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Casamento's Tonight!!!

Posted on 5/16/13 at 8:42 pm
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69008 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 8:42 pm
My wife and I walked down to Casamento's to catch it one more time before it closes for the summer (May 25).

Great as usual. Oysters were fat and salty. The softshell crab was perfect. I love that place. Catch it before their vacation. They won't open back up until September 10.


Oh, by the way, it's amazing how you can casually walk from your house down Magazine after dark . . . plenty of people out enjoying the weather . . . lots of places open . . . a lot of our neighbors out near our house with their kids . . . but, you know, N.O. is soooooooo dangerous.
This post was edited on 5/16/13 at 8:44 pm
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
80198 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 8:46 pm to
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. a lot of our neighbors out near our house with their kids . . . but, you know, N.O. is soooooooo dangerous.


Gentrification has served you well. Now, stroll down Alabo from St. Claude toward the river.
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
61731 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 8:48 pm to
Sounds great!
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69008 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 8:56 pm to
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Now, stroll down Alabo from St. Claude toward the river.


I know. New Orleans is the only city in the country with bad neighborhoods. Pity. What's your point?

Oh, and it's sort of ironic . . .or at least interesting . . . to think of this part of Uptown as becoming "gentrified".
This post was edited on 5/16/13 at 8:57 pm
Posted by Jake88
Member since Apr 2005
80198 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 9:02 pm to
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I know. New Orleans is the only city in the country with bad neighborhoods. Pity. What's your point?


Never suggested it was the only dangerous city in America, but your post suggesting others are silly for considering it dangerous, was, well, silly.

quote:


to think of this part of Uptown as becoming "gentrified".


It certainly is turning around since 1991 when a friend of mine bought a huge house in decent shape on Magazine not far from there for $140,000 that's now worth over a million easily. The river side of Magazine was a problem during the 1980's.
Posted by IndependentGeorge
Anytown, USA
Member since Oct 2011
2355 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 9:18 pm to
New Orleans is dangerous and even the best parts of town have too many bad nights. But, sure sit on your high horse.

20 people just got shot at a Mother's Day parade you fricking idiot. A happy easy peaceful holiday, and "they" had to go frick with it. Your statement oozes ignorance, but you are from New Orleans, so you just can't be wrong (and you think you never are).
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69008 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 9:38 pm to
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Never suggested it was the only dangerous city in America, but your post suggesting others are silly for considering it dangerous, was, well, silly.


People are silly for overstating its danger.


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It certainly is turning around since 1991 when a friend of mine bought a huge house in decent shape on Magazine not far from there for $140,000 that's now worth over a million easily. The river side of Magazine was a problem during the 1980's.



I've bought and sold more than one property Uptown over the years so I have a decent feel for the market over the last couple of decades. Wouldn't refer to most of it as "gentrification".

Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69008 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 9:41 pm to
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New Orleans is dangerous and even the best parts of town have too many bad nights. But, sure sit on your high horse.


Hmmmm, you seem to be bothered by the suggestion that the city may not be as bad as you'd like it to be.

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"they"


Who would that be? A piece of shite thug who's been arrested, thankfully?

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Your statement oozes ignorance,


How on earth? Just stating facts.

Anyhow, people should catch Casamento's this week.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
74371 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 9:42 pm to
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20 people just got shot at a Mother's Day parade you fricking idiot


...in the ghetto.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
52599 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 9:46 pm to
NO is a great place to visit. I love to visit it...and then go home. It is a dangerous city by any measure...that's just reality...it' s just a fact.
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69008 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:03 pm to
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I love to visit it...and then go home. It is a dangerous city by any measure...that's just reality...it' s just a fact.


My goodness. So my wife and I were in danger walking to dinner? OMG!!!

Like any urban area, it's dangerous if you do stupid things or put yourself in a dangerous situation. But if you're afraid, I'm sorry.
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
52599 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:07 pm to
Not afraid at all. Visit regularly. Damn glad I didn't go to the Mother's Day Parade...you and the wife go?
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69008 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:09 pm to
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Damn glad I didn't go to the Mother's Day Parade...you and the wife go?


Uh, not in the 7th Ward, nope, we skipped that one. However, it was a lovely Mothers Day in other parts of the city.

ETA: By the way, it's a shame that it happened to those people and I in no way minimize it. I'm just being realistic about what is dangerous and what is not.
This post was edited on 5/16/13 at 10:11 pm
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
52599 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:17 pm to
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. I'm just being realistic about what is dangerous and what is not.
as am I. And New Orleans , as much as any of us may like to live or visit there, is too damn dangerous for its size...don't even pretend to have an argument otherwise...you'll look foolish.
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69008 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:21 pm to
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s am I. And New Orleans , as much as any of us may like to live or visit there, is too damn dangerous for its size...don't even pretend to have an argument otherwise...you'll look foolish.



This isn't really the board, but I'd be willing to get into specifics . . . actual incidents and where they occur. Frequency. Who the victims are. You do know that does make a difference when it comes to "danger" to you or any individual, right? Are does a shooting in N.O. East endanger one's life on Pitt Street?

What, specifically, are you afraid will happen to you? Where would this occur?
This post was edited on 5/16/13 at 10:22 pm
Posted by Tiger Authority
Member since Jul 2007
29476 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:26 pm to
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but, you know, N.O. is soooooooo dangerous.


Never doubted that you lived in a bubble.
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69008 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:28 pm to
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Never doubted that you lived in a bubble.


Not at all. Travel all over the city. Just know what I'm doing, like most people who live here.

Here's the sad fact. If you're middle class, don't mess with drugs or hang out in shitty neighborhoods or associate with criminals or dangerous people, you're chance of being a victim is not very significant.
This post was edited on 5/16/13 at 10:30 pm
Posted by OTIS2
NoLA
Member since Jul 2008
52599 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:29 pm to
Vor, you've begun..or continued..to make no sense now. The city is dangerous by any measure...support efforts to fix it.
Posted by Tiger Authority
Member since Jul 2007
29476 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:30 pm to
Yeah that's what it is.
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
69008 posts
Posted on 5/16/13 at 10:33 pm to
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Vor, you've begun..or continued..to make no sense now. The city is dangerous by any measure...support efforts to fix it.


Who in the everloving frick do you think you are and what the frick do you think I do? I'm more involved than you'll ever know.

You're the one not making sense . . . or at least not making any cogent point . . . by simply stating the city is dangerous. There are different levels of danger in every city depending upon where you live and what you do. Are you totally oblivious?
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