 1867081)
Driving through doesn't qualify me to say...I loved it...but it was very charming and my husband was struck by the architecture ...WE had many hours of tourist thoughts as WE drove through...it's a sad day when an incompetent woman fell down on the job of protecting the city from this devil determined to make people suffer....that police chief needs to resign...but I'm sure some DEI city will hire her just as New Orleans did when she was fired from Oakland...
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Reply 8 - Posted by: jc96 1/5/2025 10:36:24 AM (No. 1867117)
Cesspool. Off and on for 20 years commuting from the North Shore. Been an age since last there. Will not return. Ciao, jc
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Reply 9 - Posted by: NotaBene 1/5/2025 2:30:40 PM (No. 1867293)
New Orleans has music everywhere in the evening. It is a wonder for tourists of poor taste line me that want to experience life to the last drop. Hot chocolate with beignets at Café du Monde while a band plays on the street is unforgettable. I had fun times there, so I beg to differ with the writer.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: MelRae71 1/5/2025 3:48:37 PM (No. 1867323)
According to Wikipedia: All mayors of New Orleans since 1872 have been Democrats.
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