re: Two 16 y/o New Iberia teens shoot and kill each other

I have family in new iberia. We used to go down there during the summers when my mom had to work because we could hang out with family and it was essentially free daycare. Last time we went down there was around 2003 or so.

I wanted to show my wife because, believe it or not, I had quite a few good memories there. Running around the neighborhood, going down to the corner store, figuring out whose house we were going to that particular day, etc. I remembered it like a dingier, maybe a little more dangerous mayberry.

This past year we took a drive down there when we were visiting home and I couldnt believe the state of that old neighborhood. It wasnt picturesque when we were little but it was lower middle class working folks who were neighborly. Maybe my memory is just failing me, which has happened often, but the deterioration of that neighborhood and new iberia as a whole was apparent.

Not really that relevant to the article, just a dear Facebook while I take my morning deuce.